Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
– 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
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
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
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 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,
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
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
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.
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
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, from Toscana Med body Color: Dark ruby High alcohol 14.5 Smell: berry, grass meadow, sweet chocolate Taste: cake Menu pairing: cheeseburger made to with left over queso, and some mild green chilis, Served bun-less with some left over pizza, thus the Italian.