GWSmith

The smoke rises !

After side one...............onto side TWO []

The steaks are set on the grill to MUCH flame action !

Ok then, here we go with a wonderful dish put together complete by Chris.................From Whole Foods, some monster sized swordfish steaks...! These have been marinated in XVOO with fresh garlic, organic thyme, chips of bayleaf and some chopped fresh Jalapeno pepper !

Good LATE 4th of July evening! I thought I would start out with a fresh photo from a fresh wine club delivery..............here then are the wines I just took out of the case..... I have also included a brand new Italian, hand blown wine glass - one of four- I just bought.......Clever rippled bottom on the glass to help in the breathing process...[Y]

Boxx, thank YOU! You always have great things to say about ALL the efforts around here [Y] [] Please find yourself a nice chunk of TUNA and do it up so we can all enjoy as well........[] Rest assured, there WILL be more dinner and backyard 'vistas' to come this summer [] ......Gary

Final picture showing the salad of the evening to cap of this fine tuna steak dish... Hope you all enjoyed this as much as we did eating it ! Thanks to exec chef, Colin over at Spoleto Italian restaurant down town Northampton MA, for his information on how to cook those steaks. I needed the help since I am fairly NEW to grilling fish and fresh tuna can be ruined quickly if not carefully timed... Thats all for this session, I hope others of you will get motivated as I have here, take photos of your dishes from PREP to PLATED so that we may enjoy them too... Until next time. ...........Gary

Another photo of some hanging plants from the 8' lamp post on my side of the table.........LOVE the deep blue of the evening sky [Y]

Vino closeup.. note that the label is starting to 'ripple' from the humid late spring evening air.....

A fine white vino selected just today for the occasion []

Our lovely table setting...[Y]

Grillside plating...........[]

Tuna up next !

Fine grill marks............. now turned for the 2nd side ...

Veggies go on FIRST.........this is side one...

Must have fresh lemons on hand!

Two potatoes stabbed and placed in a Corning dish (covered before starting) and microwaved for 10 minutes at 50% power... This is a 1200Watt unit so care must be used...

While things are heating up, I could not resist a photo from one of NINE hanging plants and brand new overhead LED spot lighting...

..........and another..... love how this natural gas grill performs........year after year......thanks to 'Vermont Castings' []

This photo shows a little more of the outdoor setting in which ALL of this was prepared [H]

Close up of the steaks readied for the grill....

Fresh ground pepper......

More XVOO for good measure [Y]

XVOO and thyme ....

My favorite Corning dish to let the fish rest with the herbs and XVOO............note the name on the oiler....(Spoleto)... This was purchased from the fine Italian restaurant uptown, for which I consulted the exec. chef on the temp and timing used for grilling the tuna steak....