New recipe, June 7, 2014

Shrimp with Mustard Lime Dipping Sauce from the June 2014 Bon Appetit. Served with Spinach Salad with Dates from the same issue. These are both fabulous, and both get 5s!

No wine, had a Leffe Blond with the meal

New recipe, June 6, 2014

Tomato and Anchovy Butter Pasta from the June 2014 Bon Appétit. Tasty but not unusual, we give it a 3. Served with a salad.

Wine: Casa do Valle Vinho Verde 2010

New recipes. June 5, 2014

Grilled Bacon Wrapped Peaches (we used apricots). And the Simplest Asian Dressing served on a garden salad, and new potatoes. The dressing is from the June 2014 Bon Appetit, and the peaches/apricots are from the June 2014 Food and Wine.  We give the dressing a 4, and the peaches get a total 5.

Served with a Sapporo beer.

New recipe, June 4, 2014

Steak Tacos with Cilantro Radish Salsa from the June 2014 Bon Appétit. Very tasty! It gets a 4.

New recipe, June 3, 2014

Tonight the new recipe is a variant on the Caprese salad that an article I saw recently inspired--the ingredients are roasted red peppers, chèvre, fresh oregano from the garden, a dash of salt, and a sprinkle with wonderfully aromatic French Olive oil (thanks Anne!). We liked this! We give it a 3--be sure to give enough time to roast the peppers thoroughly, and this is an easy 4!

Served with a selection of D'Artagnan Wild Boar Sausage and Saucisse de Canard al'Armagnac--yum!

Wine: Chateau de Ségriès Lirac 2007--nice match!

New recipes, May 31, 2014

Roasted Pork Tenderloin Tacos, and Fennel Soup with Almond Mint Topping, both from the May 2014 Cooking Light. The soup is delicious (don't forget to drizzle a little olive oil over it, it is amazing how big a difference that makes!)--it gets a 4. The tacos have great flavors, but the odd step is marinating the meat briefly in mojo after cooking it. This must be to keep it in the 25 minute timeframe they were aiming for, but the flavors would have been even better if it had been marinated before cooking. Drizzling a little more mojo on the tacos helps. We give them a 4.

Wine: Muriel Rioja Reserva 2007--a good match for the tacos, and worked with the soup.

New recipes, June 1, 2014

Moroccan Chicken Salad Pitas, and Orange Carrot Salad, both from the May 2014 Cooking Light. The sandwiches have delicious layers of flavor. We give these both a 4.

Wine: Flowers Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2010--great wine, middling match