New recipes, March 26, 2020

I messed up the photo of the Pork Noodle Soup with Ginger and Toasted Garlic from the March 18, 2020 Denver Post, but it is delicious and gets a 5. And we celebrated Carl's birthday with the Rosemary Olive Oil and Orange Cake from NYT Cooking. This is great, and gets a 5!

New recipe, March 25, 2020

Celery Root Red Cabbage and Potato Colcannon from NYT Cooking. Definitely a comforting dish! We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 24, 2020

Skirt Steak and Asparagus with Salsa de Semillas from the April 2020 Food and Wine. Delightful! This gets a 5!

New recipe, March 24, 2020

White Bean Soup from Marmalade Restaurant in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Very flavorful (you had me at bacon)! We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 22, 2020

Pork Volcanes al Pastor from the March 2020 Bon Appetít. Another winner, we give this a 5 (and so grateful for Savory Spice, where it is easy to find achiote paste!).

New recipe, March 21, 2020

Persian Rice with Fava Beans and Dill from Epicurious. A couple days late to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year (and Spring Equinox). This is delicious, and unusual flavors for most of us. We loved it, you might too! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 20, 2020

The Negroni Bianco from the March 18, 2020 Denver Post. A nice cocktail, we give it a 4.

New recipe, March 19, 2020

It's spring, so we had a blizzard! Tonight's new dish is St John's Congee from the March 18, 2020 Denver Post. Delicious and comforting in a storm. We give this a 4

New recipe, March 18, 2020

Baked Chicken with Potatoes Cherry Tomatoes and Herbs from the March 28, 2020 Denver Post. This is really quite tasty! Deceptively simple and savory delicious! We give this a 5

New recipe, March 15, 2020

Black Apple Old Fashioned from Epicurious. We liked this, better by reversing the proportions of apple brandy (increase to 1 1/2 oz), and Jagermeister (reduce time 1 oz). We give it a 3, up to a 4 with the changes above.

New recipe, March 17, 2020

Best Black Bean Soup from NYT Cooking. It really is fabulous, this gets a 5.

New recipe, March 16, 2020

Asian Red Cabbage and Walnut Salad from NYT Cooking. This is a great set of flavors, we give this a 5!

New recipe, March 14, 2020

Oaxaca Old Fashioned from Epicurious. Wonderful drink, we give this a 5.

New recipe, March 13, 2020

The El Presidente Cocktail from liquor.com. This has a fun combination of flavors. Overall we give this a 4

New recipe, March 12, 2020

Grilled Pork Chops with Chile and Pineapple from the April 2020 Rating Well. This has great flavors, we give this a 4, but we felt we could have charred the produce a little more, and it is always a struggle to get pork chops perfectly moist. This would be a 5 if we had nailed those

New recipe, March 11, 2020

Honey Mustard Chicken with Asparagus Farrotto from the April 2020 Eating Well. The chicken is nice, the farrotto is under salted and rather monochromatic. Would have benefited from some wine and salt. This gets a 3

New recipe, March 10, 2020

Citron Vodka-Domaine de Canton martini, an impromptu recipe. Equal parts of each, definitely sweet, and the ginger and citron play nicely of each other. We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 9, 2020

Curried Beef and Pea Hand Pies from the April 2020 Eating Well. This is wonderful! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 8, 2020

Root Vegetable Tian from the March 2020 Food and Wine. This is very tasty, we give it a 4.

New recipe, March 7, 2020

Herb Roasted Chicken with Potatoes Olives and Feta from the April 2020 Eating Well. For some reason the potatoes did not come out tender. Overall we thought this was pleasant—it gets a 3.

New recipe, March 6, 2020

Grilled Carrots with Yogurt Carrot-top Oil and Dukkah, from the February 26, 2020 Denver Post. This is a Yotam Ottolenghi recipe, and it is rather involved. Many tasty layers of flavor—we give it a 4.

New recipe, March 5, 2020

Duck Carnitas Tacos with Radish Escabeche. OMG! This is an involved recipe, including confit of the Duck, but it is fabulous! Be careful with the salt—it came out a bit salty for us. This would get a 5 if we used a bit less salt, it gets a 4 as made. But we will make it again!!

New recipe, March 4, 2020

Tangy Vinegar Chicken with Barberries and Orange from the March 2020 Bon Appetít. Very tasty, we give this a 4.

New recipe, March 3, 2020

Crispy Tofu with Maple Soy Glaze from Epicurious. Really quite tasty! This gets a 4.

New recipe, March 2, 2020

The Skinny Mule from domainedecanton.com. A very nice variation on the mule, using ginger liqueur instead of ginger beer. We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 1, 2020

Live Basil Gimlet from NYT Cooking. This is wonderful, we give this a 5.

New recipe, February 28, 2020

The Greenest Green Salad from NYT Cooking. This is really tasty—we give this a 5!

New recipe, February 27, 2020

Passion fruit martini—an impromptu creation using gin and Giffard passion fruit liqueur. This is fairly sweet—pleasant, we give this a 3.

New recipe, February 29, 2020

Pasta with Brown Butter Whole Lemon and Parmesan from the March 2020 Bon Appetít. This is tasty, but we would have liked the brown butter to stand out more. We give this a 3.