Today’s inspiration question is “What are 5 things you’re grateful for today?”1. My soulmate who supports me and feeds me excellent beef stew.2. My dark legion of far too many cats.3. A good bottle of wine. Last night, we had Annick Bachelet 2019 Les Charmes (Morgon) which is amazing! I think it’s the first French … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Bloganuary – “What are 5 things you’re grateful for today?”
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From the Kitchen and Bar – corned beef, veggies and wine (and a quickie bit of art)
Time for a food and drink post. (if you are new, be aware that if you follow me, you'll get more than food and drink. You'll also get my unvarnished thoughts about politics and religion). This week we corned a beef. My spouse and I were craving a Rueben sandwich and since we hadn’t done … Continue reading From the Kitchen and Bar – corned beef, veggies and wine (and a quickie bit of art)
From the kitchen and the bar: duck and wine
Sorry for the long hiatus. I am dealing with a job I don’t like, and working on my art, which I do like. I’m now an officially paid artist! It’s very weird feeling for someone who hated art teachers in elementary, high school and college because the ones I had didn’t teach art, they just … Continue reading From the kitchen and the bar: duck and wine
From the kitchen and the bar – experiments in game meats and some new wines
A month or two ago, D’Artagnan (the company that sells fancy meats here in the US) had a really good flash sale and I got a selection of game meats: a duck, venison shanks and a wild boar roast. We had the wild boar first (actually a hybrid of European wild boar and feral pig … Continue reading From the kitchen and the bar – experiments in game meats and some new wines
From the Bar – what I’ve had lately
Now to catch up on some drink I’ve had lately. Found a nice dry rosé wine from Washington state, Milbrandt 2016 Rosé. It was less than $10 at the pa wine store. I very much like Hendrick’s Gin. It has quite a different flavor profile than other gins. I like flowery alcohol (crème de violette … Continue reading From the Bar – what I’ve had lately
From the Bar: a couple of new things to drink, vindaloo, and a movie
This weekend we made a chicken vindaloo. This was from the Saveur magazine recipe and it just wasn’t quite what I had grown used to in most indian restaurants. What the recipe produced was a chicken and potato curry stew but not much of the vinegar tang that I like in vindaloo. So I ended … Continue reading From the Bar: a couple of new things to drink, vindaloo, and a movie
What the Boss Likes – update on the remodel, random things I’ve enjoyed
The kitchen is finished all but for the painting. Since this was nice fresh drywall, I had to give it two coats of sealer/primer and now am *finally* getting the color layer on, a lavender called “garden fairy” (I want a job naming colors). I’m doing a high gloss finish since it’s a kitchen and … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – update on the remodel, random things I’ve enjoyed
What the Boss Likes – a random assortment of things
Haven’t had much of an urge to write a blog post lately. Work has become a real pain since I have a new boss who doesn’t know anything about the job and who hates using computers. Of course, that’s all we use and trying to get new boss to do anything is damn near impossible. … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – a random assortment of things
From the Kitchen, from the Bar and from the garden: a meandering post about various things
I haven’t had a food and drink post for awhile. A handful of weeks ago we decided to see if we could grill whole Cornish hens on our small barreled shaped grill. We didn’t want to butterfly them which would be simpler, but to have a little whole chicken for each of us. Many years … Continue reading From the Kitchen, from the Bar and from the garden: a meandering post about various things
From the Kitchen and the Bar – samoa pie, and wine
The samoa in the title is the Girl Scout cookie. My spouse *loves* them. They are basically a shortbread cookie covered in caramel, toasted coconut and chocolate. They still are pretty good, though many of the cookies seem to less than what I remember. Of course it could simply be the glow of nostalgia. I, … Continue reading From the Kitchen and the Bar – samoa pie, and wine
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