I enjoy blogging, and I’ve plenty of food and wine to share with you. However, my inertia gets in the way: too much setup time. Select episodes. Choose the photos, and edit them. Find room on my desktop to add them to the blog. Copy or create a recipe, then take a photo of it so I can post a jpeg….and on and on. Excuses, excuses.

So, since I want to dedicate these to my friend, Jan, here are my mini-posts for October.

Black Bean Risotto with Grilled Vegetables

This is a recipe from a former chef in Miami, and it features Caribbean flavors. I’ll provide the recipe from Judith Barrett’s Risotto, Risotti, if anyone wants it. Jan’s wine was a great match.

Pizza Night with Friends

Saturday afternoon was a perfect day for the pizza oven. Not hot or humid. Few bugs around. Not windy. Dave and Lynn joined us outside.

Here are some of Lynn’s photos:

As you can see, I didn’t enjoy it much…