Roll that my way!

We recently developed a partnership with Living Harvest Bakery. They do very nice daily breads/sandwich breads. In return for using our store as a customer pick-up location, we get an occassional loaf or goodie. Yesterday they brought us a cinnamon roll. I warmed it up, added the butter and I was off to a good start this morning.

Viva Espana

Cooking light just did a piece on Catalonian cuisine, so we prepared a few of the dishes. First was an intense garlic soup that was so good, but so smelly (days later our house reeks all the way out to the street), a vegetable mixture (samfaina) with smoked paprika, and a paprika pepper cod. It was an intense meal that was washed down with a hearty Spanish red.

Bitter batter bretton

Our down-the-street friends, Tom y Consuelo had us up for dinner the other night for a nice roast and homemade tortillas. While the boys talked existentialism (no, really), I was shooting pics of a Galette Bretton with grapefruit peel. I topped it with berries and cinnamon studded cream. A bit dense and heavy for summer, but good twang from the peel. (BTW, they live up the street, but Tom insists on reversing directions when talking about people on our street, so two can play at that game.)

Run man! Run!

Check out this little dude. He's running as fast as he can. I'm not quite sure why. Maybe he had too much olive oil and now he's running to ye ancient pot. Maybe he just realized he's naked. Either way, he's running! This was a recent gracias gift from our favorite bike team. We used it last night on our salads and tonight its going on a cold pasta salad. A mild oil with a grassy start and peppery finish - should be perfect for tonight.

Welcome home meal

Tyler's home and he doesn't eat much red meat, nor does he eat many desserts, so here we go! A harissa marinated bison fillet from our recently purchased bison (locally raised and processed) with my 5-grain sourdough (which has sold out each day), and finished with a chocolate orange walnut cup.

Galo's Italian Grill - Richmond, IN

I've been in Richmond, Indiana for the past couple weeks, going to another intensive class.
Last time I was in Richmond, I ate at Palais Royale in Centerville, and blogged about it. This time, someone told me that Palais Royale has closed, but a new place has opened in Richmond.










As I understand it, Galo's Italian Grill was opened by the people who own Old Richmond Inn, which used to be the only "nice" restaurant in town. (When Rob and I got married [not legally] while we were living in Richmond, we had our reception dinner at Old Richmond Inn.)










Inside, Galo's is a little cavernous, and my friends said they had heard it can be loud, which I can see. The wine list was good, and had some nice Italian wines. The menu is fairly extensive, so it was easy for all of us to find something we wanted. One of us had "brick oven" pizza, which is a house speciality. The crust was some kind of whole wheat, and looked good. I had spaghetti, which was good and flavorful, and my other friend had eggplant Parmesan. Everything seemed to be made from scratch, and was tasty. For dessert, we had a creme brulee and a fruit tart, both of which were good but not fabulous (I have to compare everything to Rob).

The only real downside for anyone traveling in Eastern Indiana is the size of the portions at Galo's. You definitely knew you were in Indiana, where people don't feel like they've eaten if it hasn't been super-sized. I couldn't even finish half of my dinner, and was glad I was staying in a dorm room with a microwave available, so I could take my food home and have it for lunch the next day. It would have been a real waste if I'd been in a hotel.

Respite

If you're ever in DFW Airport with a couple hours between flights, I recommend you make your way to Concourse D. It's the newest concourse in the airport, and one of the nicest I've been in. There are plenty of shops to while away some time, but it also has some of the better restaurants in DFW -- you won't have to eat at Micky D's or I Wish It Weren't Friday's.

I couldn't find Papadoux (the restaurant Rob wanted me to go to), but there are two nice restaurants on the second level of Concourse D. I ate at Cantina Laredo this time -- on a previous trip I ate at the Reata Grill. Sit on the balcony with the big windows showing the blue Texas sky, and you can almost pretend you're somewhere outdoors and not stuck in an airport between flights.











There are also some really fun interactive, walk-through sculptures in Concourse D that your kids might want to play in -- or your inner child might enjoy.