Sunday, May 16, 2010

Oatmeal Mango Cheesecake.



Went looking for a mango cookie recipe and found this instead. Seriously, what's the deal with everyone wanting to sprinkle crumbled crap all over everything? I thought it looked way better without the topping and just a fan of mango slices.

Yeah, definitely would have tasted better without the stuff on top.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Rosemount Cabernet Sauvignon.


My contribution to the tasting. I picked it up, hoping to confirm my suspicions that this would make an excellent daily. Spot on. $9 a bottle, Rosemount is still as killer as I remember. I don't think there's many wines of this caliber at this price point. Solid body, good enough tannin and appropriate for the varietal.

The Little Penguin Pinot Noir.


Another friend bought this the same night. Kind of started an impromptu tasting session. This was $7. A little better than the Nine Stones but basically in the same category. The price was more on target with this one.

Nine Stones Shiraz.


Same friend bought this. In the under-$10 category. Shit's bad. I looked down at my glass one point and saw my pants through it.

Nine Stones, more like nine bones. Which is how much it cost. I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT @ 1153,51610.

Momokawa Nigori.


A friend bought this the other night. It has a really nice coconut-banana smell and, if you try really hard, a banana finish. Otherwise, it's incredibly innocuous and very unspectacular. Even the sediment doesn't seem to contribute anything.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Mayan Orange Brownies.


From Kevin. This recipe uses some baking powder so the texture is a lot lighter than those cocoa brownies I made the previous week. I find that brownies are much simpler than any other dessert since there's no need to soften butter. It just gets melted together with other stuff. Pretty convenient.

Red Kidney Bean Curry.


From smitten. I eat a lot of beans, so it's always nice to try something other than chili. I'm also a huge fan of Indian food, so this is a nice thing to have in my back pocket. It comes together pretty quick, maybe 30 minutes from start to finish.