February 16, 2011 new recipe

This evening's recipes came from Epicurious.com, which really does have a great selection of excellent recipes! I did Guam "Volcano" Tuna (Pepper Crusted Tuna with Ginger Wasabi Dipping Sauce). The name sounds scary but it really was flavorful but not excessively spicy. The salad was the Soba Noodle Salad with Cucumber and Mango, a very pleasant counterpoint to the tuna.

The wine was Leitz Out Rheingau Riesling 2006. It is a nice off-dry riesling, was a reasonable foil for the spicy food. I'm still on the lookout for an easily acquired, economically priced dry riesling, which I think would have been an even better match.

December 29, 2010 new recipe

Dinner on 12/29/2010: Ginger Carrot Soup, with Herbed Chicken Thighs and a green salad.

The soup was the new (and delicious) item, and it came from the Moosewood Cookbook. Carl often makes chicken this way--the thighs get salt, pepper, and some herbs like Herbes de Provence, and they are sauteed in olive oil.

I don't recall the wine--we will get better about that!