Ruhstaller Gilt Edge Golden Lager

Relaxing this afternoon in the Pinhead Studios with a nice locally produced lager – a Ruhstaller Gilt Edge Golden Lager.  This one is all California, with locally farmed Metcalf and Copeland malts and Cluster and Cascade Hops.  Those hops rea…

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #192 Within Your Reach (Live in Bristol)

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #192 Within Your Reach (Live in Bristol)


Tonight the subject is that 1989 movie Say Anything.  Call it a sort of alternative soundtrack to the movie with some Ramones, Clash, Glands and Material Issue.

Here’s the Playlist:

Say Anything 
Bouncing Souls 
Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 3

You Want It 
Cheap Trick 
Sex, America, Cheap Trick 

Within Your Reach 
The Replacements 
1989-08-31  Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT

Graduation Day 
Chris Isaak 
One Day

Diane (acoustic) 
Material Issue 
Eleven Supersonic Hit Explosions

The Boxer 
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Have Another Ball

It Girl 
Brian Jonestown Massacre 
Tepid Peppermint Wonderland 
Suggested by Kate


Cretin Hop 
Ramones 
Rocket To Russia

Keys To Your Heart 
The 101ers 
Elgin Avenue Breakdown

Low Class Lover 
The Gods Of Macho 
The Gods Of Macho


Rocket In My Pocket 
Jimmie Lloyd 
Songs The Cramps Taught Us 3

‘Cause I Love You 
Lloyd Arnold  
Hang Loose ­ 

She May Call You Up Tonight The
Left Banke 
Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina ’67

When I Laugh 
The Glands 
The Glands


Busy Signals  
The Exploding Hearts
Shattered

No Connection
Biters 
It’s Ok to Like Biters

These Are The Quotes From Our Favorite 80’s Movies 
Bouncing Souls
The Argyle


Joe Lies 
The Bouncing Souls 
The Bouncing Souls

Wheels Ain’t Coming Down 
Slade 
We’ll Bring The House Down

Jetman 
Apa State Mental 
The Reunited Heavy Metal States of Apa State Mental

Flying Over Water 
Jason Isbell 
Southeastern

Women’s Studies 
Lloyd Cole 
Standards


I Know A Place 
Jay Reatard 
Goner 7″


Frantic Romantic 
Scientists 
DNA 7″


Day-To-Day [Live] 
General Public 
I.R.S. 7″


Crazy Hazy Kisses 
Flat Duo Jets 
I.R.S. 7″

London Calling 
The Clash 
Japanese Epic 7″

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Next week, a tribute to the band The Sweet.

In 2 weeks, the subject will be Bowling.


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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #191 - Merry-Go-Round (Live at the Troubadour)

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #191 – Merry-Go-Round (Live at the Troubadour)

Rollercoasters, Funhouses, Merry-Go-Rounds – all that and more as we pay tribute to Amusements Parks on this week’s show.Here’s the Playlist:Palisades Park Ramones Brain DrainTheme and song suggested by Draz of CoffeeTime with Drazzle The Backseat Gasl…

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #190 - Round and Round

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #190 – Round and Round


All covers tonight – got some Stones, Berry and Ramones covered by the likes of American Heartbreak, The Kinks and Tim Timbomb

Here’s the Playlist:

Catalina
Sloan
Hardcore 7˝ (Bonus Disk)
Suggested by Jer of Jeremy Porter and the Tucos

Let It Rock
The CONNECTION
LET IT ROCK


Round and ‘Round
The Replacements
1989-08-31_ Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT

Lexicon Devil
Melvins
Hooch

Diane
Coffin Break
Rupture
Suggested by Joe of the Best Table In Hell

In The Street
Wilco
Wilco Roadcase 018 Solid Sound Festival, North Adams, MA (6/21/2013)
Buy it here —-> Kungfustore
Suggested by John

Russian Roulette
The Hangmen
Metallic I.O.U.
Suggested by Jake of Jake’s Inferno

Games People Play
Deal’s Gone Bad
Overboard
Suggested by Boyd

Noise In This World
The Dirtbombs
If You Don’t Already Have A Look 

Beautiful Delilah
The Kinks
The Kinks

Apeman
Raw Geronimo
God Save the Kinks
Neotinic Records
Oftliberty

Strangers
Golden Smog
Another Fine Day

Waterloo Sunset
King Lollipop
God Save the Kinks

I Wanna Be Sedated  
Tim Timebomb
Grab it here – Tim Timebomb.com


One More Try
Silks
Down At The Heel 7″
Get it at —-> Bandcamp
Consequence of Sound

Rezhand
The Hussy
Pagan Hiss
Exystence.net

Break It Down
Crazy Pills
Restless   
Papa’s Tunes


Bye Bye Johnny
Rolling Stones
Decca 7″ Reissue EP


Heartbreaker
American Heartbreak
Coldfront 7″

From Head To Toe
Elvis Costello
F-Beat 7″


Stampede
Raunch Hands
Egon 7″

Bop A Lena / Something Ese
Ray Loney and the Phantom Movers
Norton 7″


Mean Machine
Puffball
Glazed 7″


Bad Karma
Spinanes
Subpop 7″

Meatmen 
Victim
TKO 7″


New Values
Livids
Slovenly 7″

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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #189 - Liquor Candy

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #189 – Liquor Candy


Ok – Who want’s some Candy? Got some sugared up goodness from The Candy Harlots, The Candy Snatchers and The Sugar Stems for ya this week.

The Playlist:

I Don’t Know For Sure
Hüsker Dü
Candy Apple Grey
Suggested by Jer of Jeremy Porter and the Tucos

Candyass
The Dirtbombs
If You Don’t Already Have A Look

Candy Liquor
Chris Mars
75% Less Fat

Chocolate Drop
Howlin’ Wolf
The Complete Recordings

Candy
The Astors
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968

Candy
The Presidents Of The United States Of America
The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Kid In Candy
The Spinanes
Arches and Aisles

Candy Sue
Daddy Long Legs
Evil Eye On You

Sugar & Spice
Soledad Brothers
Soledad Brothers

Five Cent Candy
Orville Couch
Rockabilly Cats

Sugaree
Rusty York
Indiana Rockabilly

Sugar Lips
Hushmoney
Electrified and Buried by the Sound

Candy
Tuff Bananas
Fathers and Sons of Garage Punk, vol.12: Retarded Pop

Candy (By The Side Of The West Highway)
Horsehead
Sympathetic Vibrations

Peppermint City
The Gourds
Old Mad Joy
Suggested by Boyd

The Candy Machine And My Girlfriend
Lifter Puller
The Entertainment and the Arts


Sugar Dumpling
Sam Cooke
Twisting the Night Away

Chocolate Fizz
Saxton Kari
Stompin’ #7

Candy
Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson
Nude & Rude: The Best Of Iggy Pop

Ape
Gaza Strippers
Laced Candy
Suggested by Boyd of the Tanked

Rock Candy
Montrose
Montrose

Pure Cane Sugar
John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives
Spills and Thrills

I’m Not Like Everybody Else
Candy Harlots
Foreplay EP
Suggested by Kate

Edie Is a Sweet Candy
\5.6.7.8’s Bomb the Rocks:
Early Days Singles

Underneath the Apple Tree
Grant Hart
The Argument

Like I Do
Sugar Stems
Can’t Wait

Candy-O
Cars
Elektra 7″
Suggested by TimPop of TimPopLive

Oh, Candy
Cheap Trick
Epic 7″


I Dunno What I’m Sayin’
The Underground Railroad To Candyland
It’s Alive 7″

Shut Your Mouth
Candy Snatchers
Red Vinyl Junk Records 7″

Sugar Town
Nancy Sinatra
Reprise 7″


Little Sugar
The Windowsill
Shield 7″

So Like Candy
Elvis Costello
WB 7″

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Next week, It’s all Covers.

In 2 weeks, the subject will be Amusement Parks.

You know – Roller Coasters, Funhouses, Cotton Candy and Ferris Wheels.

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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #188 - Lucky Man (Live in Pittsburgh)

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #188 – Lucky Man (Live in Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh – the City Of Bridges, Steeltown, the Pothole City – whatever you call it, I celebrate it tonight.Listen to the show and download it on Soundcloud ——> #188Here’s the Playlist:Respectfully King Of Rain     &nbs…

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #187 - Favorite Thing (rehearsal 7/3/13)

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #187 – Favorite Thing (rehearsal 7/3/13)

2013 – Crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.Listen and download it here – SoundcloudHere’s the Playlist:Loud Dumb and Mean The Night Marchers Allez Allez Hey Judas Black Star Riders All Hell Breaks LooseSuggested by Kate Busted U…

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #186 - Sometimes

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #186 – Sometimes

All about the Chicken tonight – so grab Granny’s Little Chicken, head on over to the Chicken Shack and let’s do the Chicken Walk.Here’s the Playlist:Nugget Cake Fashion NuggetSuggested by BoydGranny’s Little Chicken The Dirtbombs Horndog Fest Sometim…

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #185 - Hayday (Live At Maxwell's)

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #185 – Hayday (Live At Maxwell’s)

Cows, Steaks, Bovines, Hay, Cattle – it’s all on the latest Grilling show.Here’s the Playlist:Epitah Two Cow Garage Three Steak ‘n’ Sabre Frank Black and the Catholics Frank Black and the Catholics Pat’s Steaks Sal Masi’s Untouchables Bent, Batty And …

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #184 - All He Wants To Do Is Fish

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #184 – All He Wants To Do Is Fish


Sharks, Barracudas, Whales and Goldfish – got them all tonight on the Fish show!

Here’s the Playlist:

Coney Island Whitefish
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Album

Fish 2 Fry 
The Jim Jones Revue 
The Jim Jones Revue
Suggested by Kate

All He Wants To Do Is Fish 
The Replacements 
The All For Nothing/Nothing For All

Le Crabe 
Malajube 
Trompe l’oeil
Suggested by Christian

Goldfish Bowl 
Best Kissers in the World
BKITW EP
Suggested by Jer of Jeremy Porter and the Tucos

Burdett’s Pond
Riptones 
Buckshot
Suggested by Tom T

Fish And Whistle
John Prine 
Great Days
Suggested by Boyd

Neither Fish nor Fowl 
Thee Headcoats 
Elementary

Underwater World 
Hanoi Rocks 
Two Steps From The Move
Suggested by Jake from Jake’s Inferno

The Fish 
Big Mama Thornton 
The Original Hound Dog

Fish Man 
Gene Phillips 
Straight To Watts

Barracuda
Cliffie Stone 
A Capitol Rockabilly

The Fish (Knows Why)
27 Various
Hi
Suggested by Joe of The Best Table In Hell

Too Many Fish In the Sea 
The Marvelettes 
Respect

Shark 
Gary Charlson 
Titan, It’s All Pop!

Whale! 
The Mighty Roars 
Swine and Cockeral

Feathered Fish 
The Woggles 
Wailin’ With The Woggles

Saturday Night Fish Fry
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Mickey Baker – Session Man & Performer 


Sink or Swim 
Citizen Fish 
Wider Than a Postcard
Suggested by Noland of the Tanked

I Craw Fished 
Gene Morris 
Wild Wood Rockabilly

The Flying Fish
Little Denny 
Rockabilly Gold Volume 11

Catfish 
Preacher Boy 
Gutters and Pews
Suggested by Greg of the Rock N Roll Manifesto

Fishnet Stockings 
Mad Marge & The Stonecutters 
Go Cat Go!: A Tribute to Stray Cats

Johnny Thunders Lived in Leeds 
Cyanide Pills 
Still Bored

Desperation 
Oblivians 
Desperation

It’s in You, It’s in Me 
Sloan 
Hardcore 7˝

Last Gasp 
Night Birds 
Maimed for the Masses

Wet Dream 
Kip Addotta 
Laff 7″


Rock ‘n’ Roll Can Rescue The World 
Electric Eel Shock 
Gearhead 7″ Picture Disc

Hook, Line And Sinker 
Bill Haley And His Comets 
Decca 7″


Lust ‘N’ Love 
Stray Cats 
UK Pump 7″

Your Maw Said You Cried 
Turtles 
White Whale 7″


New York Honeys 
The Barreracudas 
Douchemaster 7″

Skankin’ To The Beat 
Fishbone 
WTG 7″

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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #183 - I'm In Trouble (Live At Maxwell's)

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #183 – I’m In Trouble (Live At Maxwell’s)

The Godfather – perhaps the best American Movie ever?  Tonight I pay tribute to the Don.Here’s the Playlist:American Gangster Time Elvis Costello And The Imposters Momofuku The Gang’s All Here Dropkick Murphys The Gang’s All Here Gang Busters Th…

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #182 - Outer Limits

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #182 – Outer Limits


Aliens, Martians, UFO’s, Flying Saucers – yep – it’s one of those episodes…….

Here’s the Playlist:

Outer Limits
Chris Mars
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Alien Boy
The Wipers
Is This Real

Lazy Aliens
Steakknife
Stuff 1991 – 2004
Suggested by Christian

Space Cadet
Lime Spiders
The Cave Comes Alive

Books About UFO’s
Hüsker Dü
The Living End
Suggested by Joe of The Best Table In Hell

The Boppin’ Martian
Dick Robinson
Rocket Ship


Amazons from Outer Space
Batmobile
Amazons from Outer Space

Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like A Man
Grifters
Crappin’ You Negative

Space Trash
Mean Jeans
Are You Serious?

Martian Saints
Mary Lou Lord
Martian Saints [EP]
Suggested by Tom T

Johnny Got Shot By a UFO
Limozine
You’ve Been Limozined
Suggested by Tommer of Tommy Unit Live

My Flying Saucer
Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mermaid Avenue Volume 2

Honky Tonk Maniac from Mars
Jason Ringenberg
All Over Creation
Suggested by Jer of Jeremy Porter and The Tucos

Anus Of Uranus
Klaatu
Klaatu
Suggested by Boyd

Space Jeeps
The Scrams
The Scrams

Spaceship
Captain Zapped
Heavy For Your Head
Suggested by Kate

Kids On Mars
Apa State Mental
The Reunited Heavy Metal States of Apa State Mental

The Happening
Pixies
Bossanova

Spacequeen
Torpedohead 
Lovesick Avenue

People From Another World
The Jive Five
The Best of the Jive Five
Suggested by Greg of the Rock and Roll Manifesto

Zombie Mutant Aliens (Original Mix)
Bad Luck Streak
1st Demo

Destination Venus
Man or Astro-Man?
Destroy All Astromen!!

Eti (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
Blue Oyster Cult
Agents Of Fortune

Girl From Mars
Ash
The Brit Box 

Teenagers From Mars
The Misfits
Misfits

Alien Brain
Tongan Death Grip
Chula Vista

Aliens Are We
Tuck And Roll
Time To Run
Suggested by Noland of the Tanked

Heads Or Tails
Shannon And The Clams
Dreams In The Rat House

All Systems to Go
Man or Astro-Man?
Defcon 5…4…3…2…1


Purple People Eater
Sheb Wooley
Eric 7″

Flyin’ Saucers Rock & Roll
Billy Lee Riley
UK Charley 7″


Space Boss
T.Rex
UK EMI 7″

Planet of Sound
The Pixies
UK 4AD 7″

Starman
David Bowie
RCA 7″


Planet Claire
B52’s
Warner 7″

Children Of The Sun
Billy Thorpe
Capricorn 7″

Background music tonight includes songs from the Astronettes  self -titled EP.

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In 2 weeks, the subject will be the movie The Godfather.

In 3 weeks, the start of a series of Food shows, this one centering on Fish.

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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #181 - Careless

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #181 – Careless


1980 – Raging Bull, Airplane, Plasmatics, Pretenders, Cramps, Gears – what a great year.

Here’s the Playlist:

Hello America
Def Leppard
On Through The Night

Careless
The Replacements
1980-12-06 Longhorn Bar

(We Are) The Road Crew
Motörhead
Ace Of Spades

I Want You Tonight
Sorrows
Teenage Heartbreak
Suggested by Boyd

Precious
The Pretenders
Pretenders
Sent in by Dave of Mottey’s Garage

Kill the Poor
Dead Kennedys
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Walkin’ The Beat
The Nuns
The Nuns

Tight Black Pants
Plasmatics
New Hope For The Wretched

Lip Up Fatty
Bad Manners
Ska ‘N’ B

Washington Bullets
The Clash
Sandinista! 

Meaningless
Gary Myrick & the Figures
Gary Myrick & the Figures

Evening Standards
The Jags
Evening Standards

Rockabilly Music
Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels
Rockabilly music

Rock On The Moon
The Cramps
Songs The Lord Taught Us

Youth Coup
Holly & The Italians
The Right To Be Italian


Don’t Be Afraid To Pogo
The Gears
Rockin’ At Ground Zero

The Sin
Warren Zevon
Stand in the Fire

Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)
Thin Lizzy
Chinatown

In a Broken Promise Land
Big Country
The Journey

Evil Eye
Daddy Long Legs
Evil Eye On You


Stupefaction
Graham Parker
German Stiff 7″

Hoover Factory
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
UK F-Beat 7″


 Mad At You
Joe Jackson
Italian A& M 7″

Away From Home
Klark Kent
Green Vinyl IRS 7″


I Like Chinese
Monty Python
UK Charisma 7″

Stand Down Margaret (Dub)
English Beat
UK Go Feet 7″


Trouble
999
UK Polydor 7″

Smiles For Sale
Fingerprints
Twintone 7″


Rules And Regulations
Contractions
Q n D 7″

David Watts
Kinks
UK Arista 7″


Scissor Man
XTC
UK Virgin 7″

Airwaves Dream
Buzzcocks
UK IRS 7″

Background music tonight includes songs from:

Insect Surfers – Wavelength

Jon & the Nightriders – Surf Beat 80


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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #180 - Partners In Crime

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #180 – Partners In Crime

Covers, Covers, Covers tonight.  Every ten shows I like to play some covers that I’ve uncovered for you – tonight I got some Ty Segall, Hard-Ons and Zeke for ya.Here’s the Playlist:Wang Dang Zeke Zeke & Peter Pan Speedrock  Shiftless Whe…

Anderson Valley Brewing Hop Ottin’ IPA

It’s a fine Sunday afternoon out here on the left coast – about to hit the 90 degree mark, so time for a cold one.  I’ve popped the top on a nice Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’ IPA that should make short work of my thirst.  Nice three (or four) f…

2010 Bogle Vineyards Essential Red

  1. es·sen·tial  

    /iˈsenSHəl/

    Adjective
    Absolutely necessary; extremely important.
    Noun
    Something absolutely necessary.
    Synonyms
    fundamental – substantial – basic – main – material
    Cracked open a 2010 Bogle Vineyards Essential Red this afternoon and I have to say that the folks over at Bogle certainly picked an appropriate name for this great red blend.  This wine will be an essential part of my shopping list in the future.  Great dark, dark color in the glass (lotsa purple) and a fine spicy nose.  The taste is heavenly, silky fruit and some real great oak notes – vanilla and tobacco.  I cannot recommend this one more – great stuff!
    Check out the video review below – love the 2 hosts!

Sierra Nevada Summerfest Lager

Whew – it is a hot one out here on the Left Coast.  Time to retreat to the cool darkness of the Pinhead Studios for a cold lager, some pinball and the sweet sound of vinyl.  The lager this afternoon is the seasonal offering from the Sierra Ne…

2011 Grifone Primitivo

Cracked open an Italian red this afternoon to go with an aged T-Bone that I’ll be slapping on the grill in a few hours.  This Red is a Primitivo from the Puglia in Southern Italy.  It turns out that the Primitvo grape is very close geneticall…

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

A hot one this afternoon – time to retreat to the cool and dark Pinhead Studios for a cold beer and some pinball. Picked up a couple bottles of Sculpin IPA from the fine folks over at Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits. The Ballast Point website tells us that the Sculpin fish has spines that are poisonous, but the meat of the Sculpin is some of the tastiest fish that you can find.  To quote from the website “something that has a sting but tastes great, sounds like a Scuplin IPA”.  I have to agree.  At 70 IBU on the bitterness scale this one is close to a palate wrecker, but has a fine balance that earns it a place on my list of favorite beers.

This IPA should go well with the fresh Salmon fillets that I’ll be slapping on the grill a bit later and the mango salsa that I’ve mixed up to go with it.  Mangos, jalapenos, red onion, cilantro, lime juice and cucumber.  Hmm, kinda like the Sculpin, tastes great but has a bite.

Propganda from Ballast Point —–> Apricot, Peach, Mango and Lemon

Beer Advocate rating —–> The Bros say 100 Points!

Cheers!
Jerry

Here’s the Salsa recipe:

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted, and diced (about 1 1/2 cup)
  • 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 Jalapeño chile, minced (include ribs and seeds for a hotter taste if desired)
  • 1 small cucumber, peeled and diced (about 1 cup)
  • 3 Tbsp fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
  • 3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
METHOD
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. If the salsa ends up being a little too hot or acidic for your taste, you can temper it by adding some diced avocado.


2010 Piccini Chianti

Recently watched the Godfather and it reminded me that I hadn’t cracked open a Chianti in a long while.  Then I decided to go all out with the Italian and cook up a savory Pasta Puttanesca to go with it.  The sauce is simmering on the stovetop and I’m listening to some Sinatra on the juke while I write this.  
This Chianti is 95% Sangiovese and 5% Ciliegiolo and 100% drinkable.  Nice soft tannins and a dry finish – this should go well with the Puttanesca.  The Piccini folks have been making wine in the Tuscany region since 1882 – four generations – and recently changed it’s label for the Chianti from the boring black and white to a bright Orange.  According to the website, the orange symbolizes all the energy, youth and passion that characterizes the Piccini familia.  
Here’s the Piccini Website – Tradition since 1882
A tepid review from nononsensedrink.com – lacking some pizazz
Here’s the Puttanesca recipe in case you want to try it:

INGREDIENTS

  •   2 Tbsp olive oil
  •   1/2 cup minced onion
  •  1 bottle Piccini Chianti 
  •   3 cloves garlic, chopped
  •   3 – 4 italian sausages, sliced thin
  •    3 – 4 canned anchovies, chopped
  •    2 Tbsp tomato paste
  •    1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  •     1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
  •     2 teaspoons dried oregano
  •    2 Tbsp small (non-pariel) capers
  •    3/4 cup pitted olives (black or green), roughly chopped
  •    1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  •     1 pound spaghetti
  •     Salt

        Olive oil for drizzling


METHOD


1 Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large, deep saute pan. When the oil is hot, sauté the onions until they’re soft and translucent, about 4-5 minutes. Deglaze the pan with some of your Chianti. While the onions are still cooking, stir in the chopped anchovies along with some of the oil from the can. Add the garlic and sausages and cook another minute.


2 Mix in the tomato paste  and cook it for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the crushed tomatoes, oregano, chili pepper flakes, and olives. Turn the heat down to a gentle simmer.


3 Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When you add the spaghetti to the boiling water to cook, add the capers to the sauce and continue to simmer it gently. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions, to al dente, cooked but still slightly firm.


4 Drain the pasta and put in a large bowl. Drizzle a little olive oil over the pasta and mix to combine. Stir the parsley into the pasta sauce. Add a ladle’s worth of sauce to the pasta and mix to combine. Pour the Chianti and toast to your health before diggin in!
Cheers!
Jerry

Ninkasi Brewing Company Total Domination IPA

It’s a hot one out there – time for a brewski.  I’ve popped open a cold one this afternoon, courtesy of the fine folks over at the Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon.  The second of their beers that I’ve tried, this IPA is wonderfully …

2011 Evening Land Vineyards Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

A beautiful evening out tonight and I have a wonderful Evening Land Vineyards 2011 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir open this evening.  Another wine I picked up on my recent trip up to the Great Pacific Northwest. This one is from the winery in Salem,…

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