A few people asked me a few days ago what I was planning to do with all those tomatoes sitting in the background. A good reason to try out my new Stanley Tucci green pan. 🍳 🍅
Well, along with some other goodies from the farmers market, I decided to create a simple one-pot meal, bone-in chicken thighs with sausage slowly marrying together. And yes, those are full heads of garlic roasting away. By the time they finish, they’ll taste like candy. Oh Rosemary, how I love your fragrance . 🪴 🧅 🌶️ 🧄
The best part is that everything came from the farmers market, including the chicken. 🧑🌾 🐔
While dinner was finishing in the oven, I poured myself a glass of Oilier del Mas vermut … an organic Spanish aperitif I had shipped back after visiting Montserrat 🇪🇸 in October. Nothing artificial, no preservatives, just pure goodness with an orange wedge to bring out the flavors.
As for tonight’s wine, I chose an elegant Cakebread Chardonnay, which paired perfectly with the dish. A little known fact, long ago, when I used to teach people how to drink wine Jack and Irene Cakebread actually flew in from a Frank Sinatra concert in Reno to cook us dinner. And Robert Mondavi, the legend RIP, cooked us dinner the next night & taught me the art of roasting garlic. Now you know the rest of the story & may understand why I love my cooking wines as I do. 🍇
It’s time to sit oceanside, sip slowly, and let Stefano’s Kitchen finish doing its thing.
Bon appétit. 🍷🍗🧄🌊👨🍳 ❤️