December-What's for dinner?

Christmas Eve -

Oyster Stew and a ham - lots and lots of bubbly with some pinot and cab thrown in.

Christmas -

I cooked a prime rib. Lots more bubbly and a lot of cab

Last night in Lake Tahoe -

Elk loin with mashed potatoes - '03 Stags' Leap Winery Coyote Run Merlot....

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Originally posted by lizardking:

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Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:
pho

there's pho in elk grove?

yup...

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Originally posted by GlennK:
Last night - chicken fajitas with the 2001 Columbia Syrah, Red Willow Vineyard. Unfortunately the fajitas were better than the Syrah.

I'm yet to have a Columbia wine that I like. Sorry yours didn't show better, but you made my mouth water. I'm making fajitas soon!

Grilled ribeyes with mixed greens salad and homemade vinaigrette.

redknife, you certainly know how to eat well!

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Originally posted by Chilepepper:
redknife, you certainly know how to eat well!

Chile I try when I can.

I have been off for a few days and I've got to tell you I've had some good meals (including the S. Fl off-line). But it will all end this wednesday.

Hopefully will share a meal together in the near future when you come down to Miami.

If you are kid friendly, I'll be back down 2/1-2/3. Depending on the schedule there could be a possibility of the Saturday night 2/2. But I'll have the kids with me.

Yes we are kid friendly.
I should know by mid January if I am off that weekend. Keep me posted on your schedule.

will do

Last night I made a red sauce, with meat, and also added some Italian sausages....

Tonight:

Ham and mushroom pizza paired with 05 Amisfield Pinot Noir.

Pan seared magret au poivre with roasted root vegetables and sauce of veal stock, brandy, cream, and currant. Still working on the ’03 Le Cadeau!

last night, simple T-Bone steak, sweet potato, string beans, some cheeses and a Pommery NV Champagne, with a Piper Heidsieck chaser.

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Pan seared magret au poivre with roasted root vegetables and sauce of veal stock, brandy, cream, and currant. Still working on the ’03 Le Cadeau!

Now that's good eatin'!!! How was the Le Cadeau showing?

It did quite well (see tasting notes), although I wish I had more of the '02. Anyone wanna trade? I've two bottles of the '03 remaining!

New Year's Eve (Homemade ) dinner with friends:

Assorted cheeses and pates

Smoked salmon with caviar

Sliced Duck breast with orange dressing on endive

Arugula and pear salad with raspberry vinaigrette

Pork tenderloin with a pomegranate+ Pinot Noir reduction with a side of mashed butternut squash

Strawberries marinated in balsamic vinegar with mascarpone

12 grapes at midnight

Happy 2008!

At our annual dinner party:

Menu New Year’s Eve 2007


ONE
Spring Mix Salad with Champagne
Vinaigrette Dressing accompanied by
Smoked Salmon Rolls with Capers and Dill
Goat Cheese / Mascarpone Cheese
Mirepoix in Santa Rosa, CA
2004 Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee Sparkling Wine

TWO
Kay’s French Onion Soup
Kay Wad’s Kitchen in Memphis, TN
2004 Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee Sparkling Wine

THREE
Spoon of Risotto Cakes & Pancetta
Michael Mina in San Francisco, CA
2005 Holdredge – Mazie Rose Pinot

FOUR
Beef Tenderloin with Port Sauce accompanied by mustard roasted potatoes, black eyed peas
& yorkshire pudding
Cyrus in Healdsburg, CA
2005 Walter Hansel South Slope Pinot

FIVE
Bett’s Caramel Cake
Ellen’s Kitchen in Germantown, TN
N.V. Trevor Jones – Jonesy Old Tawny Port

MIDNIGHT
2005 Majella Shiraz Sparkling Wine

New Years Eve at the club -

Salad of butter lettuce, currants, bleu cheese, walnuts and mandarin orange.
Lobster Thermidor
Grilled sirloin steak in a red-wine demi-glace.

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Originally posted by MiamiAtty:
Board-O...I should also say that it was a pleasure speaking with you during this memorable meal as well.

Ditto. I hope we can get together again in April.