May 13, 2017 Lunch – The Shed, Dinner – Mussel and Fennel Stew over Spaghetti

May 13, 2017 Lunch – The Shed,  Dinner – Mussel and Fennel Stew over Spaghetti

We drove to Santa Fe at 8:00 and arrived at Stephen’s Consignment a little after 9:00.  Today was the 30% off sale on all items.  I bought a Kenneth Adams print  and a Agam holographic work, plus a silver Taxco bracelet for Suzette for Mother’s Day.    Suzette bought a landscape drawing by Duane Van Vechten and said she was interested in building a collection of works by female New Mexican artists.

We then drove to Santa Fe Farmers’ Market and bought a bottle of honey from Penasco.

We said hello to Peg and Ted Cronin and went to say hello to Charlotte Jackson, who gave us a book on Florence Pierce.

We then drove to The Shed and ate a great plate of enchiladas with Negra Modelos and finished lunch with a piece of Josie’s Mocha Cake.

We then drove back to Albuquerque and rested.

For dinner we decided to use the PPI mussel stew to make a spaghetti dish.  We picked a basket of chard and I diced two Roma tomatoes and a shallot and Suzette sautéed them while I shaved slices of Pecorino Romano cheese.  We then assembled the dish by piling spaghetti into a pasta bowl, then scooping some mussel bisque onto the spaghetti and finally garnishing with the sautéed chard, shallot, and tomatoes.  I poured out the rest of the bottle of Candida Fontana 2015 Frascati (Total Wine $7.59 after a 20% discount).  The Frascati was a little light and had a slight fruitiness.  Not as much acidity as Frascatis I have drunk before.

This was a wonderful incredibly fresh dish that was very digestible.  We both slept through the night and woke up with good energy for a ride.

Bon Appetit