Last night we had a handful of people over for dinner (8 including myself) and the menu included:
- Sous vide filet with a blue cheese crumble
- Bacon wrapped asparagus
- Russet potatoes oven roasted in duck fat and thyme with thinly sliced shallot rings.
I'm really happy we didn't have any vegetarians over because I totally didn't realize that the meal was completely vegetarian unfriendly. Oops.

The asparagus were wrapped in thinly sliced bacon and set in the oven for ... I seriously have no idea how long. Until they looked done? I'm really particular about my bacon and just watch it like a hawk until it's awesome. Because of the potatoes they were in the oven at 500 degrees for a time, then 400 degrees.
I pretty much had nothing to do with the potatoes other than finding the recipe and lending a small helping hand here and there because I had my friend Josh over to help (thanks Josh!). We followed serious eats recipe for ultra crispy potatoes. They were delicious but not as crispy as we hoped, I think that we left them in the boiling water too long.
Oh, and the wine didn't suck at all. 1998 Penfolds Bin 389 and a 2010 Colline Novaresi Barbera (which makes me realize how much more I need/want to learn about Italian wine).