Crushed it in in the Kitchen

Okay gang, catching up here. Well I want to share with you all probably the best dish I've ever made to date. Last night Arlene and I stayed in and made it a dinner and DVD night. After running some errands and picking up some wine from the local wine store I hopped into the kitchen and worked my magic. I decided to make rosemary and garlic crusted lamb with a pomegranate red wine sauce served with lemon and parmesan couscous and roast tomatoes. This was the first time I've ever made rack of lamb and it was pretty easy. The entire meal took literally 30 mins. I did make a mistake though by roasting the tomatoes with the lamb which caused the lamb to steam and not form a crust on the outside. I'll probably pan sear the lamb then toss in the oven. Nonetheless, the meal turned out great! Sorry for the poor picture above...didn't spent much time messing with the camera.

Getting Ready for Napa

So Arlene and I are getting ready for Napa and Sonoma in June to do what is starting to become an annual thing for us. We're traveling with two of our close friends Daphne and Randy and we're meeting up with our old friends Abby and Kris. Arlene has picked out some really nice wineries for us to try like Pine Ridge and Caymus and we have reservations at Redd which is one of Napa's finest. Check out the video below, it's one of my more favorite episodes of Wine Library TV.

AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G

Picked up this lens last week and I'm stoked about it. For $200, it's not a bad deal compared to other lenses. Its shoots very well in low light and with 1.8 aperture setting you get a pretty decent bokeh effect or depth of field. I'll post pictures soon and do a side by side comparison with my AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm lens.

Burger Time

Well grilling season is in full effect. Here's the first burger of the season. It's a pretty easy recipe -- I actually cheated and used a Lipton Onion seasoning packet. Through in a mixture of egg, garlic salt, soy sauce and a slice of bread and it came out very tasty.

Slacking off

Okay, I have definitely slacked off on my blog. Promise to have three post today and to get back on track. April was super busy with work and other stuff.