Month: March 2007

3/3/07 Wine Dinner at IRON HORSE INN

3/3/07 Wine Dinner at IRON HORSE INN

This evening was the first-Saturday Wine Dinner at the Iron Horse Inn. Wendy & I joined a bunch of friends at the table for a great meal. Our party was 13 people strong! We love taking new people to the Iron Horse — all we have to…

RECIPE 10: Raspberry Coulis

RECIPE 10: Raspberry Coulis

                      -= Exported from BigOven =-                            Raspberry Coulis Recipe By: Bon Appetit magazine, Sept 2001, page 126 Serving Size: 4 Cuisine: Main Ingredient: Categories: Easter, Fruit, Sauces, Desserts -= Ingredients =- 1 10 ounce bag Sweetened Frozen Raspberries In Syrup to taste Sugar -=…

10 Things I'd Like to Learn How to Do

10 Things I'd Like to Learn How to Do

From this page comes this Tuesday’s question… In no significant order, 10 things I’d like to learn how to do:

  1. Speak Spanish
  2. Speak Japanese
  3. Speak French 
  4. Be a better writer
  5. Program, at least a little bit
  6. Work less and make more money
  7. Be paid for traveling and dining out
  8. Sing
  9. Dance
  10. Eat anything I want and not gain weight
RECIPE 11: Molten Chocolate Cakes

RECIPE 11: Molten Chocolate Cakes

                      -= Exported from BigOven =-                         Molten Chocolate Cakes This recipe, called Hot Rock at the Tropica Restaurant in Maui, makes two couple-sized cakes, serving four people total. Have them warm with whipped cream, bananas, ice cream, and/or raspberry coulis (included in this collection).…

CULINARY: Pigall's night — Mar. 10 2007

CULINARY: Pigall's night — Mar. 10 2007

I’ve worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s a few times this year, and noticed that I failed to blog those visits. Back on Saturday, February 3rd, I worked at the restaurant and cut the daylights out of my left middle finger (see this picture for a…

10 on Tuesday: 10 Favorite Albums

10 on Tuesday: 10 Favorite Albums

From this page comes this Tuesday’s question… What are my 10 favorite albums? As you will soon see, I was unable to select just 10 favorite albums. Each of the albums below are in the category of “nearly perfect album” in my mind. These recordings stand together as a cohesive whole, and while each album is comprised of amazing ‘parts’, are more than the sum of their parts.

In no particular order…

  1. So or Passion — Peter Gabriel
  2. Deep Blue or Rapture — Peter Mulvey
  3. Fallen — Evanescence
  4. Films for Radio or Drunkard’s Prayer — Over the Rhine
  5. Shaking Off Gravity or One Thru Fourteen — Vance Gilbert
  6. Throwing Copper — Live
  7. The Seeds of Love or Songs from the Big Chair — Tears for Fears
  8. Crowded House or Woodface — Crowded House
  9. Strange Fire or Rites of Passage — Indigo Girls
  10. Oracle or Torched — Michael Hedges
RECIPE 12: Jonah Crab Salad with Fresh Salsa, Avocado Cream, Micro-greens

RECIPE 12: Jonah Crab Salad with Fresh Salsa, Avocado Cream, Micro-greens

                      -= Exported from BigOven =-     Jonah Crab Salad with Fresh Salsa, Avocado Cream, Micro-greens Recipe By: Drew Vogel, www.drewvogel.com Serving Size: 18 Cuisine: French Main Ingredient: Crab Categories: Hors dOeuvres, Appetizers -= Ingredients =- ~~ AVOCADO CREAM ~~ 6 ea large ripe Avocados…