Wow, nice spread Eli! Got about 6 crabs this morning. So far the season is dismal. I’ll keep you posted. That softie looks delicious!
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Thanks Johnny!
Wow , wow , wow , and wow . Plus a bottle from Ridge winery. One of my favorites .WOW !!!
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Fellow cashew fiend. Nice salad.
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We had an excellent dinner at Viaggio in Wayne, NJ. We Shared some excellent appetizers including an outstanding yellowtail crudo with salsa verde, Meyer lemon, Calabrian chili, and basil. We also had fried calamari with lemon butter, shallots, and chili, as well as homemade onion focaccia. For entrees I had the Piedmontese tagliata with rosemary smashed potatoes, and a cipollini agrodolce. Mrs. P had the branzino with fregula, tomato, olive, and capers. It all went great with a 2014 French Mas Champart red blend.
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Today was an out-of-sorts day. I went antiquing instead of doing stuff I had planned to do, and got a very nice wood-handled antique whisk for very short money. But it didn’t help my out-of-sortedness.
Dinner was a throw-together: b/s Frankenchicken breast split in half, seasoned with olive oil and Tuscan Sunset and ground sumac, pan-seared in hot butter and olive oil, then some white wine poured in to simmer and reduce while covered. Added some heavy cream to sauce it up, as I’m wont to do.
Sides were buttered and peppered pappardelle noodles and steamed green beans.
There was wine. I needed it.
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last night BF made Lucca’s frozen spinach/meat raviolis and his own tomato sauce, and tonight was another night of Italiano, even though it was 90 degrees here. I made more red sauce and big, fat meatballs. Used a little of BF’s leftover sauce, and two pearl onions he’d already sauteed, blended all in with San Marzanos, sauteed garlic, and salt, and simmered for about 45 minutes. meatballs were ground beef/pork, parm reg, minced garlic & parsley, a little salt, bread crumbs (mashed up panko because it’s all i had). browned in oil and then simmered in the sauce for almost 2 hours. super tender meatballs. I added ciliegine at the end and stuck the whole thing under the broiler but the mozz didn’t melt! Still tasty. Garlic bread instead of pasta. Zucchini drizzled with a puree of basil/garlic/olive oil/lemon. Completely stuffed, because we had our usual Sunday brunch of beers and fries earlier today (rosé for me).
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Let me get my fork…
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That garlic bread…damnnnnnn…
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Dinner out last night and tonight.
Last night at friends’ with a new backyard and a newer bbq. Another friend and I seasoned and marinated the proteins when we arrived (they were sitting out, blank looks 
). Everything took a while and felt experimental, but it was a fun evening. We made bone-in tandoori-ish chicken breasts, ginger-garlic lamb chops, a simple side of cod, and lots of veg - mushrooms, peppers, asaparagus, corn. Plenty of wine, lots of laughs, and a chocolate ganache tart at the end fixed all shortfalls.
Tonight was another backyard meal, at a new little thai place. Superb food - a whole fish given the larb treatment was the star of the meal. Have to go back with more people so we can try more things!
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Oh geez, well i think 2 out of 3 happy kids is a fantastic success!! And whatever, rice and strawberries is enough she didn’t go hungry ;)). Also, i like the kid who went for fourths on the broccoli 
sounds like a kindred spirit!
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What Greg said…
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Sausage, mash, onion gravy. Simples
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It all looks great, but that pie especially so!
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Sorry you had a rough day 
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Thanks @ChristinaM! Everything was delicious. The Chef really went above and beyond. The key lime pie is made by the Chef’s wife Karen and is one of the best key lime pies I have ever had. It’s not too tart or sweet and has an amazing graham cracker crust. They even use fresh whipped cream. We used to order a whole pie to go, before I started watching my weight 
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Last night I made tonkatsu brown rice donburi with assorted pickles and vegetables. Pickles: carrots, radishes, shredded ginger, and red onion. Veg: sesame cucumber salad, sweet soy and black vinegar green beans. Garnished with crunchy shallots and togarashi, plus homemade tonkatsu sauce.
The pork was actually frozen breaded schnitzel from Aldi. Not a repeat.
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Crazy night in Boston last night, between the Bruins forcing a Stanley Cup Game 7 and Big Papi getting shot in the DR last night. I’m not a praying Onion, but I am sending as much karma to him as I can muster.
While we wait for news on his status, I need to get my nervous energy out. Thus, I post.
Made a kinda (bittersweet) celebratory dinner last night…it may be the last one with mom and dad here in Boston for a while since I am moving them to my brother’s in Westchester County this coming weekend.
When I read Kay Chun’s recipe for Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry in the NYT, I knew I had to make it since the flavor profile is right up our alley. Instead of salmon fillets, we grilled up huge salmon steaks that were on sale at Whole Foods to just underdone, deboned, then broke up into big chunks to finish in the curry. Creamy, but still felt light and I loaded it up with spinach, cilantro, and basil. It came together fairly quickly and I imagine it would be good with almost any firm fish, shrimp, or tofu. Probably even chicken. Definitely in our regular rotation. Forbidden rice, B’s favorite cast-iron broccolini with chili crisp, and rice vinegar/garlic/sesame/gochugaru (Korean chili flake) cukes. I actually remembered to take a photo (albeit, not very good).
Go BIG PAPI!
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