February 16, 2011 new recipe

This evening's recipes came from Epicurious.com, which really does have a great selection of excellent recipes! I did Guam "Volcano" Tuna (Pepper Crusted Tuna with Ginger Wasabi Dipping Sauce). The name sounds scary but it really was flavorful but not excessively spicy. The salad was the Soba Noodle Salad with Cucumber and Mango, a very pleasant counterpoint to the tuna.

The wine was Leitz Out Rheingau Riesling 2006. It is a nice off-dry riesling, was a reasonable foil for the spicy food. I'm still on the lookout for an easily acquired, economically priced dry riesling, which I think would have been an even better match.

January 26, 2011 new recipe

Dinner on 1/26/2011 was extraordinary! This is African Adobo-Rubbed Tuna Steaks, from Epicurious.com. It is served with quick pickled cucumbers and and avocado salsa.

The wine, which worked very well with this dish, was a 2002 Leasingham Magnus Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Blend.

January 14, 2011 new recipe

On 1/14/2011, we had this lovely creation. Carl invented this from scratch--Herbed Potato and Steak Salad. This was accompanied by a Pickled Cucumber Onion Salad--slices of cucumber and red onion are pickled in a 9:3:1 ratio or rice wine vinegar, sugar and salt (3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 3 teaspoons of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt). You marinate for 10-20 minutes, and you can add red pepper flakes, if you wish. The flavors are lovely!