Merry Mary Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 That sounds amazing! "Ginger Rodgers" (our name)--Hendrick's gin, Dolin dry vermouth, Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur and Meyer lemon twist. Delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Last night: Fresh pea soup (made with sugar snaps) Slow-roasted Atlantic salmon with cilantro-lime butter Farro pilaf Braised mixed kale poached bosc pears in spiced red wine syrup 2007 Gobelsburger Gruner Veltliner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Green salad Smoked salmon quesadilla Bean soup (Rancho Gordo cargamanto beans, ham bone and some meat, dehydrated onion, half a serrano pepper, and a couple of bay leaves) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 last night: Mediterranean seafood stew with monkfish, bay scallops and mini Maine sweet shrimp mixed green salad panforte with candied quince* (made late last week) and chocolate-cinnamon shortbread cookies from Trader Joe's 2007 La Volcanique Cotes du Forez *recipe from the NY Times--fairly complicated but really delicious. tonight: mushroom-barley-vegetable-bean soup Yukon gold and sweet potato latkes homemade apple sauce for J and Veggie-teen, quince sauce for me (apple allergy) sour cream 2007 Tittarelli Torrontes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Bruschetta Green salad Cavatappi with white truffle cheese, toasted pine nuts, and ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 vegetable korma spiced lamb meatballs with minted yogurt sauce basmati rice cucumber raita Patak's eggplant pickle Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Piles of mom's Chex mix Bowls of Beer Nuts Mimi's chunky tomato bacon soup White cheddar Cheez-Its Aunt Kay's butter cookies Smuttynose IPA It's Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Marvelous Market baguette Green salad Ham, cheese, and onion quiche (not quite technically a Quiche Lorraine ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Christmas Eve dinner: Olive bread (MM) Lamb and apricot stew Rice pilaf with pine nuts Creamed spinach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 marinated smoked mussels from BlackSalt market (really good!) Everona Blue Ridge manhattans made with Woodford Reserve and Carpano Antica Formula and home-cured cherries mixed green salad charcoal roasted, herb brined, spice-rubbed Eco-Friendly chicken, lightly smoked with hickory chips spice crusted, grill-smoked silken tofu for Veggie-teen, which she drowned in Trader Joe's bbq sauce to kill the last vestige of tofu flavor roasted garlic mashed Yukon golds caramelized Brussels sprouts with golden raisins and pine nuts ginger cake made with Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout creme chantilly 2006 Clos de la Roilette Fleurie (MIL requested skim milk instead of wine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Roast turkey and stuffing made from okara (leftover solids from making tofu), courtesy of our friend and favorite restaurant's owner. Puff pastry apple pie, courtesy of the local model shop owner's wife. I love this country. Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Green salad Wild rice and oyster bisque Rare rib roast Roasted yukon gold potatoes Green beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbogrrl Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 First dinner: Pecan sticky buns Swedish heirloom cookies chocolate-mint brownie bars brown sugar cookies pie crust peanut butter bars more sticky buns apple pie i then finished making the gravy and left for the other dinner, where i had rare rib roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and apple pie. two kinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkduggins Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Sidecars Slow-roasted eye of round; medium rare Horseradish cream sauce Yorkshire pudding Brussels sprouts with bacon and chestnuts Pan roasted yellow and orange carrots Baked caramel apples Nicholas Croze Cotes du Rhone, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBK Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Christmas eve dinner: Crabcakes Beet/goat cheese salad Seared duck breast w/ fig gastrique, walnut infused cauliflower puree Seared venison w/ mushroom bordelaise, roasted turnips, shallots, and sweet potatoes Tenderloins of beef basquaise, roasted butternut squash with sage Molten chocolate cakes, coffee creme anglaise, vanilla ice cream Christmas morning breakfast: French toast w/ spiced pear compote Christmas day Chanukah dinner: Olives and cheeses Traditional latkes Halibut and rockfish ceviche Seared sesame crusted tuna, cucumber/daikon salad with sesame/soy/wasabi sauce Spinach, pear, and caramelized walnut salad with mustard vinaigrette Lemon squares Mandelbrot I think I may be taking today off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I think I may be taking today off. One of the mixed blessings of being a good cook is that much is expected of you. I kept it pretty simple on Christmas day. My daughter volunteered to help me cook! Breakfast: Scottish oatmeal cooked with coconut milk, spices, fresh quince and dried fruit soft-boiled farm eggs Atwater sunflower-flax toast Peet's cappuccino (x4) Dinner: baked ham with apple cider glaze mushroom-cheese flan for Veggie-teen sweet potato maple mousse braised collards with alder-smoked salt (meatless) homemade flaky biscuits with sourwood honey ginger cake with creme chantilly (cake was leftover from Christmas eve, but since it was made with oil, it stayed fresh) 2007 Adam Gewurztraminer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poivrot Farci Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Mixed Nuts Brandade de ma Morue a la Ménagére (I salt my cod, if you know what I mean) Front Suckling Pig Quarter Stuffed with Pickled Apples and Walnuts Modelo Especial 2008 12pk Bourbon Foosball Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood collection LP’s Danish Pebernødder cookies Peppermint Bark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legant Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have no idea what you made -- nor do I care -- but that picture is nothing but pure food porn! Dah-um! I need a cigarette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have no idea what you made -- nor do I care -- but that picture is nothing but pure food porn! Dah-um! I need a cigarette. In the early years of Chez Panisse, we had a meal there which included a slice of a whole suckling pig which had been boned out and stuffed with forcemeat and then roasted. It was displayed, natch, in the dining room as we entered for our seating. While I have never done that with pork, I have made ballotines of poultry, and I can attest that it is a lot of work. Really spectacular to look at and eat, however. On a more rustic note, our dinner last night was: mixed green salad with lemon vinaigrette lasagna with crimini duxelles and mozzarella di bufala 2005 Fattoria La Lecciaia Rosso di Montalcino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Last night: potato latkes, round two, with more homemade applesauce (made with Macintosh apples this time) preceded by a lengthy cocktail/appetizer period while I made the latkes: chicken faux gras mushroom-lentil paté for V-t and her bf Pleasant Ridge Chaource Stilton black grapes Pannetone bread pudding 2007 Susana Balbo Crios Torrontes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legant Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 a.k.a. chicken livers? chicken faux gras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 a.k.a. chicken livers? Yes--Michel Richard's recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Everything flatbread and ham spread (homemade spam ), toppped with Cabot extra sharp cheddar Ham and bean soup (leftover) Linguine with clam sauce Apple crumb pie with vanilla ice cream I made the pie; bought the ice cream (Trickling Springs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Last night: mixed green salad with roasted beets, avocado and French breakfast radishes, lemon vinaigrette slow roasted salmon with cilantro-lime butter roasted root veg: parsnips, cippolini onions, celeriac, shallots, turnip; and butternut squash dessert recycle: pannetone bread pudding, ginger cake, ice cream 2005 Rossignol Bourgogne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Prime rib chili with cheddar and sour cream (Yum! Thanks for the great idea, Zora!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (Yum! Thanks for the great idea, Zora!) I'm glad I was able to help! Yesterday, assuming I'd be feeding dinner to Veggie-teen and Veggie-bf, I made a vegetarian soup with the calypso beans I'd bought from Sunnyside Organics Farm at the Dupont market--a thick hearty pot with a lot of mirepoix and aromatic herbs, some porcini powder, leftover collard greens, tomatoes, cumin, balsamico and aleppo pepper. Turns out they had made other plans, so I added some diced Christmas ham to our bowls, made some garlic toast and called it a satisfying dinner. Drank Victory Weizen Bock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCole42 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 -Parsnips, turnips, carrots, leeks, some other root vegetable that's escaping me right now, pearl onions, rosemary, butter -NY strip with porcini powder crust*, porcini oil, and fresh lemon juice -Wegman's 7-grain loaf -Vosges Bacon Chocolate bar for dessert *Dried porcinis, black pepper, cloves, and coriander I tried the steak with some roquefort - didn't go. But MAN was it good. 2004 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from Cantina Zaccagnini - My wife calls this "stick wine" because it has a little piece of vine tied to it. That's why we bought it (what, you've never bought a wine because you thought the label looked cool?). A fantastic wine for the price - velvety, dark red fruit. We bought some to take up for Christmas only to find that my parents already had several bottles and also loved it. My mother, apparently, also calls it stick wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 baby spinach, roasted yellow beet and goat cheese salad toasted asiago bagel bread with butter leftover lamb apricot stew with rice pilaf and squash cubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 tonight: bocquerones (Spanish marinated white anchovies), mache salad, tomato, lemon vinaigrette 2007 St. Hallett Barossa Riesling Pan roasted duck breast Mac and cheese (penne with Cabot cheddar, Comté, P'tit Basque, Cabot jack, reggiano) braised chard and beet greens 2004 Kangarilla Road Shiraz/Viognier streusel-topped apple pie hybrid sweet potato-squash pie H-D vanilla ice cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 cornbread chili with leftover rib roast (I used your suggestion, too, Zora ), salt pork, pork sausage, and good mother stallard beans Something was off in the flavor of the chili as I was checking it during cooking, and I suspect it was from the can of tomato puree I used. I'm not sure how old the can was, but the chili had a sharp acidic taste that sugar and cinnamon did nothing to neutralize. The canned taste was noticeable too. I thought the pork sausage would help, and it did a bit. Finally, near the end of the cooking time, I threw in a chunk of butter . That worked. It smoothed the flavor of the chiii out, but it still had a nice kick from the chiles on the finish. (I used dried red hatch chiles and chile powder I brought back from NM in the fall, plus some fresh jalapenos and serranos.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 We thought about perhaps making a last-minute ressy to eat out last night, but what with the cold, and the wind, I made dinner instead. Flank steak with caramelized pearl onions, oven-roasted rosemary potatoes, sauteed mushrooms with thyme over white bean puree and brussel sprouts with lemon and bacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Moroccan spice roasted pork loin Maple syrup roasted parsnips Sake braised kale with garlic, bacon, and black-eyed peas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 In between some quickie Trader Joe's meals, I have made a few notable dishes over the past week or so: "Schnitzel with noodles"--chicken schnitzel with a stovetop mac 'n cheese (both with a good mustardy tang). Yum. Chicken soup with lemon and orzo--tasted even better after sitting for a day or two, so the flavors could really mingle. Bacon chipotle twice-baked potatoes--a little too spicy for my liking, but a really zingy side dish. The chicken that went with it was an epic fail, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 mixed green salad with feta green chile cheeseburgers on sesame buns tagliatelle with sherry vinegar sauce The cheeseburgers turned out fantastic. I thawed some of the roasted Hatch green chiles I brought back from my NM trip this fall and used them. Hot . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 osso bucco with gremolata risotto (Violone Nanno) brussels sprouts with lemon 2000 Chateau Laroque St. Emilion "Best osso bucco you've ever made" -- We were both out and I asked him to turn off the oven when he got back to the house before me, at around 4. He forgot and left the oven on until 5. So the pot was braising at 270 f. for four hours. No harm done, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Daikon to konbu to gyuuniku no kotokoto ni: daikon, beef shoulder, and konbu seaweed simmered together and seasoned with soy sauce at the end Okowa: mochi rice, cooked takikomi gohan-style with carrots, burdock root, and shiitake Salt-cured olives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streisfeld Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Acorn squash gluten free raviolis with sage butter clams and gluten free linguine duck liver gluten free raviolis Pork shanks and artichokes over gluten free pappardelle Cheese course of one goat cheese, one French blue and one Spanish blue gluten free cupcakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Salt-grilled yellowtail Sendai yukina no ohitashi: parboiled yukina (the Sendai variety of a kind of rape or turnip green), cooled and seasoned with soy sauce and katsuobushi (shaved bonito flakes) More of the okowa. It was a gift that came as a big frozen block in a gallon-size freezer bag, so methinks we'll be eating okowa for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Olive oil rosemary bread Black-eyed pea salad Lamb and split pea soup I had braised some lamb neck bones in the crockpot and used that stock and meat in the soup. The peas were from a pack of yellow and green split peas from Trader Joe's, and I loosely followed the recipe from that package, substituting the lamb stock for chicken stock and also scaling back the size of the recipe a bit. I had used quite a bit of rosemary in the braise so did not add the rosemary the soup recipe called for. Otherwise, it had bacon, onions, carrot, and garlic. It came out really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Pan-seared scallop atop a bed of turnip greens (Farm at Sunnyside) with bacon bits (Calhoun's) in puree of sunchoke (Next Step) soup that was made a wee bit creamier with mascarpone. Sopped up with ciabatta from Grape + Bean (Rest. Eve). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demetrius Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Slow roasted pork loin in apple brandy and ginger Green beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCole42 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Pan-seared scallop atop a bed of turnip greens (Farm at Sunnyside) with bacon bits (Calhoun's) in puree of sunchoke (Next Step) soup that was made a wee bit creamier with mascarpone. Sopped up with ciabatta from Grape + Bean (Rest. Eve).You take pretty pictures. Pan roasted chicken with winter spices, fresh lemon juice, and pear two ways: 1) Bosc pears braised in deglazed chicken pan with white wine, honey, and butter 2) Fresh toasted almonds cold-steeped in D'anjou pear juice, which was then strained and poured on the hot chicken Filet mignon with wild mushroom crust and braised fennel with roquefort and herbs, topped off with fresh lemon juice, herbs, and porcini oil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Holy moo, that looks good Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Soupy organic black beans grown in Virginia by Emily and Michael Warm corn tortillas Sour cream Fried plantain (1/2) Diced avocado, chopped scallion, minced New Zealand cilantro (frilly), lime wedges Salsa Kiwifruit grown organically in Maryland, split in half, scooped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Chicken salad sandwiches Parmesan raviolini topped with parmesan and fresh parsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Last night: mixed green salad with avocado and pine nuts yellow split pea soup with ham crostini with chicken faux gras Dogfish Head India Brown Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demetrius Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 BLT's with Nueske's applewood smoked bacon Steamed shrimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yesterday's dinner turned into today's yummy leftovers: beef chuck, cooked in slowcooker, w/ onions & St. Ann's jerk marinade Today, degreased & mixed with some rice & caribbean hellfire hotsauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkduggins Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 potato and celeriac mash peas Laphroaig cask strength Mama said there'd be days like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 The Veggies have returned from NYC: dinner last night: quiche of potato and mushroom duxelles salad with avocado, lemon vinaigrette Honeycrisp apple wedges and assorted cookies choice of: Magic Hat Fat Angel, Victory Pils Hefeweizen, Dogfish Head IPA and India Brown Ale breakfast this morning: (I've trained my daughter well. She brought these goodies back from NY without my even asking): Russ and Daughters smoked Scottish salmon plain and caviar cream cheeses bialys Peet's cappuccini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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