tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post6487114610656629154..comments2023-10-02T05:56:29.980-07:00Comments on Livingston Cooks: CAFE TASTE - A GREAT OASIS FOR WINE AND CHEESEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-69692269367727522042008-07-25T12:54:00.000-07:002008-07-25T12:54:00.000-07:00COOL SITE MAN,CHEERSCOOL SITE MAN,<BR/><BR/>CHEERSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-52127015663955444072008-07-23T20:06:00.000-07:002008-07-23T20:06:00.000-07:00Hey uncle Mark! I'm back in Canada again and would...Hey uncle Mark! I'm back in Canada again and would love to get together with you! Please e-mail me at sheenalivingston@hotmail.com and I'll send you my phone number to plan to get together! Hope to hear from you soon!Sheena Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935913774275034561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-59670333479627971062008-07-22T15:45:00.000-07:002008-07-22T15:45:00.000-07:00Kathy:Glad to be of help. I hope you knock them d...Kathy:<BR/><BR/>Glad to be of help. I hope you knock them dead with some killer Tapas!!<BR/><BR/>Chow!!<BR/><BR/>MarkoLivingston Cookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253622159377782132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-20381194327816715422008-07-22T09:54:00.000-07:002008-07-22T09:54:00.000-07:00Hi again,Thanks for the tapas tips, well...more th...Hi again,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tapas tips, well...more than tips, I think you just created my whole menu.<BR/>-thanks again,<BR/>KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-62525134625995309202008-07-20T06:49:00.000-07:002008-07-20T06:49:00.000-07:00Kathy:As far as I'm concerned, anything can qualif...Kathy:<BR/><BR/>As far as I'm concerned, anything can qualify as a tapas. Remember, however, that tapas are Spanish. Anything Spanish served in little bites will work for you.<BR/><BR/>I like to include roasted red peppers, giant stuffed green olives, roasted garlic, Choritzo sausage or a variety of sausage, seafood, a variety of cheeses and some other meat and vegetable dishes.<BR/><BR/>Here are some ideas:<BR/><BR/>Mixed mushrooms in loads of butter, white wine and garlic with fine herbs. Saute beforehand and transfer into a cassarole dish and warm in the oven with brie over top. Serve with crusty bread.<BR/><BR/>Diced chicken in seared in a hot pan with garlic, butter, white wine and sherry. Season with salt, pepper and a little paprika. Add chopped green olives. Serve in a small cassarole with bread.<BR/><BR/>Grilled sausages sliced into bite sized pieces with strips of roasted red pepper.<BR/><BR/>Roasted tomato halves drizzled with olive oil and topped with bocconcinni cheese.<BR/><BR/>A nice cheese platter including soft rind and hard cheeses. Include Manchego from Spain. It's a nice, firm mild cheese from Manchego Spain.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps some grilled frenched lamb chops with a nice red wine reduction.<BR/><BR/>Roast a tenderloin of pork with a smear of tapenade and slice it before serving on a plate. Top it off with a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of herbs.<BR/><BR/>Grilled vegetables. Make small skewers if you want and baste them with garlic infused olive oil and balsamic.<BR/><BR/>Grill some figs with a balsamic reduction. serve a slice of proscuitto over each one and spike it with a cocktail pick.<BR/><BR/>Stuff some chiles with minced garlic, cheese, bread crumbs and herbs and bake them.<BR/><BR/>Prawns marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, shallots and paprika either sauted or baked. Again, serve with bread.<BR/><BR/>Grilled calamari Spanish style.<BR/><BR/>A nice variety of mixed olives - giant green ones stuffed with pickled garlic, green stuffed with pomento, green on the seed, black spiced.....<BR/><BR/>Look up some Spanish recipes and scale them down into small portions. <BR/><BR/>Have fun!!Livingston Cookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253622159377782132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-7531865030789056262008-07-20T04:17:00.000-07:002008-07-20T04:17:00.000-07:00Will you be doing a post on tapas anytime soon? I'...Will you be doing a post on tapas anytime soon? I'm having a tapas party for the long weekend and have been scouring the internet for good recipes and I can't decide on what to serve. Any suggestions would be aopreciated.<BR/><BR/>KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-31188239301548589442008-07-19T16:01:00.000-07:002008-07-19T16:01:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Livingston Cookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253622159377782132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-6048351606703938322008-07-19T16:00:00.000-07:002008-07-19T16:00:00.000-07:00Hello Anne!Lola and I went to Cafe Taste for our f...Hello Anne!<BR/><BR/>Lola and I went to Cafe Taste for our first visit on the evening of July 16th. I'm sure you will see Lola and I there sometime because we definitely liked the feel of the place and want to go back. Also, it is in our neighborhood so we plan to go back anyway.<BR/><BR/>We are stuck at home tonight because of the rain. We were going to go to the Jazz Festival on in the Beaches tonight but the rain killed that. Instead, we're having Margaritas and tapas.<BR/><BR/>Could be worse!Livingston Cookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253622159377782132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660512741344939649.post-12505471278096285732008-07-19T15:25:00.000-07:002008-07-19T15:25:00.000-07:00My husband and I have been going to Cafe Taste sin...My husband and I have been going to Cafe Taste since we moved into the neigborhood. We were just there this past week and shared some wine on the patio as a matter of fact, perhaps we may bump into you and your "Lola".<BR/><BR/>Anne P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com