MatthewB

Time for pictures. Tuna tartare ala tommy. Dean's signature seafood cocktail. My composed summer vegetable salad ala vengroff. The stuffed pork ala sobaddict70, prior to grilling. The pork after grilling. The pork after carving. A close-up of said pork. I don't have a yellow polo shirt. However, I did wear yellow socks.

Cheesecake Factory.

Arugula.

"The raw & the cooked" is actually Lévi-Strauss. (Or Jim Harrison! ) And Baudrillard & Virilio would have way more interesting commentary than Derrida.

If you've a warm apartment, you stand a chance of "cooking" the wine due to heat. (A "cooked" bottle will show evaporation--e.g., the wine is below the foil wrap, etc.) I was at a friend's apartment--a warm apartment--last week & broke the news to him that 2/3 of the bottles in his small kitchen rack were cooked.

Do you have an appropriate spot to store it? If not, just drink it. In fact, just drink it.

Look around. JP beat ya, buddy! Previous thread here

From the Languedoc A.O.C. of Cabardès. A nice grape mix as the A.O.C. requires: - Atlantic varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot : 40 % minimum of blends, - Mediterranean grape types Syrah, Grenache also 40 % minimum of blends, - Continental grape varieties Cot and Fer Servadou can complete blends up to a maximum of 20%. A true bargain at $6.50 US.

Mr. Villas, take heart. For whatever it's worth, cool weather is expected here this weekend & I'm planning on serving your braised lamb shanks from "French Country Kitchen" to guests this weekend. (And, gratin dauphinois.) Perhaps a bit early to pull the trigger on braising, but why not?

Not a lot, I think. One of my goals for fall/winter is to work more on baking--breads, tarts, & whatever else I happen upon. I don't have a kitchen scale. The My Weigh looks to be about $50. If the opinion is that it's worth the extra $20 over the Sunbeam postal scale, I'll pick up the My Weigh. (For some reason, I don't feel like researching this. I'll trust--and not question after purchase --whatever the recommendation is here.) Make sense?

Alright. About 5 minutes ago, there was a family with a ten-year-old son. The kid was doing his best to get busy with a waitron. That your kid, tommy?

Thanks, FG. Guess I'm not going to OfficeMax this week. Any other suggestions before I order/pick up a scale?

What's the difference between the My Weigh 6001 & 6001T?

Last night's tuna was FRESH!

How about one of you and Mr. g with the jars in a wine haze? (Sounds like the eG version of Clue®. ) No such pictures exist on my camera. Perhaps gualojote has some?

Thanks. I'm going to make a trip to OfficeMax this week & take you up on this. Best.

Spot on, Alex. I don't think I'd buy it again--other than as a novelty. But it ain't bad. Just a tad higher-than-I'd-like-for-this-quality. But not bad. Quite good, in fact.

This link is dead due to a cookie. Might you provide a bit more info? I'm interested in this. Thanks.

Right after I post this message, we're going to have Sex.

Edited the above. That seem right, now?

Pictures tomorrow! The vinaigrette was a spur-of-the-moment thing. Approximately equal parts of EVOO & rice vinegar. A pinch of salt. A few generous grinds of black pepper. Four minced garlic cloves. About 1:6 ratio of fresh lemon juice to EVOO--perhaps a bit less lemon juice as I freehanded. About 2/3:1 ratio of whole milk to EVOO. (No dijon! With a nod to Mr. James Villas in his section on vinaigrette in "French Country Kitchen.") The salad was my version of vengroff's "composed vegetable salad." I picked the best looking stuff that the hippie farmers had. Salad was quick blanched baby summer squash, sweet corn, heirloom sweet peppers, yellow beans, and then raw thin-sliced baby leeks & raw small-to-medium-sized heirloom tomatoes. Simple & all about the Heartland summer.

Ahhhhhhh, that NY City air!

Balloons. Or some such.

I've not enough superlatives for the evening that Dean so graciously offered us. I'll collect my thoughts & post in a bit. My one regret: I didn't get a picture of Iris' face after she quaffed three hot chocolates. (Who can deny an adorable four year girl who grins & sedately asks, "More hot chocolate, please?" I know I can't.)

That's just one of the first steps to recovery.