4 poached pears with rice Recipes

baby spinach leaves (18 oz.), rinsed and crisped, plain roasted , roasted and salted, or honey-roasted macadamia nuts, fresh chevre (goat cheese), mild olive oil, rice vinegar, whole-grain mustard, honey, dried thyme, salt and pepper, pomegranate seeds (optional)

port poached pears, fruity red wine , such as zinfandel or barbera, ruby or lbv vintage port, sugar, cinnamon stick, broken, bartlett or bosc pears, peeled, cored and quartered, wild rice stuffing, water, wild rice, salt, quartered fresh seedless grapes, rosemary walnuts, butter, walnut halves, crumbled, dried rosemary, cayenne pepper, salt to taste, blue cheese, crumbled blue cheese, cream cheese, at room temperature

water, earl grey tea, sugar, black peppercorns, assorted plums, halved and pitted, brown basmati rice, water, whole milk, maple syrup, sea salt