http://www.degustationnation.com Food, wine, friends. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:02:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday night was the third gathering of the T-Town Supper Club.  Our hosts for the evening, Jim and Sue, came up with a most excellent theme for this dinner party:  each guest would make a dish from The New Spanish Table cookbook by Anya von Bremzen.  They purchased several copies ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2009/03/t-town-supper-club-the-spanish-table/ I have mentioned before how much I love it when my Lady T gets the itch to cook.  She came up with a brilliant plan for Sunday afternoon:  espresso, a movie, then an evening of her cooking and me getting caught up on some guitar playing.  Of course, I was ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2009/02/a-plethora-of-soups/ Last night, my lady T and I were noshing at one of our favorite places, Tempest Lounge.  Head Honcho Denise Tempest had just finished mixing a beautiful citrus-infused cocktail, and had placed the remaining grapefruit and lime on a plate that just happened to be under a light.  T said ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2009/01/tempest-lounge-fresh-citrus-and-the-inauguration/ I love it when my lady T has a "work at home" day. She is lucky enough to be able to telecommute once in a while, and when she does, she usually has time to cook me up some mighty fine grub. The other day, she did just ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/12/the-wonders-of-asian-soup/ A couple of days ago, I was walking past the meat section of my local market, and spied some nice looking lamb shanks. I didn't meditate on them too long; I just parked them in my subconscious and kept shopping. But, there they were, hiding out in my ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/12/quick-dirty-lamb-shank-is-it-possible/ I gotta' tell you, this is a fact:  I absolutely love my in-laws.  No kidding.  They are the creme de la creme of humans - kind, generous, intelligent, loving, and most of all great appreciators of all things delicious.  Which, by the way, happens to include me, but that's another ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/12/champagne-caviar-a-most-noble-pairing/ Ever get invited to a birthday party, or any kind of party for that matter, where every guest is supposed to bring along an appetizer and a bottle of wine?  Of course you have.  Sometimes we take the easy route, and just grab something that is already made from the ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/12/queso-fundido-is-fun-indeed/ What better way to spend Thanksgiving weekend than by noshing your way around San Francisco?  Well, there may be better ways to spend a weekend, someplace more exotic perhaps, but SF is always a blast and fit the bill - so off we went.  After checking in to the Fairmont ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/12/thanksgiving-weekend-in-san-francisco/ A couple of weeks ago, we had the inaugural dinner of the T-Town Supper Club.  The T-Town Supper Club consists of 15 people sharing a common bond:  the bond of the unpretentious foodie.  Our first dinner of course had a theme, and since my lady T and I hosted, what ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/11/t-town-supper-club-a-night-in-sicily/ I gotta' tell ya', there's nothing I love more on a Saturday than having an authentic, non-gringo-ized Mexican meal.  My lady T and I always go to Tacoma's finest Mexican restaurant, Vuelve a la Vida.  She is addicted to the Ceviche Cameron, a fabulously lime-infused mixture of shrimp, tomatoes, onion ... http://www.degustationnation.com/2008/11/menudo-breakfast-of-champions/