New recipes, December 22, 2012

From the January 2013 Food and Wine, our appetizer--7 Minute Salmon Caviar Sushi Bites--and the main dish, Asian Brined Pork Loin. The appetizer gets a 4, the pork gets a 3--nice flavors, but fairly dry, to my surprise. The salad was the Tomato, Red Onion and Yellow Pepper Salad with Yogurt Dressing, from Mangoes and Curry Leaves, by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. This also gets a 3.

Wine: Siciliana Nero d'Avola 2011

New recipes, February 27, 2012

Grilled Fish Steaks with Black Pepper Rub (this link takes you to the index, click on the page 210 link to see the actual recipe), and Potato White Curry (also the index, click on the page 155 link), served with a Cucumber Raita (the raita recipe is at the bottomO, all from Mangoes & Curry Leaves, by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. We give these all a 4.
Wine: Côté Est 2009, a nice fruity balance for all these flavors

New recipes, January 31, 2012

Lamb Chops with Lemon from the April 2011Bon Appétit, served with Spicy Bitter Melon, from Mangoes and Curry Leaves by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, and heirloom tomatoes with green onions. The lamb is great, gets a 4. The bitter melon is interesting--even with the techniques to de-bitter it, the first taste is full of interesting flavors, including a strong bitter flavor. It gets mellower with each taste, but still challenging. Would love to taste it made by someone that makes it all the time. We give it a 2.

Carl's nephew Zac is here with his friend Jason.  They have been game to try all these new flavors--such fun!

Wine: Redwire Hawkes Bay 2007

New recipe, January 21, 2012

The new recipe is Quick Asparagus Stir Fry from Mangoes and Curry Leaves by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Fuguid. The simple name might put you off, but this is really excellent, we rate it 4 (will definitely do again). We had it with the African Adobo Rubbed Tuna from Epicurious, which we have loved since we first made it and gets a 5 from us!
Wine: Guy Drew 2009 Russell Vineyard Riesling, from Montezuma County Colorado, a very nice bottle of wine, well suited to this meal