Dinner was takeout at my sister’s, but I made hummus using Rancho Gordo ceci neri, from Italy, following their suggestion of adding confitted garlic. They taste maybe a little nuttier than regular garbanzos, but hard to tell the difference in the finished dish. Delicious, tho, nice and creamy.
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Here you go. What I call the liquor cabinet, which the BF refurbished from a cold box, and the bar cabinet, which is from the 40s and that I purchased at a flea market over 20 years ago.
ETA: mind you, this is all MINE. BF only drinks straight cheapo tequila and vodka, and he keeps those in his office.
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Me too. I wish I only had to reshuffle from the liquor to the bar cabinet ala @mariacarmen. We’ve moved on to storing extras in the garage. That’s what happens when you get to the Edison Costco and go crazy buying various large bottles.
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A mixture of hot and sweet Italian chicken sausage with broccoli rabe and orecchiette. We went back and forth debating between a red and white sauce, ending up with chicken stock, lemon juice, dry Vermouth and lots of garlic. I like mine a bit spicy so added a dollop of Calabrian chiles.
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Dinner last night - lamb shoulder roast with a Parmesan panko crust, Dijon mustard, garlic, tarragon. Baked sweet potato and sautéed zucchini.
ETA: a Chilean Malbec to accompany. It all worked.
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Duck….
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Beautiful cabinet and collection! Love the retro feel!
Since you showed me yours, I’ll show you mine. 
I had taken a pic of it a few weeks ago and was going to just post that. But then I realized how much it had changed, so here it is as of this evening. Drawers have my shakers, tools, and bitters. Don’t mind the dust!
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I hear you on that. Lately it has been difficult to buy something I really go-to in only 750 ML.
Had a craving for an old family favorite from a 1968 cookbook called “The Panhellenic Cookbook: Meats.” Recipes from all of the sororities who were part of the Nat’l. Panhellenic Conference at the time. My mother was a Kappa Kappa Gamma via Adelphi University, and while she doesn’t have anything in the cookbook, she cooked from it quite often.
When I moved out on my own in the late 70s, one of her sorority sisters was cleaning out her cache of cookbooks and Mom got it for me, as I’d copy down recipes from her copy any time I was visiting her. The cover on both sides has ripped away from the spiral bound cookbook, but it’s still one of my most treasured cookbooks, even though I rarely cook from it now.
Chicken Diable is a simple recipe, with lots of memories…a baked chicken with a glaze/sauce comprised of butter, honey, mustard, s/p, and curry powder, basting every 15 minutes for 45 minutes. I served it on Basmati rice with peas and corn alongside. And wine.
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Side note: I noticed several bottles of Gray Whale. I won’t ask you how it is since you clearly enjoy it, but what kind of notes does it have? Good for a dry martini, gin & tonic, something else? All of the above?
I usually stick to Beefeater and Bombay (both regular and Sapphire) for their versatility in martinis and with tonic (they are exactly what I look for in a gin, especially at the price point). Hendrick’s is for special occasions. Bluecoat a couple times a year as well. Aside from those few, I find myself being consistently disappointed in pricey “craft” gins, if I can call them that. They usually try to do too much and end up being way too herby and peppery.
I think I told this story before, but my mom went to Vermont several years ago and brought me back Stonecutter Gin. I think she said she paid $60 for it (750 ML). I only asked the price of a gift because I needed to know…because it was AWFUL. I didn’t tell her that, of course! LOL It was like drinking literal Pinesol. Nice bottle, and a nice nearly full bottle it remains in my bar’s front row.
Have had conversations with others here on HO about such gins. Malfy Gin (an Amalfi Coast lemon-based gin) comes to mind ($30ish for 750 ML), which I know someone here had also tried it and thought it was horrendous. Admittedly, I only bought it for the accompanying glasses in the gift set!
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Please and thank you. Yum.
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I’d really love if she’d share the recipe!
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I’ll work on it!
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We enjoyed another outstanding dinner at Fiorentini Restaurant in Rutherford, NJ, including amazing short ribs with root vegetables and sunchoke chips; crispy skinned wild red snapper with carrots and buttered cabbage; awesome short rib agnolotti with crunchy mushrooms; baccala mantecato with chickpea panisse, and cacio e pepe stuffed gnocchi (not pictured). It all went great with an excellent cabernet.
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Ty!
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Well #$@!%, the 49ers are not going to the Super Bowl, at least there will be a West Coast team to root for.
Roasted pork with fig chutney, fennel, carrots, onions and garlic. Salad of baby greens, snap peas, baby bell, celery, onion and honey mustard dressing.
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Exactly!
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