Mom visited last weekend, and not only did we have fun, but we ate very well! On Friday night we went to a market on Federal Hill, Venda Ravioli, and brought home a dinner of lobster ravioli with puttanesca sauce, artichoke hearts stuffed with Ritz crackers and crabmeat, green beans with almonds, and rabe with sooo much garlic. On Saturday we went to Scales and Shells in Newport, which I really enjoy because it's good food in a casual atmosphere and the menu is pretty simple. I had linguine with white clam sauce, and Mom and Ellie and Craig all enjoyed various scallop preparations.
Sunday was cold, and we have all these root vegetables from the CSA, so we picked up a bottom round roast and made beef stew. I cooked the beef in broth and a lot of red wine, and added carrots, onions, celeriac, sweet potatoes, and yellow potatoes. We enjoyed a wine from Dave, Torbreck Barossa Valley 2006 Woodcutter's Shiraz.
On Monday we recreated Craig's wonderful salmon, since we could still get Coho at WF. Mom really liked it with the tarragon butter. I used more leek than Craig had, and I think it was better with more lentils than leeks, but it was still really tasty. To drink we had Alix Chateau Plaisance Bordeau Blanc Sec 2004, a very nice full white wine.
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