This Could Be Me!

Wine: Domaine De Fontssainte Corbieres - 2003 from SilverLake Wine

We are working our way through Suzanne Goin's new cookbook: Sunday Suppers at Lucques. Besides Lucques she also co-owns another excellent restaurant AOC. and her husband owns The Hungry Cat (soon to be open for Lunch – Yea), which is the best restaurant that is close to Silverlake. It is a great fish bar with surprisingly the best Hamburger in Los Angeles! One day hopefully one of them will open a restaurant in Silverlake where we live (and Jessica Goin). It would be closer for mother also….

At any rate we go to Suzanne’s restaurant: Lucques every Sunday night and on other nights also (Think Steak for 2 – better yet order it!)

It had been cold and chilly so we were focusing on winter food.

1st course was Coleman Farms Treviso with Gorgonzola, walnuts, and Saba. When we think of Lucques we also think Suzanne’s ever changing Salads and first courses are exceptional, always changing and challenging. This salad was a combination we don’t remember having. It is wonderful. Sharp trevisio (a cousin of radicchio), sweet saba, crunchy walnuts, smooth cheese (we substituted St. Agur from Cheese Store of Silverlake for the recommended Gorgonzola). This is a salad we will come back to.

Main Course: bouef a la nicoise: Braised beef Stew with red wine, tomato, olives and buttered noodles

Talk about comfort food. When the dish was almost complete and was sitting in pan completely filling the house with great aromas, Cliff stated: “This could be me!) Boy was it! Everything you want in a Stew: Caramelized Short ribs, Olives, Tomatoes etc. We purchased the Short Ribs at Whole Food. We had them cut the ribs into 2 inch cubes (gives more caramelized sides of meat.

It was FABULOUS. Oh the meat! Oh the Pasta! Oh the Leftovers.

For desert: Perfectly Sweet - German Chocolate Cake.

Afterwards retired to living room to continue reading: Golden Boy, a charming memoir of an young English Boy growing up in and discovering exotic Hong Kong. Cathy had finished it and also liked it. She is currently reading the very fantastic: Kafka on the Shore.