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December 16-23, 2007
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| Sunday, December 23, 2007 permalink
... to take the chill off. This tureen comes with a ladle stuck in it to dish out generous hunks of chicken on the bone, noodles, carrots, celery, potatoes, rubbery mushrooms and a matzo ball. It looked so promising but it turned out to be a nursery safe comfort dish with a bland, herb-deficient broth. If you have a nasty, tastebud-deadening illness, this would be an excellent thing to order, but if you seek a savory soup with great depth, this ain’t it. To be fair, I enjoyed the warming properties of this tub o grub, and carving away at the regulation sized matzoball was enjoyable, but it’s not something I would re-order without a cold. Chubby went for the June & Basil ($11.25):
This pastrami and chopped chicken liver sandwich featured Niman meat that was on the gristly side. The chicken livers weren’t so much chopped as pureed in this texturally unorthodox version of an old deli standby. The ingredient distribution was an uneven wedge of muscle in the center and bread intensive eating at the borders. Unlike most ‘rami-wiches, this was not the tower o’ meat with a thick mortaring of liver to hold it together, this was a diminutive construction that was okay, but did not sate Chubby’s craving for a more meat-intensive, flavor-packed deli product. We visit Saul’s:
... once every few years and I think we will keep to our sporadic check ins.
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| Saturday, December 22, 2007 permalink
... it took no imagination to understand that the chow will be brilliant. Brett put together an amazing spread:
... including a squid, garbanzo and frisee salad, crab and avocado with cilantro:
... crostini with Fatted Calf blood sausage:
winter crudités with cardoons, parsnips, cauliflower, and squash, ripe and juicy pear slices wrapped in prosciutto, cheeses:
... and the richest hot chocolate imaginable. It was great to catch up with friends that we had not seen in a while including Heidi and Jennifer, who both have cookbooks published by Ten Speed Press…and speaking of which… Menu for Hope has been extended until through the weekend so there’s still time to make a bid for 3 Ten Speed Cookbooks of the winners choosing (code UW03). There are some great titles to choose from including Super Natural Cooking by Heidi Swanson and Crab by Jennifer Jeffrey and Andrea Froncillo. The Boccalone box of Tasty Salted Pig Parts (code UW04) contains prescription strength salumi. If you win this prize, you will be in hog heaven. While you’re at it, get a ticket for a chance to win a dinner for 8 prepared by Brett with Alder pairing the wine and Shuna whipping up dessert (code UW17) If tonight’s buffet is any indication of the praiseworthy dinner |
