Another Stephanie Izard recipe:
Seared Arctic Char (except that I used Salmon), Lamb / Cherry / Pea Hash (except that I used Ground Sirloin) and Mint Yogurt. I had to pump up the flavor of the hash with more soy bean paste (which was supposed to be white miso) and it was delicious. Sounds a little strange but they all worked together.
For a year or so Basil had no idea what we did every night at the dinner table until we thought of giving him pizza bones - big mistake! After that he was a true chow hound. This blog is dedicated to him.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Kale Chips
I heard this on NPR yesterday and happened to have a head of kale.
Chop, sprinkle with oil and - in batches - microwave for 3 minutes. It took my expensive German microwave 5-6 minutes but so be it. Sprinkle with salt. I used a habanero sea salt that made it (them?) quite delicious. Accompanied with grilled Cornish hens (slathered with pesto) and kettle potatoes. Summer!
Summer
I don't remember if I have written about our go-to summer dinner: Caesar salad. Romaine (two heads), croutons (I make them) , a few splashes of Key West lime juice (my go-to citrus flavoring), Cardini's Caesar dressing (one of the better bottled dressings I think) and chopped anchovies (one tin for the two of us SOL).
Saturday, July 12, 2014
New England
Two meals on the deck in Surry (NH) - it doesn't get much better than this.
Breakfast at Miss Bellows Falls (VT)
Cod and bacon and aioli and other stuff at Burdick's Walpole (NH)
Fried clams at Legal Seafood Boston (NA)
Oyster at a bar at Harvard Square (MA)
Romaine and kale Caesar salad at the same place
"Nicoise" salad, again at Harvard Square
Potato latkes at Zaftigs Brookline (MA)
Fran and Woody's table, Jamaica Plain (MA)
Very nice crispy, Asian style salad at Willoughby (OH)
Mexico
Excellent hotel food in Mexico City (Hotel Geneve) above.
This very authentic Mexican restaurant was written up by the New York Times - in the 1960's. Still very good (we went twice).
Hotel breakfast.
We arrived in Acapulco to a house party.
Joe had bought a goat.
Went fishing in Joe's mega boat (that's Joe on the left) and had it three ways for dinner
Light dinner the next night.
Hotel food in Mexico City (above and below)
Pulled pork and mole.
Breakfast before departure.
Chicago
Lao Sze Chuan - chili pepper chicken (so HOT and so delicious).
Union - Sea Urchin ice cream (savory).
Han202 (new Chinese) - menu
Han202 - amuse
Han202 - salad
Han202 - salad
Han202 - duck
Han202 - calamari
Han202 - Chinese something (kind of disappointing actually)
Han202 - dessert
Han202 - dessert
Girl and the Goat - breakfast (scallion pancake, egg, pork belly, etc.)
Flo and Santos - "Flying" pork wings
Eataly - antipasti
Eataly - pizza
Nightwood - agnoletti (didn't look like much quantity but turned out to be satisfying and delicious).
Nightwood - salad
Nightwood - "pulled" mozzarella
Nightwood - fried smelts
Nightwood - pasta and clams
Nightwood - sirloin
Nightwood - duck
Nightwood - striped bass, 45 minute egg, dungeness crab sauce, crispy onions (outstanding).
Nightwood - dessert
Nightwood - dessert
Nightwood - dessert
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