Merry Christmas to all. Posts have been light as life has overtaken blogging but stay tuned there is more to come. Best wishes to everyone and sincerest hopes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Some poached pear salad with goat cheese from our first course Christmas Eve Dinner.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! My favorite holiday since its about food, drink, family and gratitude. Dinner for 12 at stately Fred Manor:
Appetizers: Cheese Plate & assorted munchies
To drink: assorted bubblies: La Marca Prosecco, Soligo Prosecco and Conde De Subirats Brut NV Cava
Soup: Sweet Potato Bourbon Soup
To drink: assorted bubblies: La Marca Prosecco, Soligo Prosecco [...]
Well another year gone by and Fred Foodie is now two years old. It seems like just yesterday that I wrote my first Happy Anniversary post. I also took this time last year to look at my goals for the blog. I am sad to say that I didn’t really meet them. On the plus side that just means [...]
You’ve got to love having Top Chef in Vegas. Where else are you going to have the bookmakers giving weekly odds on the contestants? They are updated following the week nine restaurant wars episode and Bryan is still in fourth. No surprise Kevin still holds the top spot. I wish I had access to the betting. It [...]
After all this time I finally got a chance to visit Black Ankle Vineyards. They have been open for about a year if I recall correctly and on my list of places to visit since I heard of their opening. So one recent weekend Mrs. Fred and I along with my brother and sister in law headed [...]
Forget that awful corn syrup laden; spawn of a chemistry set daiquiri mix. Here is a recipe that hearkens back to the true roots of the drink and is already a regular in our rotation:
Put 1/2 to 3/4 oz freshly squeezed lime juice, 1 heaping tablespoon sugar, 2 ounces of light rum, and 1 cup of cracked ice into a [...]
The sleeper hit of Christmas has to be the book I gave Mrs. F called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. In short this book is amazing. We have always dabbled in baking but this book is head and shoulders above any bread book we have in both ease and sheer [...]
Sorry readers for the month hiatus. Two factors at play here. First, and foremost I have been swamped at work. Don’t construe this as a complaint- given the current state of the economy I am extremely grateful for this. Secondly I hurt my foot running. Nothing major, but I am on an NSAID, so wine consumption [...]
