Thank you!
Yes, Ridge wines are some of our favorite wines.
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Nigella’s Recipe of the Day. Maybe she visits HO for inspiration, like I do? Her recipe was already out there, but it was chosen for Recipe of the Day for Oct 5th.
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Our new Cuisine and Dish of the Quarter threads are up - join us!
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File under best laid plans & all: I’d hoped to surprise my sweets by picking him up at the airport yesterday afternoon — something I think I’ve never had a chance to do before, since we travel together 99% of the time, and the airport’s not that far. Just as I was about to call a Lyft he texted to tell me they landed ½ an hour early. Well, then 
I hadn’t made any rezzies, cuz we couldn’t really predict what we’d be in the mood for — whether we’d even want to go out, order in, or have me cook.
We ended up going to Stina, which came highly recommended by our very own @Bigley9 . The place is popular for their pizza & their octopus, and we love both — plus they’re also BYOB, which we love even more 
We shared the fried smelts with tzatziki,
which were perfectly crispy but a bit lacking in salt, and I like fresh lemon with most of my fried foods. The server was happy to bring some over, but the owner stopped by to let us know that the smelts were already seasoned with salt & lemon 
Well, dude. Quite clearly not enough for this salt fiend & lemon head!
The octopus was all that and more: tender, crispy, flavorful, and it came with a red pepper paste and black olive tapenade. Fabulous.
My dude decided to also get the dolmades stuffed with beef over rice, which were slightly crisped up — neither of us have had charred dolma and asked the guy where he’s from: Saloniki. Perhaps a thing there? In any even, also very flavorful & even the rice was delish.
Finally, we shared (but couldn’t finish) the mushroom pide with Taleggio,
and my crazy PIC ordered a ginormous slice of chocolate layer cake with tahini buttercream covered in an espresso and chocolate ganache. You know…. in case we got hungry at home bahahahahaha. OMG we had a few forks of it and it was incredible!
We brought a crisp Falanghina to go with and didn’t even open the second bottle.
A lovely evening with my man back in town, and probably my second favorite dinner here so far. Thanks so much for the rec, Pat 
@Bigley9!
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Not very photogenic (as the piece just disintegrated) but very tasty - frittata with swiss chard, red and yellow peppers, king oyster mushrooms, red peppers onion, parmesan, camembert, thyme, pine nuts eggs and milk.
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Not much on sale this week – just potatoes and avocados. I used some of the potatoes for last night’s dinner and made a simple potato soup. I threw in a can of peas, corn and diced tomatoes – just to add some variety. It was OK.
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Gorgeous, all of it
I’ve never chicken fried anything. How did you treat those ‘shrooms? I bought a big bunch of oyster mushrooms at the FM this morning and would like to try this.
Chag Samaech to you!
Thank you 
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This was my first foray into chicken frying!
I washed and dried the mushrooms, dredged them in seasoned flour, then egg, then flour again, fried them about at 360 degrees in a half inch of vegetable oil with some butter added, and then drained them on paper towels.
These mushrooms are very sturdy - I’m not sure oysters would hold up under such rough treatment, but give it a shot.
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Finished the other half of the focaccia I made last weekend (carefully stored in the freezer) with more pickled cherry peppers, charcuterie, cheese, and olives. Sam Adams Summer Ale for him and Pinot Noir for me.
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That focaccia is gorgeous! Is that fried onions on top?
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Thank you! Sauteed until almost caramelized and then they browned more during the bake!
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Pizza crafted by the dotter’s posslq. I previously made and froze the half ap/half 00 flour dough with a few pinches of Italian seasoning. Lightly pre-baked and topped with fresh 'rooms, yellow bell pepper, Italian salame, kalamata olives, provolone, pec/rom cheese and mozz pearls and shredded basil. Crispy and a bit over cooked, but nonetheless tasty since we were starved!
NOTHING like the pizza pro on this site!
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It’s one thing to think that something tastes really good when you’re hungry. But on a full stomach? That’s the mark of a great dessert impo.
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Lao sausage from the Philly SEA meetup. Korean dumplings (from frozen), spicy air fried green beans.
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You just made me smile SO much…my late Mom used the acronym POSSLQ all the time. 
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Decided last night it would be a long weekend of favorite meals, starting with my Friday night steak tip and baked tater meal.
Today, after a trip to Wegmans, I decided on a tapas meal, since it’s been awhile. At around 2pm (since I hadn’t had lunch) I put together some Manchego cheese, membrillo and Marcona almonds, with dried apricots and grapes for an early appeteaser.
For dinner, scallops in saffron cream sauce and sauteed spinach with garlic, raisins, and Mediterranean pine nuts.
Dessert was a snifter of Licor 43.
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