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Traditional Scottish Recipes on a JohnsHaven Festival Tea Towel
Crazy i know! trinkets from the festival. Tweed Kettle does not sound anything like fish.
Market Place. Horse Tooth Hot Sauce. The Green
Three as a wish to be spicy for the holidays. Green is the first Horse tooth Hot Sauce to taste from Fort Collins Colorado. Hobanero, serrano and tomatillo have a temperature bar on the bottle – 3 out of 4.
The rest of the ingredients include distilled white vinegar, garlic, S&P, Xanthan gum and onion. First pour is a bit watery. the taste 3 out of 4 is a reasonable accurate and is hot. Perhaps another and better shake for full body hot sauce. The bottle says don’t let the calm color fool you.
Green is mean. The packaging is appealing. Proceed with caution.
Eulogy for an old friend. The oven at home.
The oven died. Where does one start? How does one write an eulogy for an old friend.? We worked through many recipes and holidays together…Na, That just is not enough. KA 22 had humble beginnings in Benton harbor Mi, KA 22 became the heart of […]
Notebook ~ Dining Criteria
My 3 dining criteria include: architectural aesthetics, background noise, and the food on the plate.
Notebook ~ Consistency.
Consistency.
Consistency does not mean boring. To me – it means that the kitchen is well organized and the staff follows recipes. From day to day the plan is followed and who ever is working that day – picks up where that following day left off. Repeat visits are not disappointed. Good and consistent food earns high mark in the chefs notebook.
Notebook ~ ” Cooks to French ” a gold star day
One of my gold star moments is having the best foie gras at Spago. Served 5 ways and each perfect. The holy grail was found (did I mention it was served by Chef Puck). Wolfgang Puck restaurants came to Denver in 1998. Fusion cuisine, casual […]
Pizza Friday ~ Basic Kneads
Attended an End of Summer Party where Pizza Friday and Travel Eats ran together. Wood fired, anywhere is the mantra. Basic Kneads followed through. They did a great job keeping in front of the guests appetite. The pizza did not end at the end of […]
Johnshaven Festival
Johnshaven is a coastal village along the North Sea located in Aberdeenshire, down the road from Grandpa in Laurencekirk Scotland. The travel eats this week is Scottish Smoked Salmon. When I visited grandpa in September it was to cold to sit water side. Thank goodness it warmed up!
The latitude of Scotland is lower than Fair banks Alaska. Who would have thought!
Opps looks like the salmon has a bit a of CHAR!
Pizza Friday ~ Tony P’s Pizzeria
Tony P’s Pizzeria: the perfect location, and the perfect family dinner experience…. well… maybe not perfect, but it has “kid friendly” potential. When my family and I went down to the Highlands this weekend, we found an original and gorgeous pizzeria. As we ventured inside, the first […]