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  1. lturley4

    Off-Heat Poaching

    And, excepting eggs and fish, what can effectively be coddled? All I have utterly failed to coddle was eggs. Probably lucky, though, since I detest coddled eggs.
  2. foodfun, I have always found the Mansion to be quite supurb. Have you reviewed their menu? Do you have any particular ways you are leaning? Where are you coming from? also curious what your other dining destinations will be while here. I will gladly and maticulously describe how to spend every second of your day if you like, or at least give a suggestion or two. Back to the mansion, Fearing's "signature" dishes are the lobster taco and tortillia soup. The tacos are masterful. Depending on your taste, my personal reccomendation would be to stick with the savory and not the sweet. The kitchen is a master of meat. If you have any specific questions, please let me know. I haven't been in about a yr, but used to frequent the place.
  3. A bargain it must be. Take a look here. Looking back over the list, I think we made a poor choice
  4. This tiny cottage on Fairmount in Dallas was reccommended by a friend, so as Julia recieved her promotion we decided to visit armed with at least an excuse. We were not exactly full of trepadation but in some ways wished we had at least visited before Mr. Samford left for Ceneral Market, but knew mr. Peters would be more than capable (was he the sous chef for Barclay's as well...seems I remember that). Lola is set in an old home featuring approx. 20 tables, covered in ivy and a gorgeous garden. I believe there is a private dining room as well. Very quaint for such a powerhouse dining area as Cedar Springs and McKinney, but this house is steeped in tradition...or at least it has hosted a couple of greasy spoons in it's day. We had both been craving a good Zinfandel for a period approaching a week so we took the reccomendation of the'99 Martinelli. Quite assuming and large, but I suppose that's why one orders a Zinfandel. Started with steamed mussels with tomatoes and cauliflour while Julia had the warm crab napoleon. The mussels were tender and succulent (making me wish I could once live in a costal locale) forming a bit of a surprise, though, that they were not steamed in wine. The portion was huge. The crab was wonderful if not in large chunks. Possibly the biggest disappointment of the evenig was my tortillia soup. Poor pairing, I agree, but a craving is a craving. No discernable broth as this soup was overly spiced. Nor was it hearty; I could find no fat swimming along the edge of the bowl as one expects with tortillia soup, and as a result the broth had no depth. The color was a rusty pink swimming with yellow base, cofusing me the more (not that difficult a task). More acceptable was Julia's spinach salad, boldly dressed with lots of citrus and bacon. We've never been fans of overtly sublte salads, and that this was not. If only the soup were sublte.. We then rolled into duck confit and seared breast with lentils as Julia had herb crusted lamb. The duck was fatty and the breast perfectly cooked. Lamb also well cooked, and the zinfandel-plumb reduction was amazing with the accompanying scalloped potatoes. However, the promised tapanade was nowhere to be found (at least by me). We finished with a well construced, massive cheese plate. However, the prize of the evening was the rum-raisin ice cream with seared bannanas. Not so much seared but dipped in the caramalized as the banannas were not even warmed, but bitterly delicious. The ice cream was WELL spiked with rum and probably the most flavorful ice cream i've ever had, and still one of the the sweetest. This is the dish I will try to recreate in the days to come. We toiled with the cheese but gobbled every bit of the ice cream and bananna. We will definitely return to Lola. Service was well paced and adequately informative. The wine list was a book; we are not very knowledgable about wine and usually roll with the suggestions, but at over 50 pages this has to be one of the most complete lists in Dallas. A couple of interesting characters none abashed about all getting the low down of their conversation kept us very entertained. The larger one's ego, the more interesting their speak, I suppose.
  5. lturley4

    Wild Rabbit

    Sorry to be a bit off subject, but Wilfrid, do you bread your livers or simply sautee...my mother used to sautee with a little onion but my wife can't understand the concept of liver. Never had breaded. Perhaps she would prefer a breaded version...don't we all...
  6. Try Thirty-Six Degrees on Lemmon in Uptown. Their connected fish market (can't remember the name), though small, offers quite fresh seafood and often stocks clams. Although I'm not sure if they are offered on the menu, I feel certain if you call ahead, Mr. Svalesen would be quite accomodating to any requests. He always has been. Also try the delicious scallops with curry mustard appatizer. However, this is one of the rare restaurants where the entrees rule. Let me know what you find.
  7. Waitrose I believe this is what you need, steve
  8. lturley4

    Chili con Carne

    Dstone: I've tried similar chili. However, we found the best way for us was to slab the tofu, fry fully, and ladle the chili under as an overabundance of sauce, leaving one free to garnish said slab of tofu with roasted or raw chilies, a colorful dusting of cumin and dried tomato or, my favorite, a roasted and stuffed anaheim chili not overstuffed with queso fresco sliced for presentation. Nevermind. This really doesn't sound like chili. HERE are my chili feelings, pasted from another post. Glad this finally found home.
  9. Thank you all. I feel I am squatting on your website. Yes, most online purveyors I have visited, but there is a certain beauty of actually reviewing older books. Problem: while wife is shopping I simply cannot again get away with shopping online. Believe it or not, it has happened before.... robert brown: I suspect that is the bookstore my friend and I discussed the other night based on location. Liza: I suspect that is the bookstore my friend and I discussed the other night based on description. Conclusion: I shall visit both. And others. And...well... anything to stay away form those splendid wine bars while Julia is shopping, poor girl... Thanks again for all the help on this board. Sorry again for wasting space. I will post, hardly a review, but an experience description of all our better dining expeiences while in the city, as well as my related shopping discoveries. If you see me stumbling around this summer carrying more books than I can haul please lend a hand, I'll gladly treat you to Wilfrid's shandy...laced with lager.
  10. Someone has up to laced my shandy with lager...
  11. I collect older, aged, antique, and kitsch cookbooks, much like most posters here probably do. A friend who used to live in the city told me of a place offering, to his recollection, an entire upper floor of "aged" cookbooks. Unfortunately he cannot remember the name nor location save it is on the Upper East side. Does this sound familiar to anyone and, if not, any suggestions for good cookbook stores to peruse this summer...I've gotta stay away from the bars while the wife shops.
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