I knew that the CFO was actually going to be home for dinner last night, so I decided that I would cook her something nice. On Friday I went to the store looking for ideas. I knew that at the HQ we had at least a half pound of bacon (If that surprised you you really should pay more attention here) and some other random odds and ends. Big sea scallops were on sale at the, uh, gourmet grocery store I frequent (Their jingle: “You’ll find it aaaat Fred M. . . “), so a dozen of those tasty fellows went into the cart. I then went looking for recipes; I ended up making this last night. Good lord but it was good. I’m wrapping everything I eat in bacon from now on.

The recipe calls for bay scallops but sea scallops worked better. And they were on sale. Also, standard bacon tasted fine, just fine. In the sauce I used dried mint instead of fresh and it was OK; I also increased the sugar a bit and added some ground pepper in addition to the peppercorns. Turned out to be very, very tasty. Matched with salad, fresh bread, and a blushingly nubile, yet still somewhat demure Cotes Du Rhone: it was a fine meal, even by the CEO’s exacting standards.