Denver Life with Carl and Mark: July 2024

Sunday, July 28, 2024

New recipe, July 27, 2024

Chickpea Tagine from Food and Wine. This is a delicious vegetarian dish. The preserved lemon really elevates it. We give this a 4.

Summer Squash Curry (Seafood Optional) from NYT Cooking. We did this with squid. This is a Thai style curry, but made with individual ingredients rather than a curry paste. We love the flavors and we give it a 5.

New recipes, July 25, 2024

Lentils with Butternut Squash and Merguez Sausage from Food and Wine, and Cucumber Salad with Labneh Za'atar and Mint from all recipes.com.
These are both very flavorful and work well together. We give both a 4.

New recipe, July 24, 2024

Sauteed Chicken with Celery Root Puree and Chestnuts from Food and Wine. This is a fun dish with unusual and very tasty ingredients (celery root and chestnuts). It is delightful and gets a 5.

New recipe, July 23, 2024

Cumin Scented Summer Squash Salad ftom NYT Cooking. This is quick and simple, with lightly steamed squash, but the lemon juice, garlic and cumin add up to a delicious salad. This gets a 4.

New recipe, July 22, 2024

Seared Summer Squash and Egg Tacos from NYT Cooking. This doesn't have a salsa on top, but the flavors in the taco filling are quite nice by themselves. These get a 4.

New recipe, July 21, 2024

Pasta with Summer Squash and Chorizo from Food and Wine. Our summer squash are ripening quickly so we will be eating a lot of it! In this recipe, the squash is the primary ingredient in the creamy sauce, in addition to having pieces in the dish. This is very good and gets a 4.

New recipe, July 30, 2024

Lemon Drop from Food and Wine. A classic drink, and this one is quite good, with an excellent balance of the sweet and acid. We give it a 4.

New recipe, July 19, 2024

The Art of Choke (a pun referring to the fact that Cynar is a bitter made from artichokes) from Epicurious. An unusual mix of liquors give it a delicious flavor. This gets a 5.

New recipe, July 18, 2024

We celebrated Dwight Davidson's birthday with this Ginger Chicken with Crisp Napa Salad from NYT Cooking. It was fun to use cucumber mint and chives from our garden! This has a nice mixed of fresh flavors and it gets a 4.

Thursday, July 18, 2024

New recipe, July 17, 2024

Japanese Eggplant with Black Garlic Tahini Dressing from Food and Wine. This has it all—some tartness and sweetness, some saltiness, some spice, and umami. Very nice. This gets a 4.

New recipe, July 16, 2024

Skirt Steak with Salas Verde Salad from NYT Cooking. The salsa verde makes this dish! We give this a 5.

New recipe, July 15, 2024

Katchumber Gazpacho from Food and Wine. This is gazpacho with Indian flavors and it is delicious! We like gazpacho anyway, but the added flavors take it up a notch. This gets a 5!

New recipe, July 14, 2024

Pork Tenderloin with Date and Cilantro Relish from Bon Appetít. This is a total winner! The sweetness of the dates is offset by the orange juice and pan juices, giving it a perfect balance. We give this a 5!

Sunday, July 14, 2024

New recipe, July 14, 2024

The Hugo Spritz from Food and Wine. It is kind of like a less sweet St German Cocktail, but at 1/2 oz we feel like the St German gets lost. We would try it with perhaps an ounce. As made we give this a 3.

New recipe, July 13, 2024

Tomato and Purslane Panzanella from foragerchef.com. This is a very tasty Panzanella. The purslane adds a nice crunch and a lemony freshness. We like this a lot. It gets a 5.

New recipe, July 11, 2024

The Batch Hanky Panky from Food and Wine. This is a nice cocktail, it tames the Fernet somewhat. It gets a 3.

New recipe, July 20, 2024

Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Bad to the Bone BBQ rub from Spice Labs. A very nice rub, we give this a 4.

New recipe, July 9, 2024

Missed the photo of Spiced Carrot Whipped Feta Dip from Food and Wine. My bad—it was very pretty and delicious! Many layers of complementary flavors. It gets a 5.

New recipe, July 8, 2024

Leftover Roasted Lamb Gyros from https://www.oliveandmango.com/leftover-roasted-lamb-gyros. Simple and delicious! This gets a 5.

New recipe, July 7, 2024

Grilled leg of Lamb with Garlic and Lemon ftom Epicurious. This needs to be marinated overnight, but cooks quickly on the grill. Wonderful flavors! We give this a 5.

New recipe, July 6, 2024

Raspberry Orange and Tomato Salad with Honey Mirin Vinaigrette from Food and Wine. The headline touts this as an umami bomb, but it has minuscule amounts of fish sauce and rice vinegar, so it comes across and sweet and fruity without the umami balance. As made this gets a 3. It would be much better with more fish sauce and vinegar

New recipe, July 5, 2024

Braised Purslane with Tomatoes and Duck Fat from foragerchef.com. You can eat purslane both raw and cooked. This was a cooked recipe. It is nice, not outstanding. It gets a 3.

New recipe, July 4, 2024

Potato Salad with Pomegranate and Pine Nuts from the Denver Post. A nice contrast to a mayonnaisey potatoes salad, it is bright and delicious. This gets a 5.

New recipe, July 3, 2024

Cantarito Cocktail from Food and Wine. Multiple citrus juices, tequila, and Tajin seasoning. Very refreshing! This gets a 5!

New recipe, July 2, 2024

Potato Chip Chopped Caesar Salad from Food and Wine. We did this just because you can. It was much more satisfying that we expected. It actually gets a 4!

New recipe, July 1, 2024

Dumpling Tomato Salad with Chili Crisp Vinaigrette from NYT Cooking. The vinaigrette and tomatoes create such a tasty juice! We give this a 5.

New recipe, June 30, 2024

Sauteed Italian Sausage with Onions and Peppers. These cook separately and then together so the sausage and vegetables endure each other with flavor. Delicious! This gets a 5.

New recipe, June 29, 2024

Dill Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Farro Pea and Blistered Tomato Salad from Epicurious. The pork and salad complement each other very nicely. We give this a 4.

New recipe, June 28, 2024

Sake Negroni from Food and Wine. We like Negronis. This uses sake instead of the gin, which gives it a little softness compared to the standard. We give this a 4.

New recipe, June 27, 2024

Weeknight Chicken Tagine from NYT Cooking. This is quick and really tasty, especially with the exotic flavor of preserved lemon. We like this a lot, it gets a 5.

New recipe, June 26, 2024

Spicy Corn and Shishito Salad from NYT Cooking. There is something so satisfying with a corn salad-the sweetness of the corn, some acidity, and saltiness and umami from something like Cotija cheese. This variation has great flavor from the shishitos and jalapeño. We give this a 4.

New recipe, June 25, 2024

Spice Rubbed Grilled Pork Tenderloin from Food and Wine. This is simple and highlights the tenderloin nicely. We give this a 3.

New recipes, June 24, 2024

One Pot White Beans with Prociutto and Dates from NYT Cooking, and Purslane Cucumber and Avicado Salad from foragerchef.com. The beans are really good, with unexpected flavors especially from the dates. It gets a 4. Purslane is a succulent plant that is often a weed in our gardens but it is very edible! It complements the lemon dressing well. The salad gets a 3.