Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Date: 8/3/3023 What We Ordered: Large Guacamole, Shredded Beef Enchiladas, Green Chili Smothered Rellenos Drink: House Margaritas Notes: Red sauce on enchiladas was good, but not great. Two Rellenos was far too much to each, so one would be sharable if we made the same order again. The chili that
My old recipe for an olive oil (instead of butter) cake was a gluten free one, but was always a little flat, and gummy. I added more eggs – six – to try to increase the loft, and add a little spelt flour, but still didn’t love the texture.
1 jigger Akora Japanese Gin 8 drops of Peychaud’s Aromatic Cocktail Bitters – 1 can of Q Tonic slice of blood orange ice Pour all over a tall glass filled with ice.
June 1 – Lecture at the Lensic For Nan’s birthday month, we went to hear photographer,Chris Rainier (Cultures on the Edge), at the Lensic, after having drinks at Hervé Wine Bar – best white wine: 631 Malvasia-Riesling; red: D.H. Lescombes Limited Release Cabernet Franc. We sampled the tuna tartare –
Ginger Gin & Tonic: Ginger Eachinatia juice from La Montańita, pure juices – about an ounce, a jigger of Tumbleroot Gin, dash of Aperol, dash of sweet vermouth, half can of tonic and a slice of lime. All this is over a glass of ice, and I added a rosemary
Egg Rice – fast from what’s on hand An egg lightly fried in butter and soy sauce, made delicious with a pour over of sesame oil, is set on a bowl of steamed rice and garnished with a handful of dried seaweed pieces. And I couldn’t resist piling on the
a) Pasta, chili & cheddar and b)Asparagus, mozzarella, lemon Recipe for Mac & Cheese with Mushrooms & Green Chili Preheat oven to 350F Put on a large pot to boil When boiling add 1/2 lb of pasta Time for 10 minutes While waiting for pasta, sauté mushrooms, garlic (and any
For Easter 2023 we have vegetarian guests, so the main course will be a seafood stew served with fresh homemade bread. On the day before Easter, I made a fish-based stock using shrimp shells, fish skin, the outer tougher parts of onion, leeks, a dried orange and other herbs and
Lamb, fries and salad A steak cut from a leg of lamb, grown locally served with oven baked fries and a radicchio and arugula salad. Read on to see what the sommelier said, and note the images for the wine’s name and vintage. Lamb was pan fried quickly, and
Reading a story about thin Midwestern pizza in the New York Times food section by J. Kenji-Lopez-Alt, I began to think about all my favorite pizzas, and front of mind was my hometown go-to: the LaCasa pizza of my childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. LaCasa’s is the crust that is thin,