For 13th Anniversary:
Grilled Ribeyes, Buttered Pasta and Green Peas

Kobe meatloaf

Happy Anniversary SG!

At the Cypress Inn in Tuscaloosa AL:

Smoked Turkey Chowder Soup
Filet Mignon and Fried Catfish Strips
Broccoli w/ Chedder Wine Sauce
Chedder Cheese Grits
New York Strip
Mashed Potatoes

You know it's winter when...

Yesterday I whipped up a great big batch of Pasta Fa Zul. Probably not an "Authentic" recipe, but I sure love it, and it's a hearty food that just speaks of winter to me. FWIW:

Cook up about 5-6 links each of mild and hot Italian sausage (adjust based on your preference for spice), drain
add a bunch of canned tomato sauce (I use the entire huge can sold at Costco)
through in a bunch of kidney beans - again, I buy the huge can at Costco and use about 2/3 of the can
add about 1/2 - 3/4 cup dried onions
add about 1 cup or more of red wine

Let that all simmer for a while. When you're about ready to eat, boil up a whole mess of wide egg noodles. Just before serving, add about 2-3 cups of mozzerella cheese to the sauce. You can either serve the sauce over the noodles, or what I do is to just mix it all together in one huge batch to desired consistency.

Serves about 1000 people, give or take

Freezes great, perfect for those quick meals when you don't feel like cooking.

Salmon and asparagus with a raspberry sauce
-paired up with Veuve Cliquot-Ponsardin Rosé

Lasagna, green beans and salad.

antelope chops in a beer/bbq sauce

From the Commissary:

BBQ Ribs
Baked Beans
Cole Slaw
Deviled Eggs
Rolls

Tasted terrific. I haven't had any Ribs since August and that is a LONG time without Ribs for a Memphis boy.

Superb roasted cauliflower and loin of lamb (at The Harvest Vine in Seattle).

After trying (unsuccessfully) for a half hour to find a parking spot in Davis Sq. to get an Anna's Burrito. I gave up went home and had Red Bones Delivered. Baby Back Ribs and Stella Artois....fantastic.

At Gloria's El Salvadorian restaurant last night:

Carne flameada with tortillas
Lechon asado...Charbroiled pork tenderloin, marinated and cooked to perfection, served in a chileancho sauce with a ground argentinian sausage, plantain, yuca, black beans and rice

Roasted Duck, Porcini Mushroom & Great Hill Blue Tortelloni w/ 2003 Ramey Hyde Chardonnay

Lots of Sushi. Went to Iron Sushi in NYC... hole in the wall place on 3rd Ave between 31st and 30th. Rolls were o.k. (banana roll was interesting), but the sashimi/sushi was pretty good. 4 of us walked out of there completely full, for $25 a person, including tip (no drinks, though).

last night cooked up a little somethin special for no reason other than "hot chick over, she loves food". :-p

Jamaican Jerked Prawns, Garden Pear & Fennel Slaw, Lemongrass & Apple Jelly Syrup
Pan Seared Scallops, Pea Puree
Seared Ahi, Furikake & Red Chili Aioli

Sauteed Halibut with puree of celery root and a salad of pea sprouts, julienned celery and truffles with a truffle oil vinaigrette. Served with 2005 Skouras Moschofilero.

Beef stew (slow cooked for 6 hours)
Crusty bread
Side of brussel sprouts roasted with bacon
Mashed potatoes
Poached pears stuffed with marscapone and walnuts (poached with 2001 Turley Old Vines)

Paired with a 2002 Firestone Merlot

Country Fried Steak w/ Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Blackeyed Peas