Wine Dinner At The Buzz

12 Wednesday Sep 2012

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It is not often that one gets treated to such a variation on a wine dinner. But Cristi and Crew did an awesome job this time. Her challenge – Wine to go with her weekly garden basket. In other words, I think, the theme was Salad and Wine. What wines go with a salad and can you make a five course dinner by using salad “fixins”. You sure can. Just look at what Cristi and The Buzz came up with. A super meal! And yes, we still had our 7 wines to go with the meal. For starters, we had Cristi’s Choice. (1) 2010 Reinares Tempranillo. 13% alc. A bold red that deserves the 18 points that I gave it. Finishes well with long lasting flavors. (2) 2011 La Yunta Torrontes. A very good wine from Argentina with clean, yet sharp, flavors. Easily rated at 17. Remember – the Top Score would be [20]. Here is the rest of the meal and wines. Left-Click any of these photos for a larger view. Enjoy and Cheers!

Fried Corn and Black Bean Salad
(Super salad!)

Greek Yogurt Potato Salad
(Another super salad!)

Roasted Broccoli and Feta Salad

2010 Starlane Sauvignon Blanc
14.3% alc. Yuk! eucalyptus and gooseberry. some celery on the nose. definitely not my favorite wine. much better with the food. [9] $17.00

Asparagus Caprese Salad

2008 Durigutti Bonarda
13.9% alc. really great with the basil and balsamic in the salad. deep and and rich body and taste. [18] $16.00

Roasted Eggplant Salad with Pita Chips
(A good salad. Like the eggplant.)

2008 Black Smith Merlot
14.2%. really went well with the eggplant.big, rich, clean and smooth. stands up to the sweet pepper. [10] $17.00

Black and Bleu Salad

2010 Ca de Calle Merlot
14.0% alc. blended with 2% Petit Verdot. a very good wine and woth the bottle price. [18] $20.00

Fruit Salad in a Cake Custard Cup
(a delightful dessert.)

2010 Six Hats Chenin Blanc
13% alc. really delightful and refreshing with the fruit. [17] $12.00

A great evening with a diversified menu and wine selection. I really think that Cristi and The Crew out did themselves tonight with everything they prepared. If you missed this, there will be others. The second Tuesday and Wednesday of each month. The same menu and wine selection is presented each night. Next month I understand that Soup will be the theme. Hope to see you there. Cheers!

Stuffed Patty Pan Squash For Dinner

11 Tuesday Sep 2012

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A surprisingly good dinner. Fresh squash and fresh tomatoes. All baked and delicious. Yum!

Stuffed Sweet Pepper

Fresh Sliced Tomato
basil strands, fresh chopped chives, balsamic vinegar

Stuffed Fresh Patty Pan Squash

Baked Shredded Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese

The stuffing for both was easy and good. Bacon, diced onion, soft bread crumbs, grated Parmesan cheese. And I used some chopped sweet pepper. A good combination, but I think I would add some tomato sauce the next time. Cheers!

Broiled Catfish Dinner

10 Monday Sep 2012

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Now here was a different dinner for us tonight. It’s not often that we get some fresh catfish. Thanks Gina and Frank. This was delicious! Here the filets are getting ready for the broiler. Note the chive and lemon thyme panko.

Gnocchi

Fresh Rye Bread

Iceberg Lettuce Salad
jicama, fresh tomatoes, celery and lite lime dressing

Broiled Catfish
lemon thyme and chive panko

Fresh Homemade Tartar Sauce

2011 Bedrock Winery Ode to Lulu Rosé of Mourvedre

Two Awesome Meals

05 Wednesday Sep 2012

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Two awesome meals this weekend. This one is one Robin made in the motor home’s microwave while we were at the Snake River RV Resort in Homedale, Idaho.

Fresh Made Popovers filled with Fresh Egg Salad

This was simply delicious!

And then tonight we had

Grilled Pork Ribs
Chinese Black Rice
Fresh Made Sweet and Sour Sauce

This was another great meal. I have never had Chinese Black Rice, but it is delicious! Fruity. Maybe a little sweet. Great with the pork. We had grilled three racks of these ribs and they were all super. Cheers!

Dinner At Murphy’s Seafood

24 Friday Aug 2012

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How can I put this gently? At best, a 3-Star dinner out of 5 Stars. The presentations were by far the best part. The beans were tough. The balsamic reduction was not reduced enough. Peppered rice was too strong with pepper. To much potato with the sole. Here are some photos taken with my Droid phone.
Stuffed Sole with Balsamic Reduction
Green Beans
Mashed Potato

Coconut Shrimp
Peppered Jasmine Rice

Chocolate Mousse
Hendrick’s Gin and Tonic
Lemon Water

Two Great Dinners!

23 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Captain's Shack, Chicken, Cuts of Beef, Photos By: Bob Young, Smoking and Grilling, Uncategorized, What's For Dinner?

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Such good dinners for the past two nights. Both dinners grilled. Probably the first red meat we have had in the month of August. Look at these dinners.

Grilled T-Bone Steak
Scalloped Potatoes
Green Salad with Green Zebra Tomatoes, Orange Beets and Carrot Strips

Grilled Chicken
Gnocchi
Sliced Tomatoes with Basil and Balsamic

Poached Sole with Sauteed Chard and Beet Greens

21 Tuesday Aug 2012

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Here is a wonderful dinner we had after getting back from a great day in Silver City.

Poached Sole
sauteed chard rounds, chard, beet greens, garlic, onion

Tabbouleh Salad with Fresh Tomato and Avacado

Buzz Wine Dinner – August

15 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Food, Photos By: Bob Young, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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The Buzz presented another in a great series of Wine Club Wine Dinners! A different selection of foods this time. Very adventuresome and good. Cristi and Tom did their usual great job in the kitchen. And Austin and Bailey did super in serving. Thanks too, to Paul Colwell, BRJ Distributors, for working with Cristi in selecting the wines. My score are based on the [20] point scale. Here are the wines and the food parings that w had. Hope to see you there next month. Maybe a surprise menu. At any rate, you can’t beat the $15.00 per person price for a five course meal and 6-8 wines. Call the Buzz for reservations. Cheers and enjoy!

Paul Colwell, BRJ Distributors, describes some of the wines.

Egg Roll

2012 Fabre Montmayo Malbec Rose
13.0% alc. light appearance and body. went well with the spiciness of the egg roll. [16] $14.00

Freezer Zucchini Soup
(Made with frozen shredded zucchini. Delicious!)

2010 Turn 4 Cellars Blend
14.5% alc. good dark appearance somewhat heavy taste. [17] $15.00

Green Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

2010 Luna Pino Grigio
14.1% alc. great golden color. wonderful pear on the nose perfect taste and finish [19] $14.00

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells
Quinoa Burritos
Normandy Vegetables

2008 Heredad Ugarte Crianza
13.5% alc. intence aroma. bread yeast. perfect finish [19] $16.00

Cheesecake and Brownies

2010 Montgras Quatro
14.5% alc. good aroma but light on body and taste. went well with the cheesecake but the brownie overpowered the wine. [18] $18.00

Grilled Buffalo Dinner

13 Monday Aug 2012

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We had a wonderful and simple dinner the other night. Mostly all local products – even the buffalo – and prepared fresh. It went great with a 2006 Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon. It was good too, to have Margaret join us for the spontaneous dinner. (Love the fresh fruit in this still life!) The Cheese Appetizer was from earlier in the weekend at another affair that we went to. Look what we had. Cheers!

Robin’s Fresh Made Cheese Appetizers

Insalata Caprese
“Insalata Caprese (salad in the style of Capri) is a simple salad from the Italian region of Campania, made of sliced fresh buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, seasoned with salt, and olive oil. In Italy, unlike most salads, it is usually served as an antipasto (starter), not a contorno (side dish). While it’s unknown whether the salad actually originated on Capri, it became popular after being served there to the jet-setting King Farouk of Egypt during the 1950s.”

Grilling the buffalo burgers.

Grilled Buffalo Burgers
cabernet sauvignon reduction and roasted garlic
Insalata Caprese
Fresh Corn Pie

Robin’s Fresh Apricot Pie
with
Ground Almond Crust

Dinner at Vicino’s

10 Friday Aug 2012

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Robin and I decided to go out for dinner last night. We went to Cafe Vicino for a delicious treat. We have not been there for a while, but they still maintain their 5-Star rating. It was good to see Carrie again, one of our favorite Wait Persons and to meet Sarah. Great job Ladies! Look at what we had. Cheers!