Yeah, Yeah, we know – we always seem to do pasta. Well, that’s not entirely true, but yes, we do often make dishes with pasta. What can we say – The Two Guys love pasta. And what’s not to love about sauteed shrimp with smoked bacon and thyme? Juicy shrimp, smoky, crusty bacon, and earthy, pungent thyme? Come on, tell us you don’t love it. And this dish takes only Read more »
Bacon & Thyme Shrimp over Angel Hair Pasta
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine with tags Bacon, burger's smokehouse, Orin Swift, pasta, saldo, shrimp, thyme, Wine, zinfandel on March 8, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetitePan-Fried Sockeye Salmon and Asparagus over Creamed Spiced Butternut Squash
Posted in Cooking Light, Cooking at Home, Magazines That We Like, Recipes, Wine with tags asparagus, butternut squash, cabernet sauvignon, chicken broth and cream, Cooking Light, cumin, fish, garlic, nutmeg, Salmon, sauteed onions, scholium, Scholium Project Margit’s Vineyard, squash on March 6, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
The Two Guys were hoping to make a light dinner tonight. John went to work for a few hours while Nick worked out, and then they whipped up an amazingly simple but elegant dinner. Though they got the idea from the latest edition of Cooking Light, they tweaked the recipe just a bit. The magazine suggested baking the salmon and serving over plain pasta. Snore . . . The Two Guys love pan-frying fish. It adds only a tad bit more fat than baking, but the flavor can’t be beat. Tonight, they decided to plate the fish over butternut squash, creamed with
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Conchiglioni Pasta with Artichoke Pesto
Posted in Bon Appetite, Cooking at Home, Magazines That We Like, Recipes, Wine with tags Wine, squash, pasadena, pasta, conchiglioni, basil, pine nuts, italian parsley, Bon Appetite, pestp, artichoke, barrel 27 on March 4, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
The Two Guys guarantee that even die-hard artichoke haters will like this one. And if you use jarred artichoke hearts (not the marinated ones, silly), it is another meal that anyone can whip up in fifteen minutes or less. We got the idea from a recipe for sauteed shrimp and artichoke pesto that appeared in the April 2006 issue of Bon Appetit. Not surprisingly, The Two Guys tweaked it just a tad. Tonight, our dish had no shrimp – just pesto and pasta. A pesto made with artichoke hearts, fresh basil, Italian parsley, toasted pine nuts, garlic and Read more »
Sweet & Spicy Shrimp over Farro
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine with tags beef base, Bouillon, Dr. Loosen, Farro, gewurztraminer, Riesling, shrimp, Spicy, Sweet on March 3, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
This is a very simple and fast dish that anyone can whip up any night for dinner. The “sweet” comes from honey, and the “spicy” comes from chili oil. Shrimp take only a few minutes to marinate and a few more to cook. They are healthy and full of protein. Farro is a wonderful grain, nutty and chewy. Served over farro infused with beef stock, the shrimp is extremely
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Garlic & Pepper Filet with Pearl Onions in Balsamic & Cherry Reduction, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, and Garlic Sauteed Green Beans
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine with tags cabernet, cabernet sauvignon, garlic, green beans, onions, pearl onions, Quilceda creek, steak, sweet potatoes on March 2, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
Auntie Julie stopped by, ostensibly for some barbecued steak. Alas, the rain had other plans, so when she arrived with five steaks in hand, The Two Guys decided they would sear them on the stove, finish them in a hot oven, and serve them with a bunch of yummy (and easy to make) accompaniments. Filet? Pearl onions simmered in beef jus? Sweet potatoes roasted in butter and maple syrup? A reduction of balsamic vinegar and cherries? Seriously – is there anything better on a rainy Sunday afternoon? Well, that and two bottles of wine. But we digress.
So let’s talk timing. From start to finish, this dish takes
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Spaghetti with faux Ricotta and Roasted Garlic
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine, cheese with tags chianti, cottage cheese, garlic, olive oil, parmesan, parmesan cheese, sauteed onions, spaghetti, Thomas Keller, Wine on March 1, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
Well it sounds better than calling it “Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese,” right? But that’s exactly what it is. And before you go thinking “yuck,” consider two things: (1) Thomas Keller says that his earliest food memory is of spaghetti mixed with cottage cheese and sautéed onions which his mother made for him (and that he still makes to this day), and (2) The Two Guys guarantee that when your family or guests taste this dish, they will never guess that you used cottage cheese in it. And stop whining that roasted garlic takes too long. You put the garlic in some oil and water and simmer for half an hour, and then it’s done. The toughest part of making this dish is choosing the wine to go with it. First, let’s look at Keller’s recipe. He uses
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The Two Guys Visit “The Nose” Wine Bar (Pasadena, CA)
Posted in Date Night, Pasadena (CA), Restaurants, Wine, cheese with tags arcade lane, beet, beet ketchup, bordeaux, chateau penin, cheese, colorado blvd, colorado boulevard, don pascual, Food, green street, gruyere, nose wine bar, old town, old town pasadena, pasadena, red white & Bluezz, the nose, Thumbprint, thumbprint cellars, Wine on February 27, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
As we scurried out of Red, White & Bluezz (in Old Town, Pasadena), we needed to find a place fast! to satisfy our food and wine craving. (If you’ve read the post on Red, White & Bluezz, you know what we mean!) So we headed East down Green Street a few blocks to the wine bar known as The Nose. It’s hidden from the street. No kidding – it’s literally hidden. No signs, no walkway, nothing. If you drive up and down Green Street, you will not once see this place. And that’s sad. Because it’s a neat wine bar. It’s tucked . . .
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Spicy Vodka & San Marzano Tomato Sauce with The Two Guys
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine with tags blue ice, blue ice vodka, chianti, fontodi, Fontodi Chianti, parsley, prosciutto, Robert Parker, romano, San Marzano, sauce, vodka, Wine, wine advocate on February 26, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
The Two Guys are not big fans of vodka sauces, finding that most of them are just gimmicks, and too many have lots of unnecessary cream tossed in. Vodka is a nearly colorless, flavorless, and odorless distilled spirit. When you add heat, there is even less flavor and odor, with the alcohol gone. So why add it to a sauce? Actually, there’s only one reason, and that’s
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The Two Guys Make Pasta Sugo Finto (“Pasta with Fake Sauce”)
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine with tags 2006 Nipozzano Riserva, chianti, Chianti Rufina, fake sauce, Marchesi de Frescobaldi, pasta, ragu, sauce, sugo finto, vegetable sauce, vegetarian on February 25, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
Sugo Finto translates literally as “fake sauce” – actually, a meatless sauce. The Two Guys originally set out today to make pasta primavera but along the way to the kitchen, they decided that a meatless ragu was what they really wanted. A chilly afternoon, sun fading in the West, a slight breeze — a classic time for comfort food. But we didn’t want something outrageously heavy. In about an hour, The Two Guys had a pot of simmering sugo finto that rivaled the best meat ragu. We guarantee that even your toughest
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Homemade Garlic & Basil Pesto with The Two Guys
Posted in Cooking at Home, Recipes, Wine with tags basil, garlic, mission wines, mission wines & Spirits, parmesan, pasta, pesto, Quadrimendo Toscana, Tenuta Vitanza, tuscan, Wine on February 24, 2010 by twoguyswithanappetite
On the way home from work, The Two Guys were wondering what to make for dinner. It had been a long time since we had pesto (the real stuff, with garlic and fresh basil), so we both agreed that a stop at the grocery store was in order. If your local grocer doesn’t have fresh
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