November Schedule At “The Buzz”

24 Thursday Oct 2013

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Beaujolais Nouveau, Buzz Coffee, wine tasting

Here is the November Schedule of Events at The Buzz in Boise. There are some fantastic events coming up. Start with this Saturday, Oct 26 (I know, it’s not November, but close enough!). The Saturday Classical Jam is a free event and if you play an instrument, bring it and a music stand. This is a FUN, FUN, FUN night. Here are the rest of the events. See you there.

Buzz Coffee and Wine – Fall Events

Hope everyone is getting ready for this busy holiday season that is rapidly approaching. We at Buzz have several fun events planned for you and your family. Let us know if you need any catering done over the holiday season, we even do private party wine tastings and/or dinner at your place or ours so contact us if you have any questions about how to organize an event for your friends or family.

RosieMADE
On October 24 from 6-8 I will be at “Girls Night Out” at RosieMADE (2033 N 35th St Boise Idaho 83703) along with Your Color Image, Bioceutica, Wholistic Beauty Boutique,and Arno Confections for a fun evening out. I will be featuring a wine tasting of Halloween wines made in the USA. Stop by and check it out.
Music at the Buzz
Each Friday Night (and a few Saturdays) we have music and wine tasting.
Wine Tasting starts at 5PM with music starting at 7PM.
October 25 Dr Todd Palmer
October 26 Classical Jam Night (starts at 6)
November 1 John Cazaan
November 8 Carter Freeman
November 15 Jim Lewis
November 16 Jean Cardania
November 22 Wayne White
November 29 Blaze and Kelly
Wine Club
Our next wine club dinner is November 12 or 13 at 6:30. We will be discussing holiday traditions and food and wine. Its $15 per person for dinner, wine and discussion. Reservations are required (please let us know of any food intolerance or allergies with your reservations).
Beaujolais Nouveau
On November 21 we will have this years Beaujolais Nouveau to sample along with ‘gobbler’ sandwiches for a dinner special, tends to be an excellent choice for a red to go with Thanksgiving dinner. Reservations are not required just stop by for the first taste of the 2013 vintage.
Enjoy your Halloween and stay safe. Let us know if you need any special wines for the holidays. Hope to see everyone soon.

Sincerely,
Cristi and Tom Takeda
Buzz Coffee and Wine

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“The Buzz” Monthly Wine Dinner – Small Wine Regions

09 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Beef, Cooking Styles, Dessert, Dinner With Friends, Ethnic Foods, Finger Foods, Photos By: Bob Young, Salad, Soup, Things To Do, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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A very interesting selection of wines and food tonight. And as Erica Larsen said, “Great food and wine for $15. Bottles were $11 each! Delicious! Another dinner tomorrow if you are interested.” Wine selections from New Zealand, Germany, Hungary, South Africa and Portugal. And Cristi kept it interesting with the food parings. If you missed this dinner, there is another with the same fare and wines tonight, October 9. You just can not beat the price – $15.00 per person – and the food selections. Cheers and hope to see you at one of these dinners. Personally, I think this was one of the better Wine Dinners. Great job, Cristi!! Enjoy these photos. Left-Click to see them enlarged.

Silverware, A Menu and A Glass of Wine

Pastry Twist
Mint and Pea Pesto
Cheese Dates
2013 Walnut Block Sauvignon Blanc (NZ)
13% alc . one of the better wines of the night. great finish and appeal. superb paring with the appetizer [18] $16

Pumpkin Tortilla Soup 2012 St Urbans Reisling Germany)

Pumpkin Tortilla Soup
2012 St Urbans Riesling (Germany)
9.5% alc. not my favorite wine for the night. The soup was spicy and I enjoyed it, but this wine just did not match with that flavor level. The wine was good by itself as was the soup. [16] $18

Hungarian Potato Salad 2001 Bull's Blood 12.5% alc. This was a very light version of this wine. We have had it before and it was full bodied.

Hungarian Potato Salad
2001 Bull’s Blood (Hungary)
12.5% alc. This was a very light version of this wine. We have had it before and it was full bodied. It was light enough to go with this delicious version of potato salad. I liked the salad. Different. [17] $11

Pumpkin Beef and Mushroom “Salad”
Pasta and Chimichurri Sauce
2009 Sebeka Cabernet Pinotage (S Africa)
13.5% alc. good clarity and color. full bodied and good balance [18] $11
I really enjoyed this entree. Good flavors and a good paring with the wine. Spaghetti squash on the bottom with caramelized onion made a perfect match.

Double Chocolate Bundt Cake
Noval Tawny Port (Portugal)
19.5% alc. I don’t particularly like port, but this was WOW! great balance and body. [19] $20
This was a superb paring between the chocolate cake and the port. Well done!!!

WHIP Nite at The Buzz and September Events

30 Friday Aug 2013

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food, photography questions, wine flights

The first WHIP Night at the Buzz was a good success. There were about 15 people there with all types of camera questions. I hope they all got answered to their satisfaction. The pasta salad pictured here was part of the dinner menu with appetizers. (None are left on this plate – they were that good!) The WHIP program will be held the last Thursday of each month from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. Each program will have someone in to talk about or explain about a specific topic.

For August and the first in the series, Cristi explains the event as, “Buzz Coffee and Wine is hosting our WHIP night each month on the last Thursday of the month. This is a time where We Help Inspire People (WHIP). This is a come and go event where each month we will have a guest that is very knowledgeable about a certain subject here at the Buzz to answer questions. This month we are pleased to have Bob Young coming to help us with our photography questions. Bob authors several blogs and has published a book with photographs of birds. Bring your questions and join us anytime between 5 and 8 on Thursday August 29. We will have flights of wine featuring women winemakers and food specials, no reservations required. Tell your friends and stop by.”

The September schedule of events at the Buzz is as follows.
“Buzz Coffee and Wine
September Events
Contact Us
2999 N Lakeharbor Lane
Boise, Idaho 83703

Whip Night
Bring your friends and your photography questions down to the Buzz August 29 from 5-8 (drop in anytime); and meet Bob Young and ask him questions about photography. We will have wine flights featuring women wine makers and food specials throughout the evening. Come any time, no reservations required.
We Help Inspire People.

Wine Club
We are focusing on France this month. Wine club is September 10 or 11 at 6:30 PM. Reservations required. Cost is $15.00 per person, includes dinner and wine tasting. Featured wines are 10% off after dinner. Please let us know of food allergies or intolerance with your reservation; buzzwine@cableone.net or 344-4321.

Bounty of the Harvest
On September 29 at 6:30 we will have our quarterly wine dinner. This quarters theme is the bounty of the harvest. This is a five course dinner with two different wines chosen to go with each course. The cost is only $30.00 per person and includes dinner and wine. All wines will be on sale 10% off after dinner. Reservations are required. Please let us know of food allergies or intolerance with your reservation; buzzwine@cableone.net or 344-4321.

Music in September
Music on Fridays from 7-9. Wine tasting and dinner specials each night.

8/30 Wendy Matson
9/6 Blaze and Kelly
9/13 Pat Foulkner
9/20 Wayne White
9/27 John Cazaan

No reservations required just come and enjoy.

Thank you for your patronage and we hope to see you soon

Sincerely,
Cristi and Tommy Takeda
Buzz Coffee and Wine

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Another Good Cooking Seminar At Williams-Sonoma

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Brunch, Classes, Cooking Classes, Dessert, Food Photos, Fruits, Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Local Markets, Locavore, Mahi Mahi, Photos By: Bob Young, Salads, Special Events, What's For Dinner?

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food, ground mustard, mission figs, Williams Sonoma, yummy dessert

A good seminar with Chef Chad entitled Farm To Table. It was good to have Robin with me at this event too. In keeping with the theme, Chef Chad emphasized the use of local and fresh products from local farmer’s markets and vegetable stands. He did a good job in using these local products where ever possible. Black Mission Figs don’t grow in the Treasure Valley! Here are some photos of the dishes that Chef Chad showed us this evening. Cheers and enjoy! There are recipes available if you would like one. Just let me know.

Fig and Fromage Blanc Crostini

A great appetizer. The recipe says to use ciabatta, but Chef Chad changed it to sourdough which worked very well.

Baby Arugula Salad with Berries and Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola is not one of my favorite cheeses, but the combinations in the salad worked very well with the cheese. It was suggested to add some toasted nuts to the salad. Try adding fresh thyme and stone ground mustard to the vinaigrette. You can also make this into a main dish by adding marinated red onions and thinly sliced grilled steak.

Rolled Eggplant with Sausage and Mascarpone Reday for the oven to bake at 450 degrees for 4-7 minutes.

Rolled Eggplant with Sausage and Ricotta

Ready for the oven to bake at 450 degrees for 4-7 minutes.

Rolled Eggplant with Sausage and Ricotta

Sauteed Pluots with Mascarpone and Almonds

Ok. What are “pluots”? Good question. They are a cross between apricots and red plums. Also known in some places as Red Apricots. Slightly sweet. Slightly tart. A yummy dessert!

So as you can see, a delicious and wonderful seminar/class. We will not be able to make the September event, but will try to make the October class. Most of these recipes come from the Williams-Sonoma Cooking from the Farmers’ Market by Tasha DeSerio and Jodi Liano (Weldon Owen, Inc. 2010). Cheers and Bon Appetite!

Sunday Night At “The Buzz” In Boise

12 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Beans, Bistro, Comfort Food, Finger Foods, Friends, Photos By: Bob Young, Special Events, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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fire storm, great friends, pot luck, two fires, vegetable platter

Great food and great friends gathered at The Buzz in Boise to convey our condolences to Cristi and her family for her loss. We were sitting outside and the fire storm from about 50 miles east of Boise and 25 miles north, presented an imposing image of the vastness of the fire. This morning on NPR I heard were the combined two fires was about 120,000 acres. Yuk!
As we gathered, we shared food as a means of bonding our friendships. Everyone who attended, was asked to bring some type of pot luck. And, if you desired, bring a wine. We took a 2010 Fujishin Family Cellars Viognier, a corn pie and grilled fresh herbed zucchini. (Photos are below) Others brought all kinds of wines, BBQ pork, beans, soup, vegetable platter, hot artichoke dip, brownies and different breads. It was a good gathering to show the extent of our friendship for Cristi and her family. Here are a few more photos. Left-Click any of the photos to see enlarged.

Grilled Herbed Zucchini Strips

Corn Pie

Plated pulled pork, homemade beans and corn pie.

Happy Hour At Highlands Hollow Brewhouse

05 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Beer and Ale, Beer and Food, Beer Tasting, Comfort Food, Highlands Hollow Pub, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Pubs, Special Beers, What's For Dinner?

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dark ale, doolie, harrison hollow, star pub, vegetarian sandwiches

Highlands Hollow Brewhouse, formerly known as Harrison Hollow, was thee site of a Meet-Up group tonight. We only ordered appetizers, namely the Loaded Fries, which are really loaded, and the Black Bean Nachos which were very good! Both are pictured below. We also had a beer sampler of 10 samples. Personally, I liked the Doolie’s best. To copy from their menu, “Doolie’s is a dark ale with ruby overtones which show up if you hold it to the light. A slightly roasted flavor profile and the darker color comes from the use of three different specialty malts that are roasted in varying degrees, to stringent specifications.” The food was good, understanding that it was Happy Hour Fare and the service was good. It would be interesting to order something from their main menu. The food and the sampler that we got was $22.00 for the two of us. They have a full menu of salads, pasta, a variation of entrees, vegetarian, sandwiches burgers and desserts. Our visit here was good and we will probably return. Where 10 Barrel and Table Rock are 5-Star pubs, Highlands Hollow is a 4-Star pub. Enjoy the photos.

Black Bean Nachos

Loaded Fries

The sizes of these two appetizers is really quite large. We probably could have had just one between the two of us and shared it. You can visit their website at Highlands Hollow Brewhouse.

Crab Dip – East Coast Style

01 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Blue Crab, Captain's Shack, Classics, Crab, Food, Food Photos, Horseradish, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe: Bob and Robin Young, Recipes, Salads, Seafood, What's For Dinner?

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Ah yes! Costco does carry Blue Crab and it is pretty good. Robin wanted me to make some of this dip. I did, but it must rest a while before eating. She waited long enough. So I made her a small green salad with yellow tomato and the crab dip.

Crab Dip – East Coast Style

Author: Bob and Robin Young
Source: Marge Young, Annapolis, MD
Servings: 20
Cooking Times
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Comments: The Blue Crab can be bought from Charleston Seafood Company, http://www.charlestonseafood.com or use Phillips canned Blue Crab.
Author Notes: This recipe comes from Bob’s sister-in-law, Marge Young.

Ingredients:
1 lbs Crab Meat (Blue Crab)
1 lg Package (8oz) Cream Cheese, softened (No fat works fine)
½ cup Mayonaise …. more or less to taste
1 Tbs Horseradish …. more or less to taste (We like more. Like double the amount.)
½ Lemon, juiced

Procedure:
1. Beat the last four ingredients together …. fold in the crab meat. Hide the dip in the refrigerator until ready to use. (This is the hardest part.) Serve with crackers or small breads.

2. As you can see, this is not an exact science and the tasting part is important and the most fun.

One can really get hooked on this dip. It is that good!! Cheers and enjoy! Thanks Marge for sharing this so many years ago.

July Wine Club Dinner at the Buzz

10 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Bistro, Dinner With Friends, Local Harvests, Locavore, Main Dish, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Salads, Special Dinners, Special Events, Things To Do, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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Asparagus Soup, flatbread pizza, food

Another great wine club dinner at the Buzz last night. A blind tasting this time. Interesting and fun! I know. In Boise during the summer months, folks have many adventures to follow and attendance at these events are low. Even when Robin and I were dancing, the summer dance events had extremely low attendance. But, everyone must still eat and have liquid refreshment. Why not at the Buzz for one of these events? $15.00 per person that includes 6 or so wines and a full, five course dinner, is a great price. And just think of all the new information you will gain and the new friends you will meet. Here is what we had and what you missed. Enjoy …. We did! Sorry for some of the photo quality, but I forgot my camera. Had to use my phone.
We started off with Cristi’s Choice, a 2007 Lan Rioja Crianza that was good, but not as good as the 2009 Alsace Classic Pinot Gris that she offered. You can find my review of these two wines on my Vivino page. Download it – it is free – to either your IPhone or Android and then follow me. It’s a great and fun little program that allows you to keep a record of the wines you try. I even use it to keep track of some of the beers I try, although the program is not setup to track beer. Vivino App for either IPhone or Android.
As a sample of a blind taste, Cristi had us work with this wine. 2010 Tin Roof Merlot 13.5% alc. not bad, as all the wines tonight were scored on the high side. This went well with the pizza – I saved a little. [18]

Flatbread Pizza and California Roll
2008 Renwood Barbera
14.5% alc. Barbera is not one of my favorite wines. But went well with the pizza and California Roll. [18]

Chilled Asparagus Soup
(Awesome)
2011 Toad Hollow Chardonnay
13.5% alc. One of the better wines and matches for tonight. This wine went extremely well with this delicious soup. [19]

Citrus Salad
(This was a great salad. Cristi said she will post the recipe for the dressing. Loved it!)
2011 Wentz Sauvignon Blanc
13.0% alc. Good Sauvignon Blanc with this salad. The citrus and the wine were perfect. [19]

Fish Tacos
with
Hominy and Bean Salad
2011 Garnet Pinot Noir
13.0% alc. Not the best match with the tacos. [17]

California Walnut Pie
and
Grilled Peaches
NV JJJ US Sparkling
Great match with the dessert. Full of almond and delightful. [19]

Grilled Lamb and Good Friends Start the Summer Season

25 Saturday May 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Acme Bakery, Appetizers, Asparagus, Baked Onion, Boise Farmers Market, Captain's Shack, Cooking Styles, Friends, Grillin' and Chillin', Lamb, Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Locavore, Main Dish, Onion, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Salads, Special Dinners, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?, Wild Game, Wine and Food, Wine Dinners

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It is always a “great start” to any event when you are joined by friends. Geno and Debra (pictured here) were in town, so we had them over for a grilled lamb dinner. The weather was super good and we ate outside. Most of the food was local, too. The lamb was and the onions and asparagus were from Washington. The wine was from California. Still, a delightful time. I even helped Debra with her blog. She is doing fine with it. So here are some photos of the food that we had. Enjoy and please cast your VOTE above. Thanks. Cheers! Left-Click any of these photos to see enlarged.

Asparagus Stuffed Walla Walla Onions getting ready for the oven.

This wine was awesome with the lamb. We have more of the wine.

Robin made this super Mousse d’Phaison and Chukar Pâté with Toasted Acme Bakery Rye Wedges (not pictured). Those are fresh chives from our garden.

Grilled Lamb Chops
Fresh Green Salad
Asparagus Stuffed Walla Walla Sweet Onion

Geno enjoys a lamb chop.

French Vanilla Ice Cream with Idaho Peach Half and Chocolate Liquor Cup . What a great dessert!

Wine Meet-Up At Le Cafe de Paris

20 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Bistro, Photos By: Bob Young, Report By Robin, Special Dinners, Special Events, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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artichoke and spinach dip, cheese plate, mediterranean france

Robin wrote this good review of the Wine Meet-Up Group Party at Le Cafe de Paris in Boise yesterday. The photo here is of some of the appetizers we had. (Here’s a link to a good Slide Show.)

“Christian presented some diverse and reasonably priced wines from Mediterranean France – new to many. From the refreshing 2011 Picpoul Blanc- a perfect wine for oysters and other shellfish to an oak aged white with great body – Doria 2009 from Luberon in the Languedoc, great with the artichoke dip. A beautiful 2012 100% Aramon Rose’ paired nicely with pate’ and will satisfy many summer culinary creations. The 2004 La Mascaronne from Provence shows the new blending styles of a Cabernet mixed with Rhone grapes – all the rage now for a serious lamb dinner wine and finishing the tasting with the huge 2008 Orca from old vines in Ventoux is a great match for BBQ’s yet to come.

A bit crowded, but just the right mix of interesting people at our end of the table. The appetizers were creative crostini with a fresh tomato and basil mix, wonderful bread from Gaston’s Bakery in the basement with a hot cheesy artichoke and spinach dip, I enjoyed a slice of Mathieu’s especially flavorful pate’ with cornichons and mustard and who stole my cheese? By the time the cheese plate arrived at our end of the table, there were a few craisins and nuts and only two skinny slices of Brie!

We ordered a salmon plate and a roast stuffed pheasant for dinner, but it took such a long time to arrive, that our seats had become nearly numb from the very uncomfortable chairs. We had out meals boxed ‘to go’. We love Mathieu and his concept of fine French dining, however he needs to buy some more comfortable chairs and stabilize the rocking tables.”