More Yum
Thanksgiving Dinner is better the next day. They weren’t our leftovers, they were Martha and Bryan’s. They had ribs, greens, coleslaw and baked beans for Thanksgiving. The Butternut Squash soup is pictured above. Pics of continued Thanksgiving goodness here. Oh, and we also had some delicious Bergmann Eiswein. I’d read about it, but never had it. Absolutely delicious for dessert.
Yum
Stephan Pyles didn’t disappoint. Everything was very spicy and garlicky, even the cranberry mojo. I guess that’s the mojo part. Very delicious. We took the bowzers for a walk and then extruded and heated our dinner. Very 21st century. Then we watched Fido. Weird film. Wouldn’t recommend it. Plans for later: bath, nap, more food. Hooray.
Happy Thanksgiving
Thirty-eight and sunny when we got up. I made a nice wood fire. No gas logs for us! Fakers. Les is making French Toast for breakfast. Later, we’ll eat our Stephan Pyles Thanksgiving take-out and watch “The Wind that Shakes the Barley”.
I’m sure that dinner pictures will be forthcoming
Happy Birthday Phirip!
We surprised Philip with a birthday celebration at Hattie’s last night. Pictures of the festivities are here.
Teenage Stories
Julia Fullerton-batten takes pictures of girls on the edge of maturity juxtaposed with miniature scenes of everyday life. I like how it captures what I felt as a teenage girl: a strange sense of awkwardness, as if I was somehow too large for my landscape. She also talks about a sense of duality in the life of an adolescent girl: their daydream world and the everyday world that girls must learn to navigate as they grow up.
Great stuff.
Warehouse Dinner Party
Janet and David have a wonderful warehouse that serves as a home/photographic studio/band practice space. David and Les made competing chicken curries. Les’ had a great flavor, but David’s was really hot. Their home is so cool: their living space is on the main floor including a patio area out to the side, their bedroom is an open loft space above, and then they have a really cool outdoor seating space on their roof with an awesome view of the Dallas skyline. Pictures of the evening here.
Now that Martha and Bryan had White Linen Barbecue and David and Janet had Warehouse Curry, it’s our turn. What oh what shall our theme be?????
Thanksgiving Menu
When did this become a food blog? Seems like everything exciting in my life these days revolves around dinner. Les and I just made our plans for Thanksgiving. We were going to hook up with friends, either at home or at a restaurant. But in the end, we decided that we’d rather watch Netflix all day and eat this yummy take-out dinner from Stephan Pyles:
Hickory Smoked Breast of Turkey
Blue Corn Meal-Chorizo Stuffing
Spicy Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans in Tomatillo Butter
Cranberry Mojo
Chipotle Brioche Pull-Apart Rolls
Choice of Pies: Deep Dish Apple or
Pumpkin Pecan with Whiskey Sauce
The perfect blend of traditional Thanksgiving fare and the awesome Southwestern cuisine that Stephan Pyles is famous for.
I read Althouse daily, an awesome blog that is a combination of law, politics, celebrity, photography and whatever assorted detritus passes across law professor Ann Althouse’s mind. Last night, people were posting, among other things, their Thanksgiving menus, including one for an “authentic” Pilgrim feast:
Part of it depends on if I and a few pals are successful hunting and fishing. Fortunately, one Bambi got whacked this past weekend, we can get plenty of shellfish, the question is if we can get any striped bass, late run blues or weakfish, tautog. More Bambi would be nice as we only get a 1/4 of the one bagged.
Good Lord.
I know that Thanksgiving is supposed to be an extended family holiday, so is it wrong that I can’t wait to cocoon in my house with my husband , watch movies and eat pie all day? I think I know at least some people that might envy me…..
Food Night #3
Going into Food Night #3, I’m afraid I was just tired of eating. We went with Mike and Terri to the Fort Worth Taverna after walking around downtown Fort Worth. Mike and Terri’s apartment is at a great downtown location and you can walk everywhere, which I really envy. We ate some yummy Italian food, but my heart just wasn’t in it. I did enjoy my Romana pizza, although the waiter was very concerned that it had anchovies on it and did I know that they were SALTY? We also had some fine Italian white wine that Mike ordered.
Sadly, I forgot to take pictures of our meal. I was obviously exhausted!
Aurora = Exquisite
Well, thanks to our lovely English friends, we had one of the best meals we’ve ever had at Aurora this evening. The restaurant is tucked away in a a little strip center, but once you enter the curtained atrium, you’re in a different world. It’s a small space, very intimate, with only 12 tables. Diners are separated from the kitchen by a wall of glass, and we sat directly in front of it, with a great view of Avner Samuel as he prepared each dish. We didn’t dare take pictures because, in such a small space, we were afraid that it would be distracting and rude. The service was impeccable, attentive, and there were many, many spoons involved. Thankfully, one of the many servers would explain to us before each course exactly how the mysterious utensils were to be used.
We sat down and were offered a complimentary glass of Veuve Clicquot. Nice touch! We then had our choice of breads with delicious French butter. The amuse-bouche was an egg custard, baked in the shell, topped with caviar and smoked salmon. We ordered a trio of starters: caviar on a bed of potato puree accompanied by a green apple sorbet, langoustine with truffle oil and delicate little mushrooms and a lovely bouillabaisse that consisted of dainty little chunks of seafood, including lobster and sea urchin, topped with a delicious truffled broth.
Next, came a palate cleanser of grapefruit sorbet on frozen pomegranate seeds. Les had lamb ribs and I had scallops in a nest of whipped potatoes and truffle oil in a puff pastry shell. The server recommended a Neyers Chardonnay. I don’t even like chardonnay, but it was a superb choice. We finished with cappucinos and a degustation of desserts: a chocolate raspberry bomb, a Meyer lemon panna cotta and an almond biscuit with pumpkin sorbet.
The service was almost over the top, but really moderately pretentious, all things considered. Each course was set before us and the silver cover on each of our dishes was whipped off simultaneously with a great flourish. One of the many servers showed us a glass-covered box with truffles that Avner Samuel had just brought back from France. We asked what the value of the box was, and it turned out to be about $3,000.
We can’t wait to go back for either Valentine’s Day or our anniversary. Les, the pickiest man in Texas, said it was one of the best meals he ever had. Hooray!