Starting the week off right ...

My trip to Whole Foods today yielded a host of inspiration ... at least that's what I am calling it.  The other way to think about it would be to admit that I went to the store hungry ... whoops!  Never the less, I've figured out how to make something out of everything I came home with and written up this week's menu ...

Tonight just felt like a good steakhouse sort of night ... and what better way to kick that off than Raw Bar style.  So I got out my oyster knife and sanitized my new clam knife (Shells decided to buy me one so that I stopped having an excuse for only doing oysters).

Tonight's Raw Bar featured a large Cherrystone clam and two Choptank Sweets oysters.  Shells had hers with a clump of horseradish, I had mine plain ... both of us enjoyed a nice 2009 white Burgundy with the shellfish.

Following beyond the Raw Bar came the main course ... tonight I lead off with local grass fed, aged NY Strip.  I seasoned the strip with some truffle salt and garlic pepper and then broiled it (I bailed on going to get propane for the grill today, despite the fact that today would have been a perfect grill day).  In addition to the steak I did sauteed broccoli & onion as well as smashed potatoes & onions (roasted potato, roasted onion, cheese, bacon).