New recipe, January 31, 2018

Roasted Beet Ruby Red Grapefruit And Warm Honey Salad from the February 2018 Food and Wine. Unexpected wonderful blend of flavors. We give this a 5! Served with a reprise of the Spicy Black Bean Stew with Lamb Sausage.

New recipe, January 30, 2018

Braised Beef Pot Pie from the February 2018 Food and Wine. A very nice mélange of flavors, and comforting. It gets a 4.

New recipe, January. 39, 2018

Spicy Black Bean Stew with Lamb Sausage from the February 2018 Food and Wine. We like this and give it a 4. It would benefit from some more spice, and garnishments of green onion, jalapeño, maybe cilantro.

New recipe, January 28, 2018

Citrus Pickled Shrimp with Fennel and Potatoes from the January/February 2018 Cooking Light. This is a wonderful dish—you should make it! We give this a 5!

New recipe January 27, 2018

Hominy Stew with Bacon from the February 2018 Food and Wine. This is a really tasty dish—we give it a 4.

New recipe January 25, 2018

We are on vacation! Celebrating with a Silver Mint Gimlet from noletsgin.com. This is really nice, we give it a 4.

New recipe, January 25, 2018

Double Sesame Noodles from the January/February 2018 Cooking Light. This is good, we felt like the sesame sauce was a bit mono-chromatic. We give this a 3

New recipe, January 24, 2018

Almond Coconut Chicken Satay from the January/February Cooking Light. This is delicious, we give it a 5!

New recipe, January 23, 2018

OSF Cocktail from 1800tequila.com. Very tasty—it gets a 4.

New recipe, January 22, 2018

Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Bowl from the November/December 2017 Eating Well. This is nice, it gets a 3.

New recipe, January 21, 2018

Chicken and Tomato Stew with Caramelized Lemon from the February 2018 Bon Appetít. Had to use limes as we were flat out of lemons. Be careful, the citrus can caramelize very quickly! This is very good, it gets a 4.

New recipe, January 20, 2018

Ciudad de Mula from talesofthecocktail.com. This is. Fun variation on the Mule, the mint is great! We give it a 4.

New recipe, January 19, 2018

Madame Ae-Ma Cocktail from the February 2018 Food and Wine. Basically a margarita with a Korean rim. Fun flavors! We give this a 4.

New recipe, January 18, 2018

Sesame Spinach Stuffed Flank Steak from the January/February 2018 Eating Well. We like this a lot, we give it a 5.

New recipe, January 17, 2018

Chicken Vermicelli Hawaiian Style, from the vermicelli package. This gets a 2–no bad flavors, just very bland.

New recipe, January 16, 2018

Thai Green Curry Chicken Soup from the January 2018 Cooking Light. Another 4–very good and spicy!

New recipe, January 15, 2018

Grapefruit Apple and Pomegranate Salad from the January 2018 Cooking Light. This was very good (thanks Rich and Tim for the grapefruit!). We give it a 4.

New recipe, January 14, 2018

Chapala Cocktail from Mr Boston's Official Bartender's Guide. Very good, we give this a 4.

New recipe, January 16, 2018

Thai Green Chicken Soup from the January February 2018 Cooking Light.

This is another 4!

New recipe, January 16, 2018

Thai Green Chicken Soup from the January February 2018 Cooking Light.

This is another 4!

New recipe, January 15, 2018

Grapefruit Apple and Pomegranate Salad from the January February 2018 Cooking Light. This was quite tasty and gets a 4

New recipe, January 14, 2018

Chapala Cocktail from Mr Boston's Official Bartender's Guide. Pleasant, this gets a 3.

New recipe, January 13, 2018

Nolet's Silver Hanky Panky from noletsgin.com. This is a nice cocktail—we give it a 4

New recipes, January 12, 2018

We hosted Carl's executive team for dinner. The 4 new dishes all came from Ottolenghi The Cookbook

Baba ganoush from the Denver Post September 16, 2011. 
This still gets a 5--wonderful smoky flavors!

Grilled Cauliflower with Tomato Dill and Capers from Ottolenghi.
This is very good, we give it a 4

Fennel and Feta with Pomegranate Seeds and Sumac from Ottolenghi.
Spectacular, it gets a 5!

Seared Tuna with Pistachio Crust and Papaya Salsa from Ottolenghi.
This is unbelievably good.  5!

Cucumber and Poppy Seed Salad from Ottolenghi.
Another very tasty dish, we give this a 4.

Dessert is from Bon Appetit--Dark Chocolate Bark with Cardamom Pistachio and Rose Petsla
Delicious--it gets a 5.

New recipe, January 11, 2018

Quick Chicken Marsala, served with a reprise of the Creamed Curried Spinach from from the January February 2018 Cooking Light. The chicken is just what you expect, we give it a 4. The spinach still gets a 5.

New recipe, January 5, 2018

The Seabreeze Cocktail from thespruce.com. Tasty, we give this a 4.

New recipe, January 9, 2018

Creamed Curried Spinach from from the January February 2018 Cooking Light. This is simple and delicious. We give this a 5.

New recipe, January 8, 2018

Celery Salad with Celery Seed Vinaigrette from the January February 2018 Cooking Light. The celery seed adds a great flavor. This is a delight and we give it a 4.

New recipe, January 7, 2018

Steak with Mixed Olive Tapenade Butternut Squash and Green Beans from the January February 2018 Cooking Light. We really liked the great mix of flavors. We give this a 5.

New recipe, January 6, 2018

Cumin Lamb Stir Fry from the January February 2018 Cooking Light. Very nice flavor melange, we give this a 4.

New recipe, January 4, 2018

Cranberry-Balsamic Chicken Thighs from the January-February 2018 Eating Well. We thought this might be too simple but it works very nicely—we give it a 4.

New recipe, January 3, 2018

Another cocktail from noletsgin.com— the Silver Blue Moon. Very nice, we give it a 4.

New recipe, January 2, 2018

Tonight's dinner is a repeat of last night's delicious New Years repast. So the new recipe is the Silver Martini from noletsgin.com. This gin is delicious and floral, so this gets a 4.

New recipe, January 1, 2018

We are starting our 8th year of a new recipe a day! Today's new recipe is 

Sous Vide Leg of Lamb With Mint, Cumin, and Mustard from anovaculinary.com. Served with black eyed peas, turnip and mustard greens, and corn bread, of course! The lamb is very good and gets a 4.