MatthewB

Saturday night: Tomato salad (w/ Greek basil, Greek feta, EVOO, & BV) Roasted sea bass w/ chickpea dal & basmati rice Gooseberry rustic tart w/ vanilla ice cream

One week to go . . . Keep the suggestions coming!

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A menu from tommy?

Rachel posted links earlier to the recipe. (Thanks, Rachel!) This one is still working. Hurry!

If you shy away from chardonnay & you're looking for something other than your usual suspects (for me this summer, it's been white Bourdeaux, Rieslings, Sancerre, etc.), run--don't walk--and pick this up. A blend of 80% Garganega, 15% Chardonnay and 5% Trebbiano harvested from the San Vincenzo and Capitel vineyards at a yield of 2.7 tons per acre. I picked up one bottle to try on recommendation. I'm heading out for a case tomorrow. (Should be ~ $10/bottle around the US.)

I've seen it, actually. Another business down the tubes before it starts.

Depends on whether you're dealing with the tax man or not.

It's gonna be pretty hard to get a buzz when you have to spit it out right after you drink it. You know that bumper sticker that says "Mean People Suck"? I've always I wanted to market a bumper sticker that says "Nice People Swallow."

Nasty.

American Academy of Guildmasters.

Mr. G, I expect to be able to pick up some heirloom tomatoes from the hippies. Perhaps a simple tomato salad? (Basil, balsamic, perhaps a touch of shaved parm?)

Opening drinks: Fish House Punch?

:zips lips:

Bombay & Beefeater's & Plymouth are out even?

NO GIN No gin?

Unoriginal drinks: Negronis, Bellinis. (Good idea. I'm going home soon & I'll mix up a Negroni! )

I just realized that with Aurora's post. I'm sorry if I sold you short. Never again! (Einmal ist keinmal.)

:pssssttttt: G, ya gotta sound more confused & helpless. Like me.

hmmm, i thought we'd agreed on another thread that was the true definition of california cuisine. Which makes me wonder if we shouldn't bring up Kuh's argument that Tower learned to cook from reading Elizabeth David & Richard Olney on the bus to Chez Panisse?

Slightly better than Cher as far as club music. And much much much better booty.

Previously on this topic . . . This thread Another thread An aside comment on clogs from bourdain Another brief Q&A response

I can't wait for the hayride.

Babes can be hermaphrodite, too. Calliope Stephanides is a babe.

Aurora, take the two-fer. And we better watch our metaphors. If I'm Carville, G is Bill, & uhhhhh, girlfriend, you're . . .