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[hmgray95]

Elin..nice pictures!! Those chickpeas look great, I should try making them like that sometime!

Here is some foodie porn!!
Kicked up hummus i made for the 4th of July party, it had kalamata olives, feta and extra lemon juice in it:

The next are from our wedding/food tasting we had a few weeks ago..everything was REALLY tasty!!
1st: some of the passed houres douvres ( i butcher that spelling everytime!)

The top is the typical bacon wrapped scallop..clockwise after that is the blue cheese/portobello crostini ( BIG hit) and then the Japanese beef tataki on cripsy wonton skin..all very good. We also got 2 more choices that will be passed at cocktail hour as well, spanikopita and mini crabbie cakes ( can't go wrong!)
Our meal will actually have 5 courses, a soup ( italian wedding ..no pics) and then a salad ( table side tossed caesar) THEN a nice palette cleansing sorbet..we chose lemon, but i like this picture of the wildberry:

refreshing!
THIS is the beef choice:

Amazing! The sauce is actually a tomato based bernaise..it gave it a little extra flair i thought
Chicken choice:

Chicken wellington, mushroom+puff pastry..GOOD! Note the purple mashed peruvian potato ( say that 4 times fast!!!)..we are going to have the purple peruvian roasted and served with both entree' choices..purple is one of my main colors in the wedding
Then of course the 5th is the cake/ice cream bomb and my dad wants to do Italian cookie trays on the tables too...
I am so excited about our choices..now to just stay away from that kind of stuff until the big day so i can fit in the gown..LOL!!
ANd i leave you my birthday cake that my mom made me last weekend..always strawberry and always her homemade frosting..super sweet!!

Gina, that looks amazing! I don't even remember what we had at our wedding, but it was nowhere near that good!

 

[TigerKat]

Elin & Gina......WOW, that all looked amazing!!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

You've managed the impossible.....you've made me feel that both salmon and chickpeas (both of which I find incredibly gacky) look delicious.

We did the cedar plank thing last night with some tilapia, olive oil and greek seasonings....and later on that night, DH says "What's burning? I smell burning wood! Something is on fire!". My reply....."Ummm, honey, I'm pretty sure that smell is coming from your hair. Perhaps you should have stood a little further back form the grill?"

I need a shower because I stood right by the grill. Since this was the first time we had used the planks I was afraid they would catch on fire! But our neighbors all came out to see what we were grilling since it smelled so good. My daughter and I were just discussing the fact that tilapia would make a wonderful planked fish next! thanks for the ideas on what to do with it.

I saw a recipe for pesto salmon that sounded yummy and now I am wondering if it would translate well to the tilapia?? It is store-bought pesto slapped on the filet before grilling... might have to give it a try. Anyone have any thoughts on how this would taste?

 

[Shenanigoat]

A couple of quick pics of the new, not Volkswagon, Honda CRV ... the more I drive it the more I like it. I hope this is the beginning of a long and mutually satisfying relationship.

A couple of shots of my CRV parked in the driveway so our neighbors can all admire our purchase of yet another foreign-made car:

Who is this plump woman driving my new vehicle??? Oh wait ... that's me.

That's right ... everyone in outer Stinktown has a truck, an SUV, or a tour bus.

....
Just wanted to say I have that same dress you are wearing in this picture. I shop in Ann Taylor Loft all the time

Uhh, not to perpetuate the rumors that we are one in the same, but I too have that dress. I swear I'm not trying to Single White Female you.

The car looks great too, the Spouse and I were just discussing the other day how everyone we know has foreign cars so GMs crashing must be our fault.

 

[BriarRosie]

I saw a recipe for pesto salmon that sounded yummy and now I am wondering if it would translate well to the tilapia?? It is store-bought pesto slapped on the filet before grilling... might have to give it a try. Anyone have any thoughts on how this would taste?

Tilapia is kind of delicate. It also has a tendency to pick up the flavor of the seasonings you put on it very well. I think it sounds terrific!

Tonight I didn't really know what I wanted, so I ended up putting together a sandwich of sorts from the bison pastrami I defrosted in the fridge over the past couple days. I've been on a kick of sautéed veggies, putting together asparagus, mini bell peppers in every color EXCEPT green, and cremini (baby bella) mushrooms. I just toss them around in some olive oil and a roasted garlic seasoning blend I bought at the farmer's market. Yum.

Gina: The wedding food looked incredible!

And Brenda: Rock that new car!

 

[PNO4TE]

Tilapia is kind of delicate. It also has a tendency to pick up the flavor of the seasonings you put on it very well. I think it sounds terrific!

Thanks for the confirmation, Lori! I will let you know how it works.

Tonight I didn't really know what I wanted, so I ended up putting together a sandwich of sorts from the bison pastrami I defrosted in the fridge over the past couple days. I've been on a kick of sautéed veggies, putting together asparagus, mini bell peppers in every color EXCEPT green, and cremini (baby bella) mushrooms. I just toss them around in some olive oil and a roasted garlic seasoning blend I bought at the farmer's market. Yum.

Love it. Now I want veggies for breakfast.

 

[whogirl'smom]

Gina, your wedding food looks great! Very elegant and yummy at the same time! We had a huge buffet of finger foods that my mom and aunts all did. Nothing says a southern wedding like a miniature ham biscuit.

Brenda, love the new car pics! And when did you go blonde (ish)??? Looks good, though.

Well, we leave Thursday and we're already packed. Is that crazy or what? I still have to get our DL tickets online and I guess I'll just pick them up at Will Call instead of worrying about keeping up with an e-ticket.

Has anyone been to the Phoenix airport and know if there's 3 1/2 hours worth of stuff to do?

 

[D&R love Disney]

Quick question. Where can I find some information on the tequila tasting for the F&W festival?

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

I thought you guys might like a lookie-see at the food DH and I oinked out on Friday nite.

We celebrated our 9th anniversary at a restarurant in Central Texas called Christopher's. If you want to read more go here: www.christophersworldgrille.com

This is where DH proposed to me 10 years ago...

Anyways... on with the food porn.

Bread on the Table - a Foccacia, Wheat, & French Loaf


Bread Dipping - a mix of olives, rosemary, parmesan cheese, garlic and I don't remember what all ground up and then olive oil is poured over it!


Amuse Buche - Goat Cheese & Fig Tapanade on pita bread


Shrimp Cocktail - Poached then smoked shrimp served with a chipotle bbq sauce and a lemon horseradish granita
Paired with - Ferarri-Carrano Fume Blanc '08


Duo of Soup
First was a black bean soup served with a house made Beef Flauta and a roasted pineapple chutney
Paired with Banqueano Reserve Pinot Noir '07


Next was a shrimp-lobster bisque served with a sherry cream -
This was the same pairing as the other soup (they were the same course & plated together)


Fish Course - Onion Crusted Sea Bass Provencale served w/ potatoes, wilted spinach
Paired with Auratus, Quinto de Feital '07



In between the fish and beef course we were served an intermezzo of Honey-Tangerine Sorbet served in a champagne glass and topped with champagne. It was beautiful.... I forgot to take a picture!!

Beef Course - Filet of Beef stuffed with blue cheese & wrapped in bacon - served with a pave of root veggies, a roasted tomato, and wilted swiss chard
Paired with Primus Veamonte '05



Continued next post...

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

Dessert Course - Berry Gallette served with Tarragon Ice Cream, Pot au Creme (Creme Brulee), and a dark chocolate truffle (like a flourless cake)
Paired with John Robert Eppler, Late Harvest Zinfandel '06


Cheese Course - all Texas Cheeses - Hopelessly Blu, Redneck Cheddar, and raw milk Havarti with accompanyments
Paired with Les Abeilles, Jean-Luc Columbo '06



Suprise!!! Chocolate Dipped Fruit

Piano Room - this is where we were seated. The kitchen was under renovation, so the chef's table couldn't be done in there... This was lovely though... there was live piano and sax music during almost our entire dinner.

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

Nice Car!!! I want a new one so bad, but I DON'T want the payments.

Lucky you!

As far as the plump comment... WHATEVER. YOu are too cute.

 

[MA pigletfan]

Dessert Course - Berry Gallette served with Tarragon Ice Cream, Pot au Creme (Creme Brulee), and a dark chocolate truffle (like a flourless cake)
Paired with John Robert Eppler, Late Harvest Zinfandel '06


Cheese Course - all Texas Cheeses - Hopelessly Blu, Redneck Cheddar, and raw milk Havarti with accompanyments
Paired with Les Abeilles, Jean-Luc Columbo '06

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! i am most in awe of these guys..i am all about sweets n' cheeses!! fun fun!

thanks for the compliments on the wedding food..i hope its as good and looks as pretty on the day of!!

 

[Shenanigoat]

Dessert Course - Berry Gallette served with Tarragon Ice Cream, Pot au Creme (Creme Brulee), and a dark chocolate truffle (like a flourless cake)
Paired with John Robert Eppler, Late Harvest Zinfandel '06


Cheese Course - all Texas Cheeses - Hopelessly Blu, Redneck Cheddar, and raw milk Havarti with accompanyments
Paired with Les Abeilles, Jean-Luc Columbo '06


Suprise!!! Chocolate Dipped Fruit

Piano Room - this is where we were seated. The kitchen was under renovation, so the chef's table couldn't be done in there... This was lovely though... there was live piano and sax music during almost our entire dinner.

Happy Anniversary! And that is a really cool idea for a cheese plate. I checked out the link you left and that restaurant looks wonderful.

 

[D&R love Disney]

OMG that food looks wonderful!

 

[TarzansKat]

On our way home we stopped at our favorite produce stand and grabbed some raspberries, tomatoes and squash. Then we hit Wegmans and bought some lovely salmon filets and chickpeas.

We were very brave and did cedar-plank grilled salmon filets with a dry rub that I concocted out of lemon-herb seasoning, paprika, basil, garlic and a smidge of brown sugar. It worked quite well! This is ONE of the filets which we split and we plan to do something else with the second one tomorrow evening for dinner.

for dessert we are about to have fresh raspberries, white chocolate and a local ice wine! I'll let you know how it is.

I didn't quote all your photos, but that sounds/looks amazing! I hope dessert was good.

I've been given a green light for the following F&W wine events ..

Tequilia Tasting 10/23

If you get the Tequila Tasting, I'm living vicariously through you, okay?

Here is some foodie porn!!
Kicked up hummus i made for the 4th of July party, it had kalamata olives, feta and extra lemon juice in it:

That hummus looks yummy. I've never made it at home before but I'd love to try, is it fairly easy?

The next are from our wedding/food tasting we had a few weeks ago..everything was REALLY tasty!!

Everything looks amazing!

Tonight I didn't really know what I wanted, so I ended up putting together a sandwich of sorts from the bison pastrami I defrosted in the fridge over the past couple days.

Didn't even know there was such a thing. How does it compare in flavor to your run of the mill deli pastrami?

Dessert Course - Berry Gallette served with Tarragon Ice Cream, Pot au Creme (Creme Brulee), and a dark chocolate truffle (like a flourless cake)
Paired with John Robert Eppler, Late Harvest Zinfandel '06


Cheese Course - all Texas Cheeses - Hopelessly Blu, Redneck Cheddar, and raw milk Havarti with accompanyments
Paired with Les Abeilles, Jean-Luc Columbo '06



Suprise!!! Chocolate Dipped Fruit

Piano Room - this is where we were seated. The kitchen was under renovation, so the chef's table couldn't be done in there... This was lovely though... there was live piano and sax music during almost our entire dinner.

I'm seriously all about the desserts here. They look so yummy. I hope you had a nice anniversary.

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

OMG...this slew of food porn is killing me. Here I am at the verge of dinner time and I'm drooling over all this yummy food and beverage. Thanks to Laura's thread we may be going out for Italian. I crave something with red sauce!

Dessert Course - Berry Gallette served with Tarragon Ice Cream, Pot au Creme (Creme Brulee), and a dark chocolate truffle (like a flourless cake)
Paired with John Robert Eppler, Late Harvest Zinfandel '06


Cheese Course - all Texas Cheeses - Hopelessly Blu, Redneck Cheddar, and raw milk Havarti with accompanyments
Paired with Les Abeilles, Jean-Luc Columbo '06

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! i am most in awe of these guys..i am all about sweets n' cheeses!! fun fun!

thanks for the compliments on the wedding food..i hope its as good and looks as pretty on the day of!!

I have to admit that I'm not really a dessert person, but this looks too pretty not to totally devour and enjoy. And of course you can never go wrong with cheese!

I thought you guys might like a lookie-see at the food DH and I oinked out on Friday nite.

We celebrated our 9th anniversary at a restarurant in Central Texas called Christopher's. If you want to read more go here: www.christophersworldgrille.com

This is where DH proposed to me 10 years ago...

Anyways... on with the food porn.

Bread on the Table - a Foccacia, Wheat, & French Loaf


Bread Dipping - a mix of olives, rosemary, parmesan cheese, garlic and I don't remember what all ground up and then olive oil is poured over it!


Amuse Buche - Goat Cheese & Fig Tapanade on pita bread


Shrimp Cocktail - Poached then smoked shrimp served with a chipotle bbq sauce and a lemon horseradish granita
Paired with - Ferarri-Carrano Fume Blanc '08


Duo of Soup
First was a black bean soup served with a house made Beef Flauta and a roasted pineapple chutney
Paired with Banqueano Reserve Pinot Noir '07


Next was a shrimp-lobster bisque served with a sherry cream -
This was the same pairing as the other soup (they were the same course & plated together)


Fish Course - Onion Crusted Sea Bass Provencale served w/ potatoes, wilted spinach
Paired with Auratus, Quinto de Feital '07



In between the fish and beef course we were served an intermezzo of Honey-Tangerine Sorbet served in a champagne glass and topped with champagne. It was beautiful.... I forgot to take a picture!!

Beef Course - Filet of Beef stuffed with blue cheese & wrapped in bacon - served with a pave of root veggies, a roasted tomato, and wilted swiss chard
Paired with Primus Veamonte '05



Continued next post...

Totally yummy! You would have had to roll me out of that restaurant!

Elin..nice pictures!! Those chickpeas look great, I should try making them like that sometime!

Here is some foodie porn!!
Kicked up hummus i made for the 4th of July party, it had kalamata olives, feta and extra lemon juice in it:

The next are from our wedding/food tasting we had a few weeks ago..everything was REALLY tasty!!
1st: some of the passed houres douvres ( i butcher that spelling everytime!)

The top is the typical bacon wrapped scallop..clockwise after that is the blue cheese/portobello crostini ( BIG hit) and then the Japanese beef tataki on cripsy wonton skin..all very good. We also got 2 more choices that will be passed at cocktail hour as well, spanikopita and mini crabbie cakes ( can't go wrong!)
Our meal will actually have 5 courses, a soup ( italian wedding ..no pics) and then a salad ( table side tossed caesar) THEN a nice palette cleansing sorbet..we chose lemon, but i like this picture of the wildberry:

refreshing!
THIS is the beef choice:

Amazing! The sauce is actually a tomato based bernaise..it gave it a little extra flair i thought
Chicken choice:

Chicken wellington, mushroom+puff pastry..GOOD! Note the purple mashed peruvian potato ( say that 4 times fast!!!)..we are going to have the purple peruvian roasted and served with both entree' choices..purple is one of my main colors in the wedding
Then of course the 5th is the cake/ice cream bomb and my dad wants to do Italian cookie trays on the tables too...
I am so excited about our choices..now to just stay away from that kind of stuff until the big day so i can fit in the gown..LOL!!
ANd i leave you my birthday cake that my mom made me last weekend..always strawberry and always her homemade frosting..super sweet!!

Everything looks amazing!

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

We spent a couple of hours at another local winery this afternoon and had a very nice time. Tasted 12 wines for $5 and that included the glass!

On our way home we stopped at our favorite produce stand and grabbed some raspberries, tomatoes and squash. Then we hit Wegmans and bought some lovely salmon filets and chickpeas.

We were very brave and did cedar-plank grilled salmon filets with a dry rub that I concocted out of lemon-herb seasoning, paprika, basil, garlic and a smidge of brown sugar. It worked quite well! This is ONE of the filets which we split and we plan to do something else with the second one tomorrow evening for dinner.

We also had sliced tomatoes and yellow squash/zucchini slices in foil packets also on the grill (no photo).

Our other side was pan roasted chickpeas in olive oil and garlic.

This was all washed down with a bottle o this Chateau Clos de Vaulicheres Bourgogne Epineuil 2006. Perfect!

for dessert we are about to have fresh raspberries, white chocolate and a local ice wine! I'll let you know how it is.

This looks like a fabulous dinner. I admit I have never had chickpeas, but may have to give them a try. We are going to a food & wine tasting at a local winery next week and are pretty excited. That said, NJ wine isn't exactly the stuff dreams are made of but the experience should be fun anyway.

 

[PNO4TE]

Has anyone been to the Phoenix airport and know if there's 3 1/2 hours worth of stuff to do?

I have been there and it is lovely. However, I have never had to spend 3 1/2 hours there! I would think that ought to give you enough time to eat a meal and stroll around a bit. Will that fit into your plans?

Have a TERRIFIC time!!

 

[ChelleinNC]

Did you miss me?

I have a lot of catching up to do! Hope everyone is well and had a great week(end)!

We got off the ship yesterday morning and drove all the way home to Charlotte. We are all thoroughly exhausted and 5 pounds heavier than when we left and the thought of a multi course fine food meal sounds We're actually waiting on pizza to be delivered for dinner because I didn't make it to the grocery store today

ok, gonna catch up now

 

[PNO4TE]

I thought you guys might like a lookie-see at the food DH and I oinked out on Friday nite.

We celebrated our 9th anniversary at a restarurant in Central Texas called Christopher's. If you want to read more go here: www.christophersworldgrille.com

This is where DH proposed to me 10 years ago...

Anyways... on with the food porn.

What a spectacular anniversary celebration! Thanks for the photos and the descriptions. I feel like I was there!