Avocado Toast and Turkish Eggs
_ Poach an egg, put it onto a bowl of warm yogurt, pour warm oil that has been seasoned with some chili flakes. Mash a ripe avocado and fork some onto a piece of toast. Eat.
Shrimp Pasta
– April 15, 2024 A bow-tie pasta quickly boiled (power boil then) 12 minutes. Saute some scallions, boil shrimp 2 minutes, then boil and reduce shrimp broth while assembling the rest of the sauce. Add a spoonful of flour equal to the oil or butter that the scallions were sauteed
CategoriesWine Tasting Notes
Wine Notes:
Tronquoy-LaLande From Wine-Cellar: 2/18/2024 – GERBBB LIKES THIS WINE:92 Points This chateau seems to improve year by year. Typical medoc/ st. Estèphe, nose (dark fruit, lavender, tabaco, mint). Taste (nice balance and freshness, a bit high on alcohol, loads of red dark fruits, bit of herbs). Really good, especially for a 2017. Like
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Cowgirl – Music + BBQ
What the Cowgirls Do Right Today’s music was provided by Half Pint and the Growlers, who quietly played inside, while we enjoyed a snowy March Sunday, lunch. Nachos and margaritas are our favorite go-to menu items at the Cowgirl, when a quick snack is the goal. In general, Cowgirl does
CategoriesWine Tasting Notes
2015 Brunello
La Palazzetta Brunello di Montalcino Med body Color: light ruby Biologique, organic Smell: berry, citrus Taste: high acidity and very tannic BIO/organic from Garagiste, we paid $23 including shipping. The writer of the Garagiste says we should compare our price to $40-70 around the globe. It’s a very serious wine
Lentils, Wine & Bread-Pudding
Lentils du Puy, great wine, friends and more As you can read from this well-aged article, cooking sausage in white wine makes them a great winter meal with a bowl of lentils cooked with bacon. Click on the recipe’s image to get more information. Wine Notes A Médoc from 2009,
CategoriesAppetizers Beans
Hummus from Chick Peas
Hummus – homemade Soaked 1.5 cups of dried chickpeas for about 30 minutes, then rinsed them well. Put into the pressure cooker with almost the maximum amount of water. On to power boil until the cooking was heard in the other room, and the blue and white rings on the
Cake Pop Birthday
January 2024 We were celebrating a big birthday with lots of people coming over. And coming at various times during the evening. It’s January so evening could be as early as 5pm. Guests that stop by after work, may eat the wholesome food and then want dessert before late comers
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Mampuku
Great cold weather stop Order a Tongasu. The owner makes all the broths from scratch and they are fantastic. As a starter, the green chili shrimp is the way to go.
CategoriesTastings Vegetables
Potato Hash Browns
One potato, locally grown, is grated quickly on a box grater, long side. I’m making breakfast potatoes for the two of us, so only one mid-size Yukon gold is all we need. I melt a teaspoon of butter with the same of good olive oil and set the small sauté