Perfect Date Night
Friday, January 8, 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Christmas Meal 2015
This years' menu:
Starters
Cheese puffs
Spinach and cheese bits
Brie Cheese and Crostini
Seafood bits
Squash soup
Endive Salade
Duck Pate
Smoked Salmon and Baguette
Champagne
Main Dishes
Gnocchi with basil and tomatoes
Succulent Turkey & Stuffing
Roasted root vegetables
Caramelized carrots
Mash Potatoes
Turkey Jus
Dessert
A wonderful ice cream log
The New Years' Feast
Every New Years' Eve we make a huge feast for the littles. They all get to choose one item for the menu (usually the same every year). This year was a big one… And we all managed to stay up till midnight.
Sliders with cheese and bacon for the eldest boy… I choose a plate of crudités. Also made some turkey croquettes (always trying to find ways to get rid of leftovers.
Homemade cheese pizza with a roasted pepper sauce.
Spicy wings for our eldest daughter. She loves hot stuff!
Nachos are always a staple!
What are nachos without tacos...
Turkey croquettes - yum.
Lots of finger food for self-creation
Full plates, full bellies, happy kiddies!
Friday, December 18, 2015
Top 11 Food Trends of 2015
“Cooking vegetables as you would meats. Slow-roast beets on the grill until they are charred and perfectly tender, let them rest with a bit of tarragon and grapefruit butter on top, and there isn’t much more you need.”
“Even with all of the non-gluten-eating diners, pizza continues to trend!”
“The top food trend of 2015 is probably ice cream in all its variants.”
—Sandy Dee Hall, Black Tree
Pre-Game Pub: The Irish Embassy
Wings and sausage platters help get the game energy going to the max.
Great company never hurts.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Largehearted Boy - Favorite Food and Drink Books of 2015
This year I launched a new food book and drinks series, Whisk and Whiskey, and was exposed to a multitude of cookbooks as well as food and drink books.
These are the six food and drink books I have most recommended to friends, family, and anyone else who has crossed my path (my personal definition of "favorite").
What was your favorite food and/or drink book of 2015?
Warren Bobrow's Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails once again proves his "cocktail whisperer" title well-deserved. Captivating and filled with gorgeous photography, not to mention the delicious drink recipes, this is the cocktail book of the year.
America's Test Kitchen once again impresses with this hefty vegetarian cookbook, which also includes many vegan and gluten-free recipes.
My favorite cookbook of the year, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science takes a scientific approach to cooking.
My favorite Texas barbecue joint's cookbook offers a thorough guide to smoking meat, from wood to smoker to meat to step-by-step recipes.
As well as an accomplished poet, Kate Lebo is also an eloquent evangelist for pie. Her cookbook Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour & Butter brings the lessons from her baking classes to print with the same flair, wit, and enthusiasm in a book as rewarding to bake from as it is to read.
The editors of Garden and Gun magazine produced one of my favorite Southern cookbooks, one that masterfully combines recipes of mainstays with regional specialties.
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