New recipe, November 29, 2017

Another spontaneous cocktail, with gin and Cointreau. Tasty, it gets a 4

2 oz gin
1 oz Cointreau
Dash Angostura bitters

Shake with ice, serve in a martini glass

New recipe, November 28, 2017

Aperol and gin cocktail from Yummly.com. This is very good, we give this a 4.

New recipe, November 26, 2017

Blood orange gin cocktail—a Carl creation, and it gets a 5!

Ingredients:
Juice of 1/2 lime
1 oz Cointreau
2 oz Gin
Shake with ice, strain into a martini glass and top off with blood orange soda

New recipe, November 26, 2017

Pomegranate Paloma from the November 2017 Cooking Light. This is quite tasty, we give it a 4.

New recipe, November 25, 2017

The Breakfast Banh Mi from the November 7, 2017 tastecooking.com. This is very nice, we give it a 4.

New recipe, November 24, 2017

Day After Thanksgiving Turkey Pho from the November 22, 2017 Denver Post. The flavors are wonderful, we give this a 5

New recipe, November 23, 2017

Herb Lemon and Garlic Turkey from the November 2017 Cooking Light. Delicious! We give this a 4.

New recipe, November 22, 2017

The American in Paris Cocktail from MarthaStewart.com. This is an interesting variation on the Manhattan. It gets a 3.

New recipe, November 21, 2017

Moroccan Butternut Squash and Chickpea Stew from the October 2017 Cooking Light. Wonderful flavors! Very satisfying. We give this a 5.

New recipe, November 20, 2017

Grapefruit Margarita from bing.com. Pleasant, it gets a 3.

New recipe, November 19, 2017

Three Bean Miso Chili from the November 2017 Cooking Light. This may not sound like much, but it is extraordinary! The one variation we made is that the recipe calls for 2 Tbsp of poblano pepper, which seemed a bit silly to us, so we used a whole poblano. Delicious—we give it a 5!

New recipe, November 18, 2017

Lamb Curry from Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook, by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. This has a large variety of strong flavors, but they work together very well. There is a bit of sweetness in this curry, which works. We give this a 4.

New recipe, November 17, 2017

The Orange Monk from drinksmixer.com. This is nice, combining the herbal Benedictine with the orange of Grand Marnier. We give this a 4.

New recipe, November 16, 2017

Coriander Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Potatoes from the December 2017 Cooking Light. Very nice, this gets a 4

New recipe, November 15, 2017

Lorraine Cocktail from drinksmixer.com. It gets a 3.

New recipe, November 14, 2017

Midori Southern Belle from midori-World.com. Delicious, it gets a 5.

New recipe, November 13, 2017

Midtown Muse from midori-world.com. This is interesting and unexpected. It gets a 4.

New recipe, November 22, 2017

Gold Emerald Shooter from Yummly.com. Tasty but fairly sweet. It gets a 3.

New recipe, November 11, 2017

Pork Milanese with Kale Salad from the December 2017 Cooking Light. This is fabulous. We used Chanterelles in place of Shiitakes, which gave a lovely nutmeg character to the sauce. And the golden raisins were a perfect counterpart to the bitterness of the kale (from our garden). We give this meal a 5!

New recipe, November 10, 2017

Maker's Mark Man of War from the Makers Mark site. This is a nice cocktail, we give it a 4.

New recipe, November 10, 2017

The Grand Derby from makersmark.com. Nice, this gets a 4

New recipe, November 8, 2017

Turmeric Roasted Chicken with Farro from the November 2017 Cooking Light. The Brussels sprouts are great! The Farro was a bit bland. And the chicken was flavorful but (as is so often true with boneless skinless breast) dry—would have been so much better with chicken thighs! Overall, we give this a 3, would have been a 4 with skinless chicken thighs.

New recipe, November 7, 2017

Smoky Lentil Stew from the November/December 2017 Cooking Light. Needs a bit more salt than they said, but very good. Gets a 4.

New recipe, November 6, 2017

Ginger Chile Roasted Acorn Squash from the November/December 2017 Cooking Light. This is great, fun flavor combination, it gets a 5!

New recipe, November 5, 2017

Soup of Quail Egg Huevos Rancheros from John Sedlar's Modern Southwest Cuisine. Definitely a riff--I used chicken eggs, could not bring myself to strain the soup (lots of good vegetables), so it was not nearly as refined in appearance as the original. The flavors were good, it gets a 4.

New recipes, November 4, 2017

Garlicky New York Strip Steak, and Garlic Caper Roasted Mushrooms, both from the November/December 2017 Cooking Light. I probably did not remove enough of the marinade from the steak--we give it a 3 (too garlicky). The mushrooms get a 4.

New recipe, November 2, 2017

The Compadre Cocktail from webtender.com. Another tasty 4.

New recipe, November 1, 2017

November already! This is the Blue Devil Cocktail from webtender.com. Good flavors, it gets a 4.