Beth and I got married Memorial Day weekend of 1971, a week after she graduated from Georgetown. I was halfway through my MBA up in New York at Columbia. Beth was an Ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps and our sole breadwinner. She had the 7 AM to 3 PM shift on Thanksgiving in 1971Continue reading “Thanksgiving Roast Turkey”
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Spain Wine Tasting Trip Wed Sept. 21 – First Vineyard Visit
We left the beautiful Parador in Baiona Wednesday morning and had our first visit to a vineyard on our way to Leon, where we stayed the next two nights. That vineyard was Bodegas Do Campo which is in the Ribiero DO. I will cover what DO means and the organizational levels for Spanish wine atContinue reading “Spain Wine Tasting Trip Wed Sept. 21 – First Vineyard Visit”
Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Tuesday Sept. 20: Shellfish Farming, Lunch at Michelin 1 Star Restaurant, Wine Tasting and Dinner
We had a very full day on Tuesday: a boat trip to see the extensive shellfish farming in the Galician estuaries, a wine tasting followed by lunch at a Michelin 1 Star restaurant, a wine tasting back at the hotel that Howard had arranged, and a welcome dinner hosted by Howard. We took at shortContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Tuesday Sept. 20: Shellfish Farming, Lunch at Michelin 1 Star Restaurant, Wine Tasting and Dinner”
Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Sept. 19, Day 3 – Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and Baiona
Monday Sept 19 was our first full day as part of Howard’s group of 21 people plus Antonio our guide, Ramon our driver, and Howard. We stayed in the NH Collection Santiago de Compostela Hotel only one night, the only part of Howard’s trip where we were not in a hotel at least two nightsContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Sept. 19, Day 3 – Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and Baiona”
Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Days 1 and 2 in Madrid and Santiago de Compostela
The first two days of our trip to Spain were both half-days so I am combining them for this first post that gets into a little more detail on all the things that we did on this trip we enjoyed so much. I have also included one of the interesting lessons that we learned onContinue reading “Spanish Wine Tasting Trip – Days 1 and 2 in Madrid and Santiago de Compostela”
Two Week Spanish Wine Tasting Trip
Beth and I did something for the first-time last month. We took a trip to Europe with a group of people where we were all on a bus going from location to location, packing up each time we changed hotels. We have been big fans of River Cruises, using Viking, where we get on theContinue reading “Two Week Spanish Wine Tasting Trip”
Temper Your Steak and Then Reverse Sear It
If I count helping my dad cook steaks on the charcoal when I was growing up, I have been cooking steaks the wrong way for over 60 years! Maybe not the wrong way, but certainly not the best way. Over a very hot fire I would sear the steak for 2 minutes on each side. Continue reading “Temper Your Steak and Then Reverse Sear It”
Smoked Beef Brisket
We are in the heart of summer BBQ season and this blog is a tutorial on smoking beef brisket aimed at those who have not done this before or did not get good results when they did try it. It is for smoking a 4-5 lb. brisket, either the point or the flat, on aContinue reading “Smoked Beef Brisket”
Bacon and Leek Quiche
For breakfast this morning Beth made a Bacon & Leek Quiche using some of our homemade bacon. It was delicious and would be equally good for lunch. Beth used Joanna Gaines’s recipe from her excellent Magnolia Table cookbook and you can find a youtube video of it under Bacon & Leek Quiche Joanna Gaines. ThereContinue reading “Bacon and Leek Quiche”
Making Your Own Bacon
This morning we enjoyed our first home made bacon. I used the recipe from Michael Symon’s excellent cookbook, Carnivore, and it was as simple as he suggests. We bought a large pork belly at COSTCO and cut off 4 ½ lbs. to make bacon and used the rest in several other pork belly recipes. TheContinue reading “Making Your Own Bacon”
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