GWSmith

Here are a few from just the other night................a Whole Foods Hake fish dinner.... Our table setting...

Here then is the FIRST USE of the new gas range...............boiling water for pasta! Anyone could do this, right ??? [] (thats a BIG burner!) More food photos on the way.....

WOW! Here is a 17,000 BTU burner showing its true color (and heat) ready for the first use................ [] This one heated up the whole kitchen in about 5 minutes !!! Had to open doors and windows []

And now..............the replacement [Y] What about the hood ??? Well, out in the garage sits two CRATES. One, the roof top blower system (1300cfm) and the other a stainless hood yet to be installed....

Good evening foodies! Well, its time to do a little catching up around here..... YES, just this past week, we finally switched from and old electric stove (orginal to the house back in 1979), and had natural gas put into the kitchen ! We already have it outdoors for our grill etc, just a matter of time and $$$ to make the switch indoors [Y] Lets start off with a photo of the original kitchen stove in the lovely 'Almond' enamel finish........................some of you may still have one in your kitchen?

Hello there germerikan... I am glad to see your posts on Fine Food........... I love it when the prep photos are included all the way to the plating............oops, missed yours however... I just joined up with Flickr and I bought into the PRO version, so, I would most certainly appreciate any info on how you post your photos. I would LOVE to do the same as you with ALL the photos on the same page and a caption in between. My old way was through the Klipsch system, and I have had to send then all individually........VERY time consuming to say the least. I have been known in the past (you can look through previous posts of mine) to show a tour with nearly 30 PHOTOS!! So, I hope to hear from you, and of course, catch more of your ideas from the kitchen in FFAM... Kind regards, Gary

Hey Boxx, your HOME, and so am I .... Thanks for sharing the wine with us, those cool 'summer' wines should fill the bill for hot Texas evenings (or afternoons) [Y] Germer.. Thanks so much for sharing your pizza dinner with us! Looks very good, however, we could to up an totally vegetarian version using the same recipe [] Since you are using Flickr, I will send you a PMain and you can let me know how you run it. I a new member using 'pro' but have much trouble getting my images to the forums. You probably saw my tests....with no luck... OK..........good to see the activity... ...........Gary

[]Hello Boxx................I am trying to get photos from my NEW Flickr PRO account to get photos here... No Luck just yet... ............Gary (more tests to come)

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Wow Ace! I don't know how you did it..........but outside of the ordeal of breaking down the cooking equipment, INDEED, all was saved [Y] ........Gary

Looks great ACE, how about the finished plate ? DO post again [] ...Gary

The final shot is a close up of my plate. Topped with the usual organic broadleaf parsley, and a glass of Franzia Cabernet vino.. A short tour of a tasty dinner, made ahead by Whole Foods, but of high quality as can always be expected... Thanks for stopping by.. .............Gary ............looking forward to yours [Y]

Here is the table setting. We have the OIL lamps (all four) back running again, and some fresh 'stargazer' lilly's in a dark cranberry red to compliment the table [] Dipping sauces for the spring rolls are in the little French prep bowls ...

This photo shows the GRILLED tofu triangles! They are done up with a nice ginger / carrot mixture. I put them in the counter top oven with a little XVOO....

Here, the spring rolls are placed in a cut glass dish in the microwave for heating... A nice sauce (sweet and sour) with added crushed red chili flakes added for zest and spice and DIPPING these into []

Good evening fellow foodies! Tonight, Chris brought home another selection of Whole Foods goodies. So, here are the spinach pockets simply getting a light XVOO saute to reheat.....

Thank YOU Brac! I will have photos of the new range and hood when all gets installed... Funny comment on the electric [] Believe it or not, I almost settled for an electric cook top ! But, Chris kept on me about GAS is the only way to really cook... So, there it is [] Keep you all informed as it goes... MEANWHILE, another great dinner put together this evening from Whole Foods 'components'...........coming up NEXT ! ..............Gary

Hello Brac, Boxx and friends! Ok Brac on your dish (not shown [:'(] )... All the cheese sounds great, but I am watching my 'numbers' so I really watch how we cook with it. Chris will keep it light in the risotto dishes and things like that, but every once in a while a good cheese in the nosh with olives and VINO tastes great [] NEWS !!! We are converting to GAS in the kitchen ! I bought a new GE - FIVE burner, stainless steel range with CONVECTION oven. We have a plumber coming this morning to look at the gas line again. He put in the hard line to our deck for the natural gas grill... Keep you all informed. OH, and then another call to my contractor to see about installing that nice hood and 1300 CFM roof top blower that have been in CRATES in the garage for a couple years! I have not even opened the crates to take a look yet.. Well, lets not rush into it or anything [] Thats the latest... More to come... ........Gary

Thank you Boxx for stopping by and looking around the postings [] I had a good time putting them together (Chris makes the purchases for these two...) Great on switching over to VINO later in the evening..... [] See you again here, soon [] .........Gary

Final photo of our vino selection from Chile which was great [Y] Hope you enjoyed this short dinner tour......[] As always, hope to see YOUR breakfast/lunch or dinner offerings .... ....Gary

A closeup of my plate..........

Out table setting..................

Nothing like some fresh organic broadleaf parsley and fresh lemon cut in slices for plating and adding to the cakes []

This picture shows the seafood cakes in the counter top oven. Just a little XVOO on each, and heated to 300 degrees just before serving...