Sunday, March 25, 2007
Surprise dinner
Sorry it's been awhile since my last entry - it seems like it's been a pretty hectic week, but I'm hard-pressed to say why exactly, now. Fellowship of the Rings viewing at a friends house last night, running with friends Sunday morning, did a little bit of baking (more on that later...) Anyway, Mich and I had a couple of gift certificates to spend at the Eldorado casino, and arranged last-minute babysitting (thanks again, Nathan and Sarah) to go out the Bistro Roxy. Casino restaurants are so weird. They usually have a high level of food with a mediocre level of waitstaff, and a really bizarre mix of clientele. At any rate, Mich and I shared a calimari appetizer with some kind of picorino (or something) peppers. Mich had her standard blue cheese salad (pretty good cheese in that. I had pancetta-wrapped swordfish on a bed of... uh... rice and stuff, didn't pay a lot of attention to that. Mich went for the lobster tail, which came with asparagus and a mushroom risotto. We shared a bottle of 2006 "J" Pinot Gris, which was a pretty good choice. We had pre-ordered the two dessert souffles they had, which were blood orange and vanilla with chocolate chunks and Grand Marnier. They were both EXCELLENT, the blood orange one being perhaps slightly our favorite. Not sure if I'm up to trying that one at home.
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Speaking of blue cheese and wine, I was listening the "The Splendid Table" on Public Radio this Sunday and the moderator interviewed a cheese pro, Steve Jenkins, about cheese suggestions to get us out of a rut. It included blue cheese suggestions. Also, a discussion about Jefferson and his love of wines.
http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/
Oh my word! How can you possibly have this much time on your hands? Cooking, running, blogging...have you even done your taxes yet?
Hey, I heard that cheese interview on NPR too, and I'm definately in a cheese rut.
What's your favorite thing to buy at Trader Joe's?
Oh, yeah, taxes are long done. As for time - I don't sleep much. that helps.
Lessee, favorite TJ's purchase - probably baking supplies - the Pound Plus of chocolate, whatever kind of nuts or crystallized ginger I need, and they have really good dairy; heavy cream and unsalted butter. Eggs, too, although you have to choose from organic, free-range, cage-free, or whatever...
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