Fredericksburg Food and Wine Festival 2010

Santa Fe Eggs at Cottages at Limestone on Main B & BMussel Tomato (Potato) Leek Soup at the NestRather Sweet cheesecakes Saim Egg Rolls, August E's Food and Wine Festival Crowds Chef Leu Savanh, August E's Herb Scrambled eggs and vegetable hash, Cottages at Limestone on MainI was looking up cooking classes in Fredericksburg a while back and came across, "Grape Expectations Cooking School" and learned it was offered during the annual wine and food festival. We usually avoid going to Fredericksburg during the special events around the holidays but for some odd reason I proposed a trip for this weekend with our friends, Linda and Tom Collins,...

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Taco Party

Steve invited his friends from work--Lockheed-Martin, for a casual dinner party.He asked me to make steak tacos, a chile-spice rubbed steak in fresh tortillas with roasted tomato salsa, pico de gallo, and fresh guacamole. No problem with that menu. I decided to have a guacamole bar for appetizers, inside the house, and then go outside for the tacos. I wanted to serve them straight from the grill, like street food, so each taco would be hot and fresh. For dessert I was told I had to make my Mexican chocolate cake for Bonnie, one of his co-workers who really likes this cake. I also wanted to make another cheesecake. Alexandra, my daughter, cleaned...

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Santa Fe Part 2

Cafe Pasqual's whole wheat pancakes Cafe Pasqual's Huevos MontulenosThe Chocolate Smith Santa Fe Chicken Enchiladas with Green Chile Sauce Chile Relleno Papusa with flank steakFor our breakfast on the way out of Santa Fe we stopped at Cafe Pasqual's, one of our old favorite places. After a long wait we were seated at the community table, a large table of strangers, basically. That wasn't bad since most of them were from Texas and very friendly.I love the Huevos Rancheros and have made Cafe Pasqual's version many times with great success so I wanted to try something different. I ordered the Huevos Montulenos, a dish from El Salvador consisting...

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Day 2: Santa Fe School of Cooking and Bob Cat Bite

Green Chile Cheeseburger at Bobcat Bite The best red chile sauce ever Chef Michelle Roetzer and a studentI wasn't planning on taking a class during this trip since it was a last minute kind of thing but Steve urged me to sign up for one anyway since he knows how much I enjoyed the one I took last year. I signed up for the class, Chile Amor, taught by Chef Michelle Roetzer, a New Mexico native. Red chile from pods, green chile sauce, red chile sauce from powder, and corn tortillas were the dishes taught. Michelle gave a detailed history of chiles in New Mexico, and lectured extensively on agriculture and history as well. Of course I already knew...

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Santa Fe Part I

Huevos Rancheros Atole Pinon Pancake with jalapeno baconOur first meal was last night at the Tune Up Cafe. I didn't take any photos but we really enjoyed the meal. It is a place we've been before and the have been written up as one of the top places in Santa Fe. It's a humble, small, off the tourist Plaza area, place opened in an old gas station building (tune up....) by Jesus and Charlotte Rivera. Jesus worked at the very popular Pasqual's on the Plaza at one time along with Charlotte who waited tables. They opened Tune Up a couple years ago and it's been a great success. They have the traditional green/red chile dishes but since Jesus...

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