My View of Life on the Dock
I had half for breakfast and the other half for lunch!
Lots Of Apple Breakfasts.
Dean tells me you just gotta try the Apple Cakes.
But here’s how my thought process went when deciding on breakfast-
Picture the following words in a thought bubble-
hmmm, Meat-Apple-Meat-Apple
“I’ll have a Steak Bomb omelet please.” 🙂
Waiting for the first runners to take the turn at Halibut Point this morning.
I noticed a rock on the side of the road.
It looked exactly like a gastrolith. You can find these pretty easily in Southern Utah. Dinosaurs are birds and they ate rocks which then crunched up the food in their gizzard. Once they were all shiny they would go down to the stream to gobble some more rocks up but puke the shiny ones up first. Sure looked like a gastrolith.
Then the runners arrived.
The run is to benefit the Cape Ann YMCA. Next year it will be the 75th running. Lots of famous people have run this race, Billy Rogers for one. I always liked Rogers since he said he enjoyed potato chips with mayonnaise. So do I.
I kept the rock.
The Ginger Ale was my favorite flavor when we would ride our bikes down to Twin Light Manor and put our quarter in the machine for a soda at the end of our street. Or at Bass Rocks in the building where they kept the clubs.
The Common Crow to Go offers mouth-watering unfailingly delicious lunches. Local meats, local cheeses, local everything – even sodas! Here’s the menu and some photos of the remnants of my lunch – veggie muffaletta hot-pressed sandwich complete with neat little fruit cup. More than several visits, and I still can’t keep from gobbling it up before I get a good photo. Video of the Crow To Go coming soon!
And it rained and it rained….for the Beringer Wines Great Steak Challenge in Newport, RI on Sunday, August 19th. But we didn’t let a little rain dampen our fun or competitive spirit–it was great! The cook off was held during the Newport Wine Festival down town and it was so much fun–those Beringer Wine people know how to throw a great cook off, even in the rain.
The event began with a lovely waterside “meet & greet” the night before at the hotel that they arranged for us with copious amounts of wine and lovely snacks. As it was a regional cook off (the winner goes to Napa to compete against the other regional winners) so it was fun to meet other cooking friends from New England, one who lives as close as Sturbridge.
Anyway, the day of the cook off, it rained, and it rained and then it rained some more but when it’s go time, you have to go, rain or shine. There is a law in RI that grills cannot be under any covering such as a tent or awning so we were grilling in the rain whether we liked it or not. There were 10 contestants divided in to two heats and I was grilling in the second heat. Bless my first heat friends–they grilled in the pouring rain. However, the true spirit of sportsmanship was displayed with my friend and fellow competitor Lisa held the umbrella for my other new friend Veronica while she grilled:
Here I am, observing my competition before my heat:
And then it is my turn to cook. Thankfully, the rain had let up a little. I got my ingredients ready to go and then it was time to cook!
The steak is seasoned and on the grill with beautiful sliced tomatoes that had been brushed with olive oil and seasoned with salt and pepper:
and then I put the ingredients together to build a panini and used the panini press to grill it on both sides:
While the sandwich was grilling, I made a nice garnish from rosemary, fresh tomatoes and olives and voila, a Grilled Mediterranean Steak Panini–YUM!
So the judges loved my sandwich–I scored 5 out of 5 for my food but unfortunately, my wine pairing was a little off. I paired the sandwich with Beringer Merlot and only got 3 out of 5 points for the pairing. I am very very proud of my efforts and came in third–not too shabby for a girl who usually cooks seafood! And congratulations to my friend Lisa Keys from CT that came in first and will be traveling to Napa in a few weeks to represent New England and compete for $15,000 in the finals!
Sadly, the Market Restaurant is no longer serving Breakfast or Lunch. I guess we’ll just have to check out their awesome, dinner selections! Those home-made crispy chips are still on my mind…
In case you didn’t know Espresso just reopened in the old location next to the East Gloucester Richdale where the Harbor House and Windjammer used to be located.
Hey Joey, hows things, the site seems to be booming and the summer ahs obviously kept you hopping!!
I am hosting radio station 104.9 on Sat. morning, they are doing a live show from 8 to 9 out of the shop.
It is to kick off the high school football season, they will interview Paul Ingram as well as the Gloucester
football captains, I don’t know if it is too late to get this on the blog but if you can that would be great, also
stop by if your not busy, it should be a fun morning!! talk to ya soon, Dean
See What Kind of Crap I Have To Endure To Get A Piece For You Guys?
Oy!
The Food Was As Visually Stunning As The People Were Bananas
My favorite was the Seafood Risotto
Out Freaking Standing!
When I was a teenager I read “The Magus” by John Fowles. A strange and fascinating book with the main character named Nicholas Urfe and his girlfriend called him Nico. I thought that was the coolest name and have used it on occasion. Then Joey interviews the couple behind “The Market” restaurant in Annisquam and I run into a name that is even better. Nico Tuesday. I won’t steal that name but maybe if you find Nico Sunday up to no good you might know who it is.
After powdering my nose I quick shot of Nico Monday and Amelia O’Reilly sharing a laugh in the kitchen before they get down to making some dishes that I felt no embarrassment licking the plate.
OK, the two bottles of wine we brought helped too. A week earlier we tried breakfast and the fish cakes were very good but luckily a little homemade bread allowed me to clean my plate without embarrassing my family. Now all that is left is lunch with their homemade potato chips.
The grass fed beef taco’s from the Common Crow at the Farmer’s Market were a big hit. See how they were made here-
Common Crow To Go on Main Street serves up tasty dishes to go. Stop by and get your healthy food groove on!
Here is the Common Crow website to learn more
Salmon with Seafood Risotto! I have yet to have anything that isn’t wonderful here and so family friendly!
Good Morning Gloucester 