I have only had Lebanese wine once but was very impressed. I took coworkers to a middle eastern restaurant in JAX. One coworker is in the wine business with his husband back in Belgium. I let him order the wine and it was some of the best I’ve tasted.

+1 on the Lebanese wine. I'm hopeful that some day a trip there will be in the cards.

Dinner tonight for me will be a roast chicken. Probably my favorite weeknight meal.

Agreed. Two of the countries whose wines have surprised me most are Lebanon and Hungary. I've started to hear about Moldova recently too. Maybe I should have expected them all to be good, but I'm always safe claiming wine ignorance...I'm definitely not a connoisseur.

Queso fundido.

Last night I made mushroom, onion and ham risotto. Tonight I made the lemon fennel chicken that I first tried last month. This time I picked a fennel bulb with way more fronds to mince up for the sauce. Leftovers are packed for lunch tomorrow.

My wife had come up with a delicious dinner feast. I had mentioned that the smoked beef risoles from the other week, would be better with some thinly sliced pork. She made it tonight, and it was delicious!

I thought that was all I was getting, and then she brings in a huge bowl of rendang, with a stack of toasted paratha, plus some beautiful freshly sliced pineapple.

I’m almost sad, because I was hoping to eat some tasty mango cheesecake we got yesterday, but there’s no hope of that if I eat these goodies.

Care to share the risotto recipe?

Cheese nachos
beef kebab
chicken kebab
platter of raw vegetables (radish cucumber celery & red bell pepper)
platter of raw herbs (mint cilantro & basil)
chimichurri sauce
guacamole

Romaine salad with crumbled gorgonzola, dried cranberries, candied walnuts and yogurt dressing
Chicken tortilla soup (from Costco--the bomb) with crushed doritos, shredded cheese and sour cream. I really wish I had some cilantro.

it’s my child’s birthday and Super Duper carryout was chosen even though I can cook this stuff way better.

double cheeseburger
garlic fries
chocolate milkshake (Strauss soft-serve - the shops only carry Strauss ice cream)

cheeseburger
fries

garlic fries

we have very nice desserts so I only had garlic fries. It’s just micro planed Parmesan or gruyere cheese & garlic and I can just shred cheese on oven fries myself. the fries are so adequately greasy that the grease ran from the food through the paper bag and onto my lap. They probably use beef lard to keep the fries crispy.

I had chocolate cake with white frosting and sprinkles for dessert. I’m very tempted to have a corn cherry scone and water now for another dessert.

I get cilantro at the grocer with the $9.99/lb organic cherries. They also have Jeni’s ice cream that ORDeditor has mentioned.


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They serve upside down ice cream?

I am actually pretty impressed with how they get the ice cream to suspend from the top of the shelf without falling. It's like magic!

Have you tried it? It is soooo delicious. More importantly, the listeria just slides out the top.

I forgot that you mentioned about the listeria. I feel that you and ORDeditor disagree regarding the power of Jeni’s ice cream. I’m not sure what to do.

That's easy. When listeria is a possibility, just go with your gut. :D

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Parmesan and herb crusted chicken with pasta, topped with a lemon and artichoke sauce.

tonight’s supper:
cheese pizza
sauteed cauliflower, girl & goat style
raw vegetables

lol
i really haven’t investigated this but tbh $10.99 is high for me when I’m accepting $4.99 on Haagen daaz at regular price. I rarely eat ice cream at home so when I buy it, I will generally buy premium brands if on sale at $3.99 and down, else I’ll accept a different sugar. As it is, we have enough sugar at home that I could stop buying ice cream & other cookies etc for myself for 2020 and I’ll have more than enough of other things to enjoy for dessert.

$10.99 is a "bargain." It goes for more at some locations.

This is what I’m working on for dinner. Country style pork ribs. I hope mine look this good (or, I should say, taste as good as these look).
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gorgeous ribs - hope they’re great!
i can’t believe how much the Jeni’s ice cream costs at a store. Does it actually taste that great?

Some think so

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Cheese grits and a bean salad. I hated grits growing up, but that was because the only ones I ever had were instant grits hydrated with water. We use a pressure cooker (1c grits : 3c water : 1c whole milk) and then stir in a cup or so of good cheese (with a bit of sodium citrate to keep everything emulsified and smooth).

The bean salad was chickpeas, edamame, and black beans with diced bell peppers, serrano peppers, and cilantro in a dressing of olive oil, yuzu, lime juice, cumin, and Malaysian Baba chili powder.

I never had grits growing up but when I tasted them I didn't like them - until a black woman I worked with gave me some cheese grits that she had made. We used to take the train from Chicago to Springfield together for work. She always brought extra for me.

One of my favorite restaurants has a bacon wrapped pork tenderloin, served with Mexican street corn and cheese grits. Heaven.

Yes.

pulled pork with coleslaw with bread
 

pork butt cooked 30 hrs oak wood central calif coast from bosses ranch was good tender made the slaw wife said good

What? I love ice cream but you paid $10.99 a pint for ice cream? wow. And I am not a big Haagen daaz fan...much too hard for me.
Did you top it with the $10/lb cherries? For $20 I would rather have lobster.

I didn’t buy Jeni ice cream but I did take a picture. It seems like people here like it. I’m too satisfied with other ice creams at lower prices.

Looks like fancy mac ‘n cheese. :)

Posting other people’s food pics is cheating!

I loved our cheese pizza so much - it was the first time that I didn’t use a rolling pin for the dough and I only used my hands and some flour to avoid stickiness. I really can’t see myself justifying the return to any pizzeria.

i learned this year that “pork butt” refers to the shoulder. Oops, I definitely thought it referred to the cheeks.
I always loved roasted pork shoulder (schaufele) when dining in Germany. At some point I need to open my German cook book and start reading it! I last read it around 2002 but it should theoretically be with our other cookbooks which are rarely used since I just use my phone...

Hopefully it turned out great. I’m curious.

:) Not a lot of cheese--just really on the chicken.

Grilled shrimp and grilled fennel over orzo with lemon, basil and olive oil.

Fancy mac 'n cheese would be cacio e pepe. This looks like mac 'n cheese with fried chicken. :D

Speaking of ice cream, I've recently discovered Tillamook. I've enjoyed their cheese but had never tried the ice cream. My goodness, that is outstanding ice cream for a non super premium brand. So far, I've had vanilla, strawberry and today we bought Malted Moo Shake (vanilla malt flavor with chocolate chunks). Tonights dessert. So delicious and creamy.

I’ve been eating the Tillamook ice cream for 7 years or so. They had some sort of berry flavor, maybe Huckleberry, that was my favorite. I haven’t had any lately, I think they have to fight for freezer space at retailers. Dreyers and Breyers are always featured on alternate weeks.

i get their medium cheddar bricks for our child - I’ve definitely seen their ice cream and butter at Safeway (Albertsons).

yay for the ice cream - I can’t recall if I’ve had it! I first saw the name around 2013 on the Wise Sons menu.

:D No fried chicken--baked chicken. :) And, minimal cheese, other than on the chicken. :D

Breyers and Dreyers are decent ice creams. Tillamook is a whole different level. I was at Albertson's yesterday. They had 10-12 different flavors. Marionberry pie was one of them. I was tempted.

I was in line for a cashier today at Ralph's...the line to wait conveniently runs right in front of the ice cream case. :eek:
On an impulse I bought a pint of KROGER brand Brown Butter Bourbon Truffle ice cream (on sale $1.99). Don't laugh...it is really, really good. I would absolutely buy it again. Big chunks of truffles and super creamy with lots of brown butter carmely stuff. I am very impressed. Private Selections brand. You're welcome.

I've had it and it is good. As a matter of fact, I think Kroger vanilla/vanilla bean/French vanilla are decent too and find them comparable to Dreyer's or Breyer's.

I eat a lot of ice cream. When I was a kid, my uncle worked for Beatrice Foods (Meadow Gold), selling ice cream. He would always bring it to us when he was in town (he supplied my other uncle's grocery store a block away). A day seldom goes by that I don't have a dish, an ice cream novelty or some other dessert a la mode.

My dad used to have a bowl of ice cream every night before bed. I too love ice cream....love it. but I can easily pack on the pounds so only once or twice a week.
It is good, isn't it? And they had some really yummy flavors to pick from .....vanilla would have been good with the big package of strawberries that I bought. Good to know about that one.

A guilty pleasure (don't judge :D) :

Beef Lil' Smokies encased in canned crescent roll dough.