@shain – I’ve never had sunchokes and that gratin looks so good. How would you describe the flavor?
@Anna N and @liuzhou – I am quite sure that this anglophile would quite like stovies.
@JoNorvelleWalker – no canned tuna shaming from me. Mr. Kim was mooning over some tuna in the fish case at the store Saturday. I opined that my favorite tuna was the round kind😄. And I’ll top you – I like plain old Starkist chunk light packed in water. (I actually like it packed in oil, but Mr. Kim and Costco insist on water).
@gfweb – jumping on the bandwagon to say how much I love your house. I’d love to see more of it. There is nothing I like better than a stone house. Our very first owned home was an almost 100 year old stone farmhouse. Very casual and country, but I loved the history.
@chromedome – I believe I will have to try that duck recipe. I am one of those folks who detests poultry cooked any lower than medium well. I just can’t make myself swallow it.
I’m not cooking much lately, but we did have a lovely dinner with some dear friends who came back to town for a visit. We all love Greek, so we met at one of our old favorites, Demi's.
Started with flamed saganaki:
Maybe my favorite food in the entire world. Also, spanakopita:
Some of the best I ever remember eating. We ordered something interesting sounding:
Dried apricots stuffed with ricotta cheese, Spanish almonds, and a drizzle of balsamic reduction. All five of us agreed that these were very good, but a little bland. We thought that substituting goat cheese for the ricotta would be good. I’m going to give it a try with goat cheese, marcona almonds, and saba.
Our entrees - sundried tomato, capers, and artichoke hearts on linguini:
Paella – Spanish chorizo, mussels, shrimp, cod and calamari and topped with fried oysters:
Spanish chorizo and ham soup with white beans, tomato, onions, garlic, and peppers and the spinach, kale, & arugula salad with apricots, red onion, cucumbers, tomatoes, and walnuts in a creamy feta dressing:
Chicken souvlaki:
One of the specials – monkfish with crabmeat and shrimp:
Desserts were baklava:
Sweet cheese empanada with vanilla ice cream:
And egg nog crème brulee:
Everything was absolutely delicious – better than any other time we’ve been. I was especially impressed with the paella. So many places where you can go wrong and each element was cooked so well.
