August is National Peach Month! Equally terrific in cobblers and salsa, some of the finest examples of this versatile fruit are grown here in Colorado. Eat A Peach!

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August is National Peach Month! Equally terrific in cobblers and salsa, some of the finest examples of this versatile fruit are grown here in Colorado. Eat A Peach!

A belated Bon Anniversaire to one of my first culinary heroines, Julia Child.

“Life without books, chocolate, and coffee is just useless.” ~ Lokuliyanage

How to celebrate?
Morningstar Farms Veggie Bacon Strips over roasted garlic aïoli, organic home-grown tomato slices, and lettuce on toasted ciabatta. Paired with organic tomato-basil bisque and a Spanish Garnacha. That’s how!

“it’s hard to imagine a civilization without onions.” ~ Child

This dish, Curry Pot Pie, is essentially 2 great comfort foods at once…Asian-style curried vegetables and pot pie. It’s a Trader Joe’s recipe and I recommend it highly. I’d been looking forward to trying it for a few months, and when Linda announced that she was making it for me, well, I couldn’t wait! And I didn’t have to wait long, about an hour…just enough time to unwind and have a glass of wine (or two, to be honest).

It was delicious. TJ’s Thai Yellow Curry Sauce is more akin to Japanese curry than Thai, redolent with a nice blend of spices that smell out of this world as the pie bakes in the oven. The trick for us was to substitute Quorn Chicken Tenders for the real chicken called for in the recipe. Just defrost around half the package in the microwave and add. The sauce infuses everything with curry goodness, even the crust. You don’t need much more than a light green salad to complete dinner. Don’t forget the wine!
You’ll find the recipe here, Trader Joe’s Curry Pot Pie.

“The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.” ~ DeVoto

“The light music of whiskey falling into a glass—an agreeable interlude.” ~ Joyce

Through some miracle of inner strength, we’ve decided to age the Manhattans for 2 more weeks…I’m as surprised as you are.
