Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
2021 – from Tasmania. The May 2023 Wine Club White. From Susan’s Fine Wine: Cool-climate wine, minimal intervention. Devil’s Corner is a treacherous bend in the Tamar River. The 100% Chardonnay of this wine is from this, the Tamar River, valley. Juice harvested with minimal contact with the skins. Fermented
Terret Noir Tasting Notes: Color: dark ruby Body: light Smell: tart currant, cherry Acidity: middle to bright Taste: dry light tannins, cherry From Wikipedia: Terret noir is a dark-skinned French wine grape variety grown primarily in the Rhône valley region of France. It is a mutation of the old
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,
Have the thought to add some shellfish to green chile stew? Steuart has made a giant pot of green chile, with pork and onions mostly. It’s Friday, and I’m going to the fish department at Whole Foods for the $1 oysters, and I’m really craving seafood – more than the
Sure, we can go out for margaritas, to Harry’s or The Shed, and have them carried to me as a sit somewhere in my beautiful hometown of Santa Fe.. But sometimes, I want to have my margarita on my own comfortable couch and look out my own windows at the