Saturday, November 24, 2012

Dinner with Gerald and Kathleen at La Poste


Monday 19 November
After a stimulating lecture by Gerald Finkielsztejn on his site of Marisha, Kathleen took us and the speaker out to dinner at La Poste, a favorite of ours for food and convenience (it's two blocks from our house).
They ring seasonal changes on their standard menu.  So our appetizers were old favorites: scallops on rye toast (with wilted greens, chopped egg and gorgonzola, and bacon vinaigrette) and a pretty fair crabcake (with corn salad, greens, orange segments, and tarragon aioli).
And for mains, a huge lamb shank on creamy polenta (most of which we had to take home in a doggie bag), and a nice spiced duck breast on root vegetable hash.
Dessert was their seasonal (apple) crumble with Graeter's vanilla ice cream; and since Gerald loves ice cream, after dinner Kathleen took him across to Graeter's for further tastes.

Meanwhile, we went home and prepared the second of our Long Island Cheese Pumpkins for the Thanksgiving doings in a couple of days.  Note the dewy juices that gather on its cut surfaces, the light color, and how easily it scrapes out, without as many tough fibers as your normal pumpkin.

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