It's Irene's birthday, and I like spoiling her. So I took off a bit of the morning and make breakfast. Our house rule is on your birthday (celebration day) you get to pick the foods. Irene wanted a...
Tonight, take-out from That's Amore Italian Cafe with a lovely bottle of Lambrusco. For me a Caesar salad followed by a filet mignon, roasted asparagus, on gnocchi, in a port reduction. After dinner...
The next week's menu planning is complete: Tuesday night, Irene's birthday, we'll have: Roasted marrowbones with toast points starter Pan-fried lamb chops with mint jelly
Garlic mashed...
Irene made dinner today: fried bacon chunks in a cast iron Dutch oven, removed the. chicken thigh chunks fried in the oil, removed then onions, halved, Brussel Sprouts, asparagus chunks. Then all...
And so it begins ... Food prep. Irene made apple sauce and spaetzle while I had a massage. Then I spatchcocked the turkey and put it in nearly a gallon of buttermilk with just as nearly a cup of...
Full rack of ribs. Dry brined with a mix of two rubs on Worcestershire sauce to make it stick, wrapped in plastic, and in the fridge for about 60 hours. Smoked for 2 hours at 200F, wrapped in foil...
And so it begins ... sauerbraten! Irene did all the veggie prep, so I just fried the carrots, onions, and celery in some butter, added the herbs and spices, and the red wine, a mix of some gone a bit...