This time of year produce is barely waning, and the cool crisp weather we've been having is so lovely for cooking! Had some great meals this week, including:
Tuesday Supperclub - this week was roast chicken with roasted beets and sauteed black kale, and cupcakes for Rita's birthday. I also made bread for the first time with my new sourdough starter - it came out really well - maybe the best I've ever made! My only tweak would be to work on getting the crust a little crisper/flakier - probably will try to pull it a little tauter when shaping, and try to get a little more moisture in the oven next time... but regardless, it was delicious and otherwise perfect!
I also had a great food day yesterday - started the day getting a winery tour of Baer Winery in Woodinville from a friend who is their cellarmaster - he took a bunch of us around and showed us what happens on a crazy-busy day during the harvest. Really cool to watch grapes getting crushed, helping "punch down" the grapes that are already fermenting (reminds me of bread), and tasting just-fermented wine... all this in the beautiful cold fall sunshine!
Then several of us went up to Whidbey Island to make dinner with our friends Laura and Eric, who live in a great little house perched on a cliff overlooking the Sound. After gathering produce from two competing farmer's markets (you know there's a sad tale of woe in there somewhere), crab from Larry's Crab Truck and a bunch of wine and supplemental groceries, we spent a relaxing afternoon walking on the beach, checking out their renovated beach house, and cooking and eating:
At the beach:
Apple Cider Cocktails
Freshly caught steamed Dungeness crab with lemon butter
"Upstairs" for dinner:
Spinach dip & baguette
Creamy pumpkin soup with fresh crab
Tomato tarte tatin
Beet, goat cheese and lettuce salad
"Father-in-law-caught" king salmon grilled with a porcini mushroom and pepita rub and chantrelle gravy
Roasted brussel sprouts with balsamic reduction
Beet greens sauteed with chantrelle mushrooms
"Neighbor's tree" Apple pie
A fine example of Whidbey Island's harvest!
I have been eating for the last seven months.
15 years ago
2 comments:
Adding in the wine list...
Whidbey Island Madeleine Angevine 2007 -locally grown but too fruity and sweet for fall, Erath Pinot Gris 2007, O Horse Heaven Hills Chardonnay 2006, Baer Malbec 2007?, Wallace Brook Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2006
That was actually Leroy's Malbec - so Flying Dreams Malbec :-)
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