Anniversary
Well 27 years yesterday, and we met 28 years to the hour of sitting down.
We went to:
Restaurant X
The 25th anniversary was celebrated at Peter X. Kelly's other restaurant in Rockland County NY
Xaiviers
This one seats 40 in two sittings. With the exception of Le Bec Fin (and the last time I was in there The Chef was bussing tables himself), it may well be the best restaurant I've ever eaten in, and I would love to be in a position to really compare the two.
Chef Kelly was doing meet and greet last night, which was interesting. If I had thought to bring a camera a picture of the three of us would be gracing this page. So I'll give you one of James Beard instead.
My wife had the sweetbreads and rack of lamb. I had a dozen Little Necks and the skirt steak with pommes frites. Very good all around, and not much left.
Lunch yesterday were omletts stuffed with the left over crabmeat Imperial from the 14th and scraple on the side. We also had a pancetta, potato and onion dish left from the Steak au Poive on Friday.
The steak and vegetable with pancetta
This morning we did pizza again,
And having nothing else to do baked a couple of loaves of bread.
Tonight I start my first attemps at sour dough. Two loaves of white, two of rye with caraway. Wish me luck.
Happy anniversary!
I've got a pot of chicken stock on the stove and am brainstorming with Scott on cassoulet variations.
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Happy Happy Anniversary! All of the food looks wonderful! I shall wish you luck on your bread (but not because I think you'll need it) All of the pics I have seen of your bread look great.
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What a very handsome cat is James Beard!
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Well didn't do the bread. This needs to be started 12-14 hours before the final mix, and I had just run out of steam by 6 PM.
I may try this next weekend or instead I may see if the butcher I found in Kingston (see top entry in supplies in sidebar) has a pork belly.
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Thanks on the thanks.
James Beard however has been sleeping on the job and something got into the sausage. I had to go buy pepperoni for the pizza. Not only is mine 1/3 the price, but I know what went into it, very lean beef, spices, pink salt and a fermenting agent.
that is another possibility for next weekend if I can get hog middles delivered by Friday.
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James Beard is beautiful. I've one cat named after food, Tater Tot. Glad your anniversary dinner was good - we have no really good restaurants here, so we usually have to make our own.
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Cute cat! and I do like that floor, mine is stone tile & shows all the grease & grime.
That bread looks awesome, looking forward to your post on sourdough. My husband & kid love it, I have yet to try it. Also getting ready to commit to pork belly, just need to source some around here! Thanks for checking out my blog too!
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The bread is from Baking with Julia and is essentially the first bread loaf in the book.
It also makes a very good cheese bread by taking 10 oz of a good grated cheese and adding half of that to the dough just prior to adding the butter. The remaining 5 oz gets sprinkled on top of the two loaves just before they go in the oven.
Freezes well.
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Happy Anniversary! It seems I want everyday to be a very memorable Anniversary day with those delicacies and food served. Love those pizzas. It looks so yummy!
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