Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
With no kitchen — yet — we make everything we possibly can on our newish barbecue, a Rogue from Napoleon, like these Nachos. Who would have guessed that nachos would benefit from smoking on the grill? But when you warm up chilies the flavor increases, and everything set in the
One-half pound of sea bass, painted with lemon agrumato olive oil was set on a bed of fresh sorrel in a 1/4 size hotel pan. A few thin lemon wedges and some curls of shallot were sprinkled on top. Then a 1/4 cup of dry white wine poured into the
Images: Assemble the sandwich With Kale Slaw Hot from the barbecue, a chicken sandwich on BBQ-toasted brioche bun topped with a kale slaw. After grilling the chicken was sliced and tossed in a mix of Trader Joe’s garlic aioli and leftover Alfredo sauce. How to make this? If you’re
Radishes, Toasted nuts and seeds A fresh baguette was warmed on the barbecue, while we chopped together a salmon salad to spread on it. We made our own open-faced sandwiches at the table, alternating between salmon and a butter & radish one. Meanwhile, the nuts where roasting on the barbecue
As members of the monthly wine club at Susan’s Fine Wine & Spirits, we were given two free drink tickets when we picked up our two wines of the month – Italian: a red and a white. It was 3 o’clock so we said ‘okay,’ to cocktails in their lounge
This AOC has become a new favorite for us, and so we ordered a half dozen from the Garagiste. Here’s our first taste: Look: straw, viscosity medium Smell: pear, one of us said orange and another lemon, so Meyer Lemon is our second smell, and for non-fruit: butter, leaves, not
La Tonnelle, a winery direct wine, as they say and discount if you buy six from Total Wine. We paid less than $15 before the discount. Tasting Notes Look: (hue, intensity and thickness:) dark ruby, thick Smell: (try for 3 fruit, 3 other, (earth or oak)) a) plum, sweet strawberries,
La Fleur Poitou An relatively inexpensive Bordeaux – right bank, St. Emilion – from Total $22. It’s from vintage 2018, so not really old enough to drink. Here’s our first taste: Look: ruby medium, viscosity medium; Smell: blackberries, sweet even if not ripe, and a little tart, raspberries, smoke, gravel;
Smell: Taste: Tasting a Burgundy with Ham & Eggs – April 2022 – This Faiveley 2019 Burgundy (Pinot Noir) is one of Susan’s Fine Wines’ Wine Club wine of the month. We’ve selected it for a dinner of the French style ham and cheese sandwich, dipped in beaten egg
Blood Orange Margarita First, we don’t have a kitchen. Everything we use has to be washed in the bathroom sink, and cooking done on a hotplate or the BBQ. Refrigeration is a dorm fridge – we’re lucky we had one. But the freeze doesn’t know it’s limits and is iffy