Wed Oct 28, 2009
drinks trip 3 comments (383 views) | Posted by: putnam | Oct 28, 09 | 8:19 am
Sun Oct 25, 2009
Secret Wine Dinner
Benfits Restaurant Opportunites Center United. Tomorrow. Monday. 7 pm (be there at 6:45). A shuttle will take you from O'Connor - next to Slows - to a classic downtown highrise. Chef Marc Djozlija of Wolfgang Puck prepares the food ...
Open with:
surprise wine (have you tried it?)
1
Butternut Squash Soup with Cranberries and Amaretti Cookies
- Pierre Peters NV Champagne Brut, Blanc de Blancs , Grand Cru, Mesnil sur Oger
2
Grilled Vegetable Salad with Sundried Tomato-Olive Vinaigrette
- 2003 Colognole Chianti Rufina
3
Parmesan Risotto with Sauteed Wild Mushrooms and White Truffle Oil
- 2008 Puzelat Touraine pinot noir
4
Sauteed Black Cod with Sunchokes, Confit Bacon and White Balsamic
- 2007 Belliviere Rouge Gorge
5
Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Braised Cabbage and Apple Cider Glaze
- Marc Tempe, blend I believe, Pinot Gris + Gewurz?
6
Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Plump Raisins and Warm Whiskey Reduction
- the excellent Heitz grignolino porto
What would you pay for that? email me.
Detroit Food in the NYT[ur
Toby Barlow discusses Le Petit Zinc, Slows, Supino and Cafe con Leche in the New York Times.
0 comments (198 views) | Posted by: putnam | Oct 25, 09 | 11:22 amSat Oct 24, 2009
Cappellano II
I'm kind of on a Cappellano binge right now. I remember when Dressner first picked it up (2006?) I was not able to appreciate it fully. (Nor was my tasting partner, let's blame him#$#Q##$(*)
This 05 Nebiolo d'Alba has some very pretty tannins going on.
Fri Oct 23, 2009
Cappellano
A table ordered a bottle of Renatto Ratti Nebbiolo d'Alba. Inadvertantly I delivered a bottle of Cappellano. Anyway, it was the only "Nebbiolo" I had in stock. . I caught the mistake and ran to the table just as the server was presenting it. (I crushed the mood with this gesture, but who was I to know. nobody, that's who.) The guests couldn't have cared less.
They killed the first bottle before the food arrived and ordered another one. Then, within five minutes, another one. It turned out there was a question about the fitness of the second bottle, so went tableside to evaluate the two bottles.
The second, my first, was a lovely, tannic, sweet and perfumed Barolo embryo. It was not corked. Would they keep the third? It appeared so, so I approached them to have a taste of the good bottle. Yes. There was a slight difference. The bottle standing on their table, their third, has a laser intense explosion of fine Nebilo tannins. Love for tannins. Imagine.
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Mon Oct 19, 2009
Busy
Every minute is consumed with writing a wine list. My goal is to still like it in six months.
What day is it? Have I eaten, or bathed?
Sun Oct 18, 2009
Motor City Wine
Thanks John.
Scrapple - Must Eat
1 comments (201 views) | Posted by: putnam | Oct 18, 09 | 12:38 am
Thu Oct 15, 2009
Monahan's Fish 0 comments (179 views) | Posted by: putnam | Oct 15, 09 | 11:03 pm
Sat Oct 10, 2009
El Barzon
What a pleasure it is to work there. I'm two nights into it. This is the heart and soul of the American Dream.
Obstacles? Yes.
Fill emptiness with labor. Hang your hat. Enjoy it.
Wow. I'm in love again.
Sat Oct 03, 2009
Mike's Famous Ham
It was over a year ago when this ham sandwich appeared prominently in a Detroit Free Press story about 25 great sandwiches of Detroit. Yesterday I ate breakfast at the counter inside Mike's Famous Ham and I looked up to find a cropped and framed edition of the feature hanging on the wall.
I ask the stupid questions, like "has the economy affected your business?"
Yes. Yes it has.
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Fri Oct 02, 2009
Ungarnished Scraps
Recently I accepted a job at a local Poblano-Italian restaurant. Beginning next week I will be El Barzon's new beverage director. This means I will have to remaster the tricks of tending bar ... MORE