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Valentine's Day, continued

February 15, 2009 /

Valentine’s dinner was truly something to behold – the remoulade turned out perfectly, and the Piper Sonoma was the perfect complement.  I was able to find the wine at Vine Republic over in Mountainside, so I picked up a couple of bottles.  We (I?) finished bottle number one last night with dinner, and we’ll save bottle number two for our next dinner for two.

Dessert was prepared from a recipe I found on epicurious:  Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies.  Very rich, and these do take some time to prepare, but are worth the effort.

All in all, probably one of the best Valentine’s Days we’ve had in many a year.

Valentine's Day

February 13, 2009 /

I really do know that this Saturday is Valentine’s Day – I’ve known it for the past several weeks, and I know enough to let E. know that I know.  So, in letting her know that I know that Saturday is Valentine’s Day, I had suggested that we stay at home and I will prepare dinner for her, which she thought was a great idea.  Back in the day, when we were younger and had much more time, it was not an uncommon occurrence for me to prepare dinner for my significant other, but in the past few years those occurrences have really been few and far between, which is really a shame, since I do enjoy preparing a special dinner, and I am usually pretty good at it.

Anyway, so now that the plans are laid, the critical decision of what to prepare remains.  I’m thinking perhaps shellfish… I recently read from a friend a recipe for a remoulade, which caught my attention as being something I’d love to try (thank you, Bubs); another friend recommended a Piper Sonoma Brut sparkling wine, which I  believe will be a perfect match (thank you, missmew.)

I must admit at this point I am totally intrigued and pretty damn excited about getting back to work in the kitchen.

A Night Out

January 21, 2009 /

This coming Saturday night, TFS/LFS is holding their slightly delayed 2008 Holiday dinner event; I get to accompany E. over to Morristown for an evening of dining at Arthur’s Tavern (ok, it’s technically in Morris Plains, but whatever…) So a great big thank you goes out to every person who financed a Toyota or Lexus in 2008 – I will be thinking of you while I enjoy my medium-rare steak and a large glass of Fetzer “Barrel Select” Cabernet Sauvignon. Of course, it was a down year for the auto industry in general and even Toyota brought out the red ink for this past quarter, so this does not quite compare to 2007’s Holiday Fest when we spent the weekend in Mystic, CT and took in some gambling at Mohegan Sun, again courtesy of all of those Toyota and Lexus buyers. Oh well, here’s to better times in 2009.

In the meantime, we’re trying to squeeze in a side-trip to the cinema after dinner, since it’s been like, I don’t know, maybe 5 years since we saw a movie in an actual movie theater alone,just the two of us (I think we saw the first Pirates of the Caribbean by accident, after intending to catch some other movie that was either sold out or we missed the showing, but Johnny Depp made it a pretty serendipitous viewing.) I’m leaning toward Slumdog Millionaire over in Chatham. Anyone have any suggestions?

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