On the Palate 5_11_07

Went with pasta for this Friday evening – traditionally, we have pasta with thick tomato sauce or some kind of cream sauce, but this Pasta Pomordo was a thinner sauce that was very tasty. Doesn’t need quite as much garlic as the recipe calls for. I also threw in a bit of white wine and [...]

Read Full Post »

On the Palate 5_4_07

This is another one for the grill. Very simple; minimum time requirements and only a few ingredients.
Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken. It was good, but I’d only rate it a single – maybe stretched into a double. A nice change from your “standard” barbecue-type sauce.
The wine we enjoyed with it was quite nice – a Matua [...]

Read Full Post »

Red Wine – Leukemia Slayer?

OK, this does not mean to go out and buy 20 bottles of Pinot Noir for immediate consumption! But if there truly is an effective substance in red wine that can be isolated and turned into a cancer treatment…wow!

Read Full Post »

On the Palate 4_27_07

If you’re into grilling, and like pork, do I have a recipe for you! I tried this one out last night, and the universal review was that this was a grand slam of fabulous taste.
Because I am an inveterate tinkerer, I added a few things to the rub: mustard powder, paprika, Mrs. Dash, rosemary.
The [...]

Read Full Post »

On the Palate: 4_20_07

This weekend, it will be a reprise of a recipe we thoroughly enjoyed a few weeks back, for Beef Burgundy. This was a fairly easy recipe, even for a novice like me – all you need is time, for the meat to simmer to a delightful tenderness. The sauce was phenomenal, and I suggest you [...]

Read Full Post »