What's for dinner?

Time to start a new topic on this thread, I think.

This was my 55th birthday, and in celebration I prepared coq au vin, including the flambee of the chicken and the traditional accompaniments of brown-braised perl onions and sauteed mushrooms. And a tossed green salad. It was delicious, as was the Jean Gros 1988 Richebourg wine that accompanied the meal.

-Paul W.

Congrats, Paul! Sounds like a delicious way to ring in another year.

We had friends over last night and did a quick after-work meal of potted shrimp (as a starter), roasted sea bass, risotto with morels, sauteed squash, and a chocolate birthday cake for my daughter (who appears to share your B-day, Paul).

[Jenise]

Happy Birthday Paul, and what a fine meal you ushered your own personal new year in with--an '88 Richebourg? Oh my.

Last night we had a very simple dinner of grilled, marinated pork chops (they'd spent two days in hot chili oil, soy sauce, rosemary and a bit of brown sugar) with stir fried Chinese cabbage, and after dinner, a bowl of our first rainier cherries this season.