Jaillo's and the 9-11 banquet hall

So we belong to a group called ITEX, one day we called Kim at our local office and asked her for some ITEX dollars to go out to eat in Indianapolis so she gave us some scrip for a new member- Jaillo's an afro carribean place on the west side.

We went and had some great jerk chicken- totally delicious. Mohammed (the owner of Jaillos and the 9-11 banquet hall) was sold out of curried goat so we got the curried chicken. good but not like the jerk chicken. He also makes a ginger soda and a hibiscus soda that will lead him to global domination. So here's an idea-post up your favorite jerk recipe and I'll give you 15$ gift certificate to Jiallo's.

We have had a few food adventures this week but mostly just catching up from a busy weekend selling marshmallows at the Indiana State Museum art fair.

Crepes!

Tonight we made up some crepes, our favorite breakfastyanytime type snack. I used the classic Joy of Cooking recipe and cooked them up in my favorite crepe pan. Served them with Nutella, butter, hand made black berry jelly and sugar. I also whipped up some celery,parsley, ginger,apple and orange juice. Yum. I don't know what the next few dinners will have in store for us as I am at the Indiana state museum art fair selling marshmallows all weekend long. Maybe a trip to Brugge Brasserie or Bando. Who knows?

Marrow is Yummy

So tonight we were gifted with marrow bones. It really is God's butter, pure essence of deliciousness.
Beef bones we marinated in 1 cup extra virgin olive oil, a pinch of rosemary, 10 garlic cloves sliced, two good grinds of pepper, the juice of 1 lemon, 2 teaspoons himalayan pink salt. We let that marinate until the oven reached 450 degrees then we popped the bones in along with some oil brushed bread and some veggies. 20 minutes later we feasted. It is such a primal and delicious taste- earth, animal, fat and salt. I can't think of anything better.
alexa

Today was quite a day. After making tons of marshmallows and working on Ladies' Night Out, we needed a nice meal. A delivery of meat for smoking yielded an unexpected treat: bones. Alexa's right--they are full of deliciousness.

When we arrived home from the grocery store (to pick up a few things to go with our bones), I made lemondrop martinis. We enjoyed them while the bones roasted. Dinner was heaven.
Sam