Month: May 2009

TEXT FROM LAST NIGHT

TEXT FROM LAST NIGHT

My recent submission to TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT, from a conversation I had about boarding our dogs for the Flying Pig weekend… (513) Our dogs will spend the weekend in the kennel, barking and shitting on themselves. (713) God, I need a weekend like that.…

Wendy finishes the Flying Pig!

Wendy finishes the Flying Pig!

Way to go, Wendy! Thanks to training and support from our friends (and Wendy’s running buddies) Donnie and Ron (and Jeff!), Wendy was able to finish the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon — all 26.2 miles of the darned thing — on Sunday, May 3, 2009.…

Speculation…

Speculation…

Be aware that there is a news conference on Friday morning at 10:30am, in time for the announcements to hit the noon news in Cincinnati. The speculation is fun to read — just like popular fiction.

Cannot wait for the news at noon on Friday. Will probably watch it on Channel 12, myself.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day

I hope everyone has an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. This unofficial start of summer is something I look forward to every year, and am pleased when it sneaks up on me unexpectedly, like it did this year. As a result, my Monday is relatively free…

Memorial Day Dinner

Memorial Day Dinner

At the end of a long holiday weekend, I cooked at home for Wendy & myself. On the way home from an enjoyable Civil War Walk through Spring Grove Cemetery (we arrived late and did not hear Abraham Lincoln speak), we stopped and picked up some…

5/14/2009 Wine Dinner at Midwest Culinary Institute

5/14/2009 Wine Dinner at Midwest Culinary Institute

Hosted by Brian Scott of Vintner Select Distributors.

Event hosted by the students of the Midwest Culinary Institute under the direction of Donna Schmitt and Chef Matt Winterrowd.

Amuse Gueule
Shigoku Oyster; apple, chervil & shallot
Gramona 2004 Cava Gran Cuvee

Langostine; potato, artichoke & salsa verde
Edmunds St. John 2004 Pinot Gris

Atlantic Salmon; duck confit, green garlic, lentils & dried cherry
Handley 2006 Chardonnay Anderson Estate
2006 Domaine Besson  Givry  “Le Haut Colombier”

Veal Loin; peas, morels & tomato
Chateau de Roquefort 2005 “Les Mûres”

Parmesan-Dates-Thyme
Dei 2004 Rosso di Montepulciano

Pineapple; Pink Pepper, Brioche
2007 Helix Reininger “Aspersa” Chardonnay/Voignier

Another very interesting wine dinner!