New recipes, March 26, 2014

Carl's birthday dinner, which we celebrated with Dwight Davidson. From the April 2014 Food and Wine: Seared Scallops with Caper Raisin Sauce (a definite 5!) and Endive and Grapefruit Salad with Pistachio Vinaigrette (we give this a 4).

Wine: Comte de Saint Venant Vouvray 2010--a nice match

After dinner: The French Intervention, from The Drunken Botanist, by Amy Stewart