New recipe, July 7, 2013

Grilled Lamb Chops with Chili Mint Sauce (page 72) from the Traeger Everyday Cookbook. We give this a 3, but to be fair, we skipped the Chili Mint Glaze, which sounded too sweet. Served with the Peach and Radish Salad with French Feta and Almonds from the August 2013 Eating Well--still a 5!

Wine: Domaine du Tariquet Rosé de Pressée 2012

New recipe, July 6, 2013

We joined Rich Lamm, Tim Charney and friends in the mountains, so our contribution is the Teocalli Caldera Martini, from the Montanya Rum website. This is delicious, we give it a 5! Keep in mind this takes some time--you need to infuse the rum with cucumbers, and you need to infuse a lavender honey simple syrup. So it mixes quickly, but it takes 4-5 days to get the ingredients ready. Worth it!

New recipe, July 5, 2013

Peach and Radish Salad with French Feta and Almonds (which I can't find a link for at the moment), from the August 2013 Eating Well. This is spectacular and gets an enthusiastic 5! Served with grilled shrimp.

Wine: Secco Italian Bubbles 2011 Rosé

New recipe, July 4, 2013

Our contribution to the Nobles annual 4th picnic--Yellow Gazpacho from the August 2013 Eating Well. Delicious, will be spectacular when we have perfect yellow tomatoes in our garden. This gets a 4.

New recipe, July 3, 2013

Grilled Steak Salad with Tomatoes and Eggplant from the August 2013 Eating Well. Yum--it gets a 5!

Wine: Domaine du Tariquet Rosé de Pressée 2012

New recipe, July 2, 2013

Chicken Salad with Pecans and Dried Cherries from the August 2013 Eating Well. Yum! We give this a happy 4.

Wine: a good match: Domaine de la Fouquette Cuveé Roseé d' Aurore 2012

New recipe, July 1, 2013

Seaside Tomato Gazpacho from the August 2013 Eating Well. Fabulous, this gets an unequivocal 5!

Served with leftover Beginner Brisket and Roti Chapati.

Wine: Apaltagua Carmenere Rosé 2012, a nice match