Denver Life with Carl and Mark: August 2020

Thursday, August 27, 2020

New recipe, August 26, 2020

I messed up the photo, but the new recipe is The Nolet's Gin Floradora cocktail from noletsgin.com. This is a delicious cocktail—we give it a 4.

New recipe, August 25, 2020

Eggplants in a North South Sauce from NYT Cooking. This is really quite good, and a great way to use te eggplant in our garden! We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 24, 2020

DIY Poke Bowl from the August 2020 Denver Post. We decided to combine the base recipe with the peaches and cucumbers, so it had some spiciness to it, and was great! We give this a 4.

Monday, August 24, 2020

DIY Poke Bowl from the August 12, 2020 Denver Post. We decided to add peach and cucumber to the recipe instead of substituting—after all a spicy peach salsa with Palisade peaches is divine. It is delicious, though as made it needed a bit of salt. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 23, 2020

Spice Rubbed Baby Back Ribs with Chipotle Bourbon Barbecue Sauce from NYT Cooking. These fit a bit overdone but the flavors are great. We give these a 4.

Sunday, August 23, 2020

New recipe, August 8, 2020

The new recipe is another clafoutis, with gooseberries, black and clove currants from the garden. Wonderful, and pretty simple. This gets a 5.

New recipes, August 22, 2020

Summer Squash with Poblano Queso Fresco and Epazote from the August 2020 Food and Wine. Even without the Epazote (which we couldn't find) it is delicious. Served with Pan Seared Strip Steak (https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pan-seared-strip-steak). These are both delicious, and we give both a 5.

New recipe, August 21, 2020

Orzo Salad with Spinach Feta Mint and Olives from the Denver Post August 5, 2020. We used chard from the garden but otherwise made it as written. The flavors are pleasant but we have had other more inspiring dishes this week. We give this a 3.

New recipe, August 20, 2020

Spicy Stir Fried Japanese Eggplant and Cucumber from NYT Cooking. This might sound a bit improbable, but trust us, the flavors are delicious. We have plenty of Japanese eggplant and lemon cucumber from the garden, and will happily do this again. We give this a 5.

New recipe, August 19, 2020

Black Cherry Pistachio Salad with Charred Scallion Vinaigrette from NYT Cooking. This is a great combination of flavors and a great salad. We give this a 5.

Another new recipe, August 18, 2020

Zucchini Lentil Fritters with Lemony Yogurt Dressing from the September 2019 Bon Appetit. Frying anything is always a bit of work, but these are excellent and worth the effort. These get a 5 too!

New recipe, August 18, 2020

Tomato Fresh Fig and Blue Cheese Salad from NYT Cooking. This is a magnificent salad. We will make it over and over—it gets a 5.

New recipe, August 17, 2020

Chicken and Celery Salad with Wasabi-Tahini Dressing from NYT Cooking. This is a pleasant recipe, but we didn't find it as captivating as some of the other things we have made recently. We give this a 3.

New recipe, August 16, 2020

Charred Focaccia and Steak Salad from the August 2020 Food and Wine. Yet another delicious variant of panzanella. We love it, it gets a 5.

New recipe, August 15, 2020

Shrimp and Watermelon Salad with Creamy Pepper Citrus Dressing from the August 5, 2020 Denver Post. This is another excellent recipe made with great ingredients. We give this a 5.

New recipe, August 14, 2020

Violet Gin and Tonic from the Nolet's Gin site (nolets gin.com). This is really delicious. We give it a 5.

New recipe, August 13, 2020

Spicy Corn and Shishito Salad from NYT Cooking. We had Olathe corn from Colorado, which is incredibly sweet and flavorful. This makes a wonderful salad, we give it a 5.

New recipe,. August 12, 2020

Tomato Salad with Mangos and Blue Cheese from the August 5, 2020 Denver Post. With vine ripe tomatoes this is a stunning dish. We give it a 5.

New recipe, August 11, 2020

The Old Fashioned Gin Cocktail from the Nolet's Gin website (noletsgin.com). Delicious, we give this a 5!

New recipe, August 10, 2020

Creamy White Beans with Herb Oil from NYT Cooking. A very simple dish, but rich flavors. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 9, 2020

Chilled Sesame Soba Bowl with Cucumbers and Scallions from the August 2020 Food and Wine. This is a very good recipe, we give this a 4.

New recipe, August 7, 2020

Spicy Cucumbers with Yogurt Lemon and Herbs from the August 5, 2020 Denver Post. This is really good—simple ingredients put together in new ways. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 6, 2020

Tropi-Cobb Salad from the July 2018 Bon Appetit. This is tasty and fresh, a nice variation on the traditional Cobb. We give it a 4.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

New recipe, August 5, 2020

Corn and Chickpea Bowl with Miso Jalapeño Tahini from the August 2020Bon Appetít. So many great layers of flavor! This gets a 5!

New recipe, August 4, 2020

Healthyish Chicken Salad from the July 2020 Bon Appetít. Really nice flavors with the sesame seed dressing. We give this a 4.

Another new recipe, August 2, 2020

This is a Clafoutis, base recipe courtesy of my sister Barb, but instead of cherries we used clove currants, black currants, and gooseberries from our garden, and some foraged huckleberries. Spectacular!! It gets a 5.

New recipe, August 3, 2020

The new recipe is Grilled Corn with Cotija and Quicos from the July 2020 Food and Wine, which is fun and tasty and gets a 4. We also had wonderful blistered shishitos from our garden!

New recipe, August 2, 2020

Spiced Lamb and Dill Yogurt Pasta from the July 2020 Bon Appetít. Yum! This gets a 5.

New recipe, August 1, 2020

Happy Colorado Day! The new recipe is the Crop Top cocktail from The Cocktail Codex. Excellent, we give this a 5.

New recipes, July 31, 2020

Miso-y Grilled Potatoes from the June 2020 Bon Appetít, served with Easy Herb Marinated Grilled Buffalo Steak from eatsomethingsexy.com. The potatoes are quite tasty and get a 4. The Buffalo has good flavors, but still hard to keep it tender. We give it a 3.