Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
Just a little side trip back here to home in the midst of all this eating out (30 restaurant visits in just over two weeks), to look at the limited Casa S dinners that we had. With Henry away and the friend who in the past has filled in for him unavailable, I kept it… Read More Tangent: Casa SaltShaker
I’m starting to think that as our Casa S cookbook is coming together, and it really is coming together (in fact, while Henry is away in Peru the coming two weeks I’m taking a few days to do a short trip and then spending about ten days working on finishing it up), that I’m going… Read More Of Corn Cheesecake & Avocado Pie
A series of private parties and a week of dinners, and most of it went quite well. But there was that last night of last week. One of the questions I often get asked is something like, “what do you do when a night doesn’t go well?” or “do you ever have nights where the… Read More Spiraling around the Dinner Table
Roundup of last week’s dinners, with two new sauces (and dishes) coming on strong, lots of compliments on both! Just a replating of our vegetables “a la tahitienne” (roasted garlic and coconut vinaigrette), spread out a bit on a plate rather than in a sundae cup. One night gave a shot at some savory coconut… Read More New Sauces are a Hit
Last week’s dinners were all about the fish – a couple of new dishes I’ve been working on. And, some tweaks to the other plates as well. Our ratatouille galette with polenta crust – changing up the garnishing a bit with some mixed sprouts and a goat cheese and roasted pepper puree, and a mixed… Read More A Couple of Plates of Fish
“When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.” – Mark Twain, author It never occurred to me that it was such an odd thing to do, roasting a watermelon. Plenty of fruits have been roasted in many a dish. There’s even an eHow entry on how to do it (though I do… Read More How I Roasted a Watermelon, and Other Stories
Just a look back at last week’s dinners. I’ve been sketching out an idea for a many-layered lasagna for several weeks now and trying out the components with each other, and it was finally time to spring it on guests. It was my favorite dish of the week, Henry hated it, I haven’t heard back… Read More A Very Peculiar Lasagna Indeed
Just some quick thoughts on last week’s dinners. We’re off on a well deserved (we think) break in the far southern reaches of Argentina after a very busy end of year. Combining the idea of a classic tuna causa with our roasted beet causa, and I popped up at some point in my musings with… Read More Rethinking Some Fish Dishes