2012 Holiday Party Update

Another successful party!!! Thank you to our friends who made a donation to this year’s non-profit: Daybreak. Because of your generosity, we will be delivering $1900 to assist for runaway and homeless youth. This brings the total contributed to the Dayton community to $15,486 since December 2008. Statistics: 83 guests 10 lbs beef and 8 lbs pork 18 bottles of champagne 7 bottles of white wine 8 bottles of red wine 23 bottles of beer The Menu: Goat Cheese with Spicy Raspberry Chile Chutney Blue Cheese Crackers with Cream Cheese Chutney Roulade Shallot Parmesan Party Ryes Bourbon Bacon Toasts Pigs in a Blanket with Chicken and Apple Sausage Pancetta Gorgonzola Dip Bacon, Leek & Cheddar Mini Quiches Manchego Marinated in Olive Oil & Herbs Marinated Kalamata...

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Dinner at Perla's in Austin

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Fast Chicken Marinade

This recipe is great for a quick work night dinner. Fast Chicken Marinad...

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Passport to Dry Creek 2012 #dcvpassport

It is hear again...and each year we seem to extend it a little more. This year we arrived on Thursday. That is to give ourselves a little time to acclimate from the travel. And it was a good thing because I was ready to crash at 7:30pm last night. There are 13 of us attending this year. Seven from Dayton OH, 1 from Phoenix AZ (although originally from Dayton), 1 from LA (who claims to hate Dayton),2 from Berkeley CA, and 2 from Petaluma CA. We have 4 Passport virgins. It is going to be an interesting weekend. Six of us arrived at SFO and after gathering our rental tank...I mean van... we headed North. First stop was Della Fattoria Cafe in Petaluma. Some of the most amazing bread ever. After checking in to or hotel, we waled to Healdsburg. It is truly about a six block walk...unfortunately,...

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Passport to Dry Creek: Planning Dinner

#dcvpassport Just 3 short weeks and we will be in California for Passport to Dry Creek. What better way to prepare ourselves than to have a planning dinner party featuring some of Dry Creek wines. Sunchoke Soup with Pumpkin Seeds 2008 Ferrari-Carano Chardonnay Fiorella Avocado and Mango Salad with Passion Fruit Vinaigrette 2010 Mill Creek Vineyards Santa Rosa Grilled Salted Pork with Blueberry Sauce Grilled Vegetables Potato and Parmesan Gratin 2007 Lambert Bridge Petit Verdot Chocolate-Raspberry Cakes 2008 Fritz Winery Zinfandel Estate Grown Late Harvest Dry Creek Valley 2008 Göpfrich Estate Vineyard Zinfandel Late Harvest Estate Cuvee...

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Passport to Dry Creek 2012 #dcvpassport

Passport to Dry Creek Valley 2012 is just over a month away. This is our third trip to the event. There will be 13 of us participating this year. Read about our previous Passport trips. There are 50 wineries participating in this year’s 2-day event. We average 6 wineries per day.We use a rank based voting method to determine which wineries we will visit. The first year, 3 of 12 participants voted; this year, we had 100% (13 of 13) participation in winery selection. Wineries were selected based on total (ranked) points earned. Here are some other interesting statistics: Of the 50 wineries, 39 received at least one vote (78%). Of the 14 wineries selected, 6 are wineries we’ve never visited during Passport. 4 wineries had higher “average” scores but not enough total points to make...

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Citrus Marinade Grilled Walleye

img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('456ee8d5-514a-4961-9ad1-55520755f19e'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "";" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfxeOSR3KQwquzqUJaRPPVQagj4vtcNi6tylxYjKu25vSf0X0tc2rm7vMVz6vnsiZo35kngZXKzwkXqpLjS-aWeDnW1GYU5ePTCw398VDUSX-4fp9R_2Hr1-NOnzTaN5VoV9IUw/?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none">WalleyeDirect.com Citrus Marinade Grilled Walleye Video It’s what’s for dinner tonight… INGREDIENTS: 1/4 cup orange juice 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 1 clove garlic,...

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