 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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 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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