s'kat and the food |
Fosco 2003 Diano d'Alba |
Pasta Bernadette |
Veal Roma |
Au Bon Climat 2003 |
Worst ribs ever!! |
Last minute cheese plate |
Dave's pizza |
Shell's pizza |
Crozet Pizza |
A Crozet wall o' love |
Dave replicating the picture behind him |
Fabulous veggie pizza |
Menu from Basic Necessities |
Wine and flowers at Basic Necessities |
A wonderful cheese plate |
A wonderful meats plate |
Farewell, Del Fosse rose! |
Cheese plate no. 2 |
Weekend wine tally |
Dave's Bottom's Up Meat-lovers/Mexican Combo |
My Bottom's Up Goat in the Garden with broccoli |
Lovely Crose |
Vasse Felix Chardonnay |
el Coto Rioja |
Red Bicyclette Chardonnay |
Dave's classic pizza |
Dave's pie up close |
shell's pie with roasted sweet peppers |
shell close up |
ruffino riserva ducale gold |
Fresco salad |
Pasta ala Buttera |
Pizza Boscaiola |
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Circling Ducks |
Fried crabcakes and fries |
Fried flounder and fries |
Interior of crabcake |
Sunset on the James |
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Fresh Blueberry Pie (the pie bible) |
Slice of fresh blueberry pie with mascarpone whipped cream |
Mel asking for just a dribble of the Kenwood |
Italian sausage with pasta, pesto and tomatoes |
my italian sausage with pesto, tomatoes and spinach |
Banana-Walnut Crumb Muffins |
"Please, may I just have one little taste?" |
Asian-style prawns, with stir-fried cabbage and broccoli |
Sweet n' sour beef |
Three-peppers hot chicken larb |
Sunday eurolunch |
Shrimp shumai |
really HOT mustard |
Sushi Yama is love |
il bastardo |
DucCat woos s'kat with cheese and chorizo |
Summer-ripe tomatoes and cukes |
appreciating the good life |
Jewel Syrah |
Pork chops, sweet potato salad, cornbread with honey, and a sausage sampler |
The Warwick Cheese Shoppe |
George, sharing knowledge and corkscrews |
The fabulous cheese counter |
DucCat's new toy |
Syd's lemon dreams |
using the new wine key |
Wild Yeast Chard 2002 |
Folie a Deux 2001 |
The fondue course |
A lovely Hoegaarden |
Syd's lunch menu |
Neo-pimento cheese, and house-made crackers |
L'Ecole No 41 |
A succulent chicken sandwich |
Potato Salad with Fresh Herbs & Lemon |
Creole Tomato Salad |
Our bistro burger |
Neighborly love |
Bier Garden Beer List- half of it. |
The welcoming front of the Bier Garden |
First on the patio |
The gulasch. |
The braunweiners, with a pretzelroll. |
Cherubs on the patio |
Drink up, little man, drink up! |
Veramonte Chardonnay |
Pizza prep |
Pizza prep 2 |
DucCat and dough |
DucCat's Pie |
s'kat's pie |
A liverwurst, mustard, onion, and Morbier panini |
Pineapple |
The river view |
Caramelized Pineapple with Hot Chocolate Sauce |
Green beans with black sesame |
Chef PanNan's Kung Pao Chicken, #40339 |
prezzies! |
oh, whatever shall i do with it? |
the bauble |
a catly gift |
Old People |
our fuzzy favourite waiter Tony |
an out of context menu selection |
menu |
first course |
cow-nilla |
second course |
mmm, a Big Bold Shafer |
the wines |
DucCat's entree |
s'kat's entree |
A Syd-gasm |
the serene Barbie balloon |
sunshine eggs |
DucCat in action |
More Kung Pao & Three-Pepper SLaw |
Green beans in repose |
Cowboy Syd's Window |
a great cut of flank steak |
Welcome to our house |
Ridge 2003 Three Valleys Zinfandel |
The neo-pimento/fig showdown |
DucCat enjoying the neo-pimento cheese |
this is where it all begins |
DucCat at work |
Sauced ribs, and coleslaw |
A nice little smoke ring |
Jewel 2002 Syrah |
A bodacious meatball pie |
Tiny pizza margherita |
Tiny chorizo pie |
Protocolo |
Shishi Gashira |
Gunslinger's Revenge |
Vina Alarba 2004 |
Veggie pie |
Manly meaty pie |
don't forget the basil |
Cute little chick |
Rex Hill |
happy birthday live |
Escargot |
french onion soup |
tomato tartlet |
calamari salad |
birthday cake |
pouffy choux-pastry thing |
VINum Char-No-Day |
buffalo chicken strips |
Savannah Chanelle 2001 Pinot Noir |
Menage a Trois 2002 California Red Table Wine |
General Tso's Chicken with a daub of rice |
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let the chips fall |
Shufflin' |
BAGEL DOGS!!! |
Chablis |
Crappy cashew chicken salad from Brutti's |
Patrami on rye |
Westenpheiner? |
Knockwurst |
Teawurst |
My husband's impending heart attack |
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Chicken parm |
Sushi 1 |
Sushi 2 |
Sushi 3 |
yay... more sushi! |
Taco night |
Panarroz Jumilla 2004 |
How we're facing the weekend |
pre-weekend cat blogging |
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Artisanal Assortment |
Festive Wheel |
the Van Goat |
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Oktoberfest flags |
frites |
Chicken cordon bleu sandwich with green bean salad |
European Sunday |
s'kat's perfect cracker |
Our prinsipessa |
Fat in the fire |
Some good lookin' steaks |
Steak with horseradish and grilled bread |
Mushrooms in a tomato sauce over salad- not my best idea |
AGs Pumpkin-Apple Bread |
look at the lovely apples |
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sucky chile-garlic paste |
jo san kim chee |
scary kimchee warning label |
oh my god, it can't be Santa Claus dim sum?!? |
the dumplings |
the kimchee- okay, if from a jar |
the fantabulous dipping sauce |
elvis |
syd-vey |
DucCat's tacos |
s'kat's tacos |
rioja antano tempranillo 2002 |
syds bread |
beef bourginon |
pauillac 1999 |
whitelhall lane winery cabernet sauvignon 2001 |
diving in |
Roadside Cafe |
where RD books go to die |
Steamed shrimp |
The meatloaf you've been waiting for |
Wildekrans pinotage |
weird sisters |
Scallop and fois gras pancake |
Visiting meat |
Wholesome chocolate chippers |
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Lovely grilled lamb and summer veg |
greek-style pita |
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Mushroom crostini |
Man Food: Nachos! |
Smoking Loon Chardonnay |
Shotfire |
Chalone Chardonnay |
valdeon? what's the other cheese? |
Hollick |
My flatbread 'pizza' |
The best wursts ever |
You've gotta try this! |
Gigondas |
Saffron |
Osso bucco |
Duccat's great salad for s'kat |
La Fete, I love this wine! |
The money shot |
smokin' salmon |
Smoked Salmon tacos |
weekend cat blogging |
Decent jarred salsas |
salsas close |
An almost puffed pita |
Greek-style pita with feta dressing |
Chateau St. Michelle |
Sushi Yama Platter |
Sushi close |
more sushi |
food porn |
Chateau Montelena |
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banana bread with pecans and chocolate |
banana bread slice |
mel |
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Mushroom-tomato pie |
homemade gyoza |
stir-fried cabbage |
dim sum happiness |
Baked Ziti with tomato, mozzarella and sausage |
Ziti |
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glasses and tags |
tallegio and really rich blue and completely forgotten for 5 years piave |
soppresatta and genoa salamis |
Artichoke tapenade and olive bread |
Bellini Chianti |
timpano whole |
timpano sliced |
Amaretto Cake |
Tongue blistering grappa |
Solstice invitation |
Pacific Peak Chardonnay |
Sunday lunch |
Rize 2 |
julia's french onion |
syd's bread |
Rize 1 |
French Onion Soup |
Rize with a food ref |
Garlic-thyme dip |
Kalamatta breadsticks |
hot spinach cheese dip |
sausage-stuffed mushrooms |
turkey with stuffing |
chicken with matzoh |
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brussels sprouts advancing |
steaming sprouts |
sprouts |
sprouts n' steak |
brussels sprouts line-up |
Good Friends... |
shishi tucked away |
duccat's torts |
s'kat's torts |
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please, sir |
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s'kat's veggie pie |
duccat's pie |
steaming pie |
Martha Stewart's Holiday Magazine |
Martha's Turtles |
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A pretty but mostly inedible turtle brownie. Damn you, Martha! |
Yummy apples |
Good-for-you chocolate |
For the garlic is the life |
$100 TJs trip |
Cookin' lamb loin chops |
Brussels sprouts, yeah, baby! |
lamb, potatoes, sprouts |
perfectly cooked, in my opinion |
not so much in DucCat's |
fritatta |
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Lo Tengo Malbec |
Cool beans |
Conte di Bregonzo Amarone Classico 2002 |
fondue 1 |
counterpoint to fondue |
fondue tu tu |
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Dream |
Mel in festive spirits |
Christmas Biscotti |
Almond Bars |
Peppermint Bark Cookies |
Triple Orange Biscotti |
Gingerbread |
Snickerdoodles |
Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles |
Cranberry-Lemon Iced Drops |
peppermint cookies |
duccat said this is art |
Something's missing... |
Perfectly dressed eggs |
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new year's breakfast |
oh, yeah |
a little caviar perhaps |
the perfect cracker |
careful preparations |
beanie weenies! |
a fun new year's eve |
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welcome 2 brunch, baby! |
Neo-pimento, again. |
Frei Brothers |
French Toast and Sausages |
Grilled Chicken |
Chicken Sandwich |
Crab Salad |
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rockfish and shrimp |
can you believe this has no sugar? and nothing artificial? |
Shishi and Spot |
sushi |
blueberry pancakes |
cinnammon cream syrup |
blueberries |
White bean soup with cabbage and sausage |
Pot Roast |
steak, more importantly, perfect potatoes |
frito pie! |
s'kat's chicken pot |
chicken pot pie |
the wines |
skillet of love |
frying chickens |
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makin' the gravy |
Southern goodness |
Fried Oyster Salad |
Testarossa Castello Chardonnay |
Moe's veggie taco |
pensively waiting |
Moe's interior |
Try just a bite... |
A boatload of chips |
s'kat veggie quesadilla |
gus' NY Pizza slice |
precision |
stuffed meatball pie with roma tomatoes and basil |
stuffed pie side |
inside the pie |
smoking loon cab |
chili |
L'ecole |
Thorntree 2004 Chardonnay |
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Garlic Soup with Poached Eggs |
Releasing the yolk |
The Money Shot |
T.J. dough, DucCat's Sausage Roll |
T.J. dough, s'kat pie |
T.J.'s dough, s'kat slice |
coonawarra shiraz |
pretty colour |
The Menfolk |
Alessi Red Table Wine |
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Garlic Shrimp With Broccoli |
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Ultimate Meatball Casserole |
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mel only eats from bowls, thank you |
shishi sleeps |
vietnamese-style chicken salad |
A little salad? |
Oh, you're just here for the wine! |
Chocolate-Brownie Bites |
Nero Wolfe Cookbook |
Chicken Fricassee with Dumplings |
My interpretation |
J. Bookwalter Red Table Wine |
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Veritas |
The French dip sandiwch |
fat is where the flavour is... |
A hint of colour in the winter |
Ragu Bolognese |
You know you want to give me a bite! |
Rigatoni in Woodsman Sauce |
Belly-meat |
New to us: the pork roll |
What a McMuffin should be |
feta, roasted red pepper, spinach panini |
Spicy fish and vegetables |
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The sauce awaits |
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coleslaw prep |
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good temp, at last |
smoke ring |
chopping |
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Spicy Chicken, Shrimp and Andouille Stew |
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broccoli raab panini |
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broccoli raab, aka rapini |
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shrimp broth |
Charles Creek |
Seal Bay Cheese |
del fosse chardonnay |
med prep |
mediterranean tuna sandwich |
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osso always love you |
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black sesame asparagus |
Robertson Chardonnay |
Gloria |
Taleggio |
Roberston Cab |
i could eat you raw baby |
tuna plated |
Patton Valley Pinot Noir |
Chomp |
with a soy-wasabi drizzle |
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