New recipe, August 14, 2012

We went to see "The Book of Mormon" tonight. So the new recipe is a cocktail, the St Germain Gin and Tonic--really tasty--it gets a 4

New recipe, August 13, 2012

Grilled Skirt Steak with Poblano Corn Sauce and Salsa, from the September 2012 Food and Wine. Sounds simple, but it is really delicious. We give it a 4.

Wine: Finca Flichman Malbec 2007

New recipes, August 12, 2012

From the June 2005 Bon Appétit: Lemongrass Pork with Vietnamese Table Salad. Yum! We give it a 4.

Wine: instead of wine, we had the St Germain Cocktail. Also delicious--it gets a 4, too

New recipe, August 12, 2012

From the September 2012 Food and Wine: Charred Corn Salad with Mint Parsley and Cilantro, and Chicken Caprese Salad.

We give the corn salad a 5 again. The chicken salad is nice, we give it a 3.

New recipe, August 10, 2012

Eggplant Involtini (April 2012 Food and Wine) again--still a 5--with Charred Corn Salad with Mint Parsley and Cilantro from the September 2012 Food and Wine--also a 5!

Wine: Petite Petit 2009

New recipes, August 9, 2012

From the July 2012 Food and Wine: Glazed Chicken and Szechuan Noodle Salad, and Sesame Broccoli. We liked these--the broccoli gets a 3, the chicken and noodles get a 4.

Wine: O'Shea Scarborough 2009 Riesling. This is more acidic and less fruity than a German dry Riesling would have been, so it did not complement the dish as well as we would have liked.

New recipe, August 8, 2012

Dinner meetings tonight, so the new recipe is a cocktail: Disaronno Margarita from Gary Regan's The Joy of Mixology. We would not have thought of amaretto in a margarita, but it's very nice! We give it a 4