Pan Fry the Big Ones

I got nothin’ tonight.

It was a long, tiring, and wonderful week. Two unique meals, some lovely presents, and enough good will to make a grown man blush. Now, if only I were a grown man.

So anyway, I’m beat. I’d love to tell you about the “New Ideas” dinner at The Black Bear the other night, but I couldn’t do it justice. Not in this mood. But rest assured: When a dinner starts with chocolate covered, cream-cheese filled jalapeno poppers, you know it’s something special. That the meal also included open tomato ravioli with an ox tail stuffing, squid ink frittata, and a filet mignon confit on a bed of saffron mashed potatoes