At the Alameda County Fair shows are at 6 and 8 PM. Okay a lot of people are now asking why do I want to go see a retired basketball player? Well he now is a very fine Jazz musician! Lisa and I have seen him perform several times and he is always great. So if you are looking for something to do next Saturday, journey up to Pleasanton and join us a the 8:00 PM show.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Strawberry Dessert Topping
This is part of a recipe from Yahoo, the main part didn't work out too well, but this is great. Goes great with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.
6 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups sliced or diced hulled strawberries
Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice and cook, stirring, until the sugar melts and the mixture begins to bubble, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add strawberries and stir until juices begin to exude and the berries are heated through, 30 seconds to 1 minute more.
Spoon over anything.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Top Ten Cabernet Sauvignon's
My friend Igor (who got me started on Pinot Noir a couple of years ago) has now picked up the Cabernet habit. He asked me to send him a list of my ten most favorite Cabernet's, which in turn gave me the idea for this post. The first thing that hit me when I started typing up the list was now many Cabernet's I have tried over the years. The second was how hard it was to narrow the list down to ten. Anyway here is the list, most are fairly rare, none are cheap, all are great.
- Viader “V”
- Peter Michael (Les Pavots Estate Cabernet)
- Pride Mountain Vineyards (Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon)
- Lokoya
- Spottswoode
- Pahlmeyer (Proprietary Red)
- Dunn Vineyards(Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon)
- Silver Oak (Napa Valley Cabernet, 1997 or earlier)
- Opus One
- Quintessa
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