Roast chicken and Broccoli Rabe

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Broccoli Rabe

You too?

Suckling Pig

Had wineguyinTO and maverickdrinker over for dinner last night:

Aperitif:

NV Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs Champagne

First course:

Grilled scallops with a mango, red pepper, red onion, cucumber, chile, and lime salsa
1996 Nicholas Feuillatte Brut Champagne Chouilly

Intermezzo:

2002 Domaine Joseph Voillot Volnay

Second Course:

Pepper-crusted, prosciutto-wrapped, herbed veal tenderloin with red wine-demi reduction, fresh morel mushrooms, haricot verts, creamy gorgonzola polenta
1990 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
1997 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

Dessert:

Tahitian vanilla bean creme brulee
1997 Chateau Coutet Sauternes

Cheese course:

St. George (Portugal), 3-year old gouda, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Benedicton Blue (Quebec), grapes, almonds
1993 Giuseppe Quintarelli Recioto della Valpolicella Classico

That's it! I'm coming north! Sounds like a wonderful meal, futronic!

Did you post a note on the 1990 Poggio Antico Riserva? I can't find it...

PH

There's an open seat at the dinner table with your name on it, PH. Just name the date!

Haven't posted a note on last night's bottle yet, although I did post one in Nov. 2004. Link.

Thanks, fut. I'll come north one day soon. It's mildly ironic that the 1990 Costanti I mentioned in my response to this note was a wine we enjoyed together 5 months later! The bouquet of that wine is still etched in my mind. A good night!

PH

Cajun steamed mussels
Blackened red snapper

Surf & Turf:

Snow Crab
Paired with a Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc 2005

Marinated Flank Steak.
Potatoe & Leak Gratin..
Paired with Marqués de Cáceres Gran Reserva rioja Espagne 1996.

Nice....

...a table?
What is everyone else dining on?

sometimes my lap when I'm watching Chappelle Show. Damn that dude is hilarious.

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Originally posted by grunhauser:
To all of you out there, Tbird liked my Burgundies. And you thought you knew the man.

you promised you wouldn't tell!

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Originally posted by grunhauser:
We had wine too, but I only remember mine: '03 Gevrey Chambertin - one VV from Bachelet and one from Charlopin Parizot, cuvee "Les Evocelles". Both were excellent. Tbird's wines were good as well but I don't know what it was; one was a Priorat and another some kind of Super Tuscan.

they were(for history):
2003 Mas Doix Priorat Salanques
2002 Casali di Bibbiano Argante Toscana IGT

Porterhouse Steaks

Last night at our favorite local bistro Pastis

- duck terrine (generous amuse-bouche)
- fresh white asparagus with cream sauce and blood orange segments (delicious!)
- butter lettuce salad
- cassoulet with roasted duck and duck confit
- coq au vin (boneless meat, very nice)
- crepes suzette (last time I had it must have been 20 years ago)

with
- 2001 Pfaffenheim Tokay Pinot Gris Grand Cru Steinert (as good as a co-op wine is likely to be)
- 1999 Reinert Merlot Walla Walla (drinking very well, but dominated by cedary oak which some might not like; worked well with our food)

last night with killerb at i coppi:
wild boar on polenta(what else?)

today at nice matin:
5 napkin burger

Last night at Saltaus, in Chicago.

Hummus with crispy teriyaki mushrooms and the most wonderful little puffy breads.

Carpaccio with fennel and aged goat cheese.

Mucho Moet et Chandon Brut Rose.

Thanks for the recommendation, otisabdul.

PH

edited to correct menu error on my part...

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Tonight, mesclun salad, lamb loin chops pan-seared and finished in oven, roast potatoes, roast asparagus with rosemary, tarte tatin.

2003 Mitolo GAM (plum, licorice, cracked pepper, big, rich, dense, delicious)
2001 Chateau Loupiac-Gaudiet (poor man's Sauternes, good value)

With the fam, roast boneless leg of lamb stuffed with chevre, spinach and herbs.

T-bone with baby potatoes and microgreens salad last night. Rabbit tonight, and not the chocolate one.



Two chocolate Easter bunnies are sitting on a table. One's missing half of his ass and another has his ears bitten off. "My ass hurts", says the first one. "What?", says the other.

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Rabbit tonight, and not the chocolate one.

Vanilla?

Yellow fin tuna, marinated briefly in balsamic vinegar, seared and served rare with baby asparagus and a Sancerre.

Tonight, Manchego and Camembert, duck and pink peppercorn mousse with apple-peach chutney; demitasse of tomato and roasted red pepper soup; Asian-style duck and mango salad; roasted duck and rosemary risotto; fresh raspberries and strawberries on ice cream.

Have to duck out now to find the appropriate wines!

A nice Easter at mom's house:

Stuffed Mushrooms
Mozzarella, Tomato and basil
Fresh Italian Bread

Lasagna

Leg of Lamb
Pork Loin
Escarole
Broccoli Rabe
Mashed Potatoes

Grain Pie
Apple Pie
Assorted Fresh Fruit

I'll be hungry again be tomorrow tonight.

bbq lamb chops and steamed king crab legs with green beans