Hmm, something about cooking something with so much love and affection.
and spending time tasting and seasoning to make it perfect,
and then having no one to share it with.
i made a kick ass beef curry today for lunch :)
it was AWESOMELY YUMMY….
sauteed
onions, carrots, celery (diced)
added a few sprigs of fresh thyme,
ground, tumeric, cumin, corriander, cloves, and
one [...]
Here you go.
I thought i’d do a follow up to my OILs and FATs entry since everyone is always confused about what oils to use for cooking –
and as i was also in the supermarket today wondering which oil i should buy for sauteeing off my steaks tonight so i don’t burn the house down [...]
ok, ok,
so xmas dinner can be fun and fabulous and wonderful, and tonight, mine was fabu. — my gravy was the best ever. MMMM..
turkey furkey gravy! :) yum yum.
and my jlo special flambe smoked lamb shanks were a hit too…
well, other than the fact that i almost burnt the house down.
no joke.
but it’s quite funny [...]
Tags: Fats, Oil, Smoke Points
Ala URBAN DADDYNYC -
an article i found useful since every year, i tend to be the awkward one – always, and can never manage to pop any corks gracefully without spilling the stuff all over me or hit a window or sliding door and cringe whenever i shoot a cork at it unexpectedly. lol
enjoy – [...]
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“I’d rather eat GONG JAI MEEN!” — (a requested and inspired post for Roy)
(“I’m so angry, and still hungry! the food was so crap at that restaurant! the company paid for it but still! I ordered lobster ravioli and i got 2, TWO!! and it wasn’t good, now I’m back to my hotel room eating [...]
my hands out of the cookie jarrrrr…”
-gym class heroes
what is it about fatty foods that coats my tummy with a warm hug???
what is it about the milk chocolate mousse in that tiny tiny cup at oliver & bonchini’s that just makes me so happy? i’m sure we’ve ALL been there many many times, “i’m going [...]
“the beauty of doing nothing”
and in doing nothing, one must eat to survive still…
i was reading “Eat Pray Love” last night and i came across this passage:
“Italians have traditionally always been hard workers, especially those long suffering labourers known as braccianti, but even against that backdrop of hard work, il bel far niente, has always [...]
HElllllo my dear dear friends who have shown nothing but generous support thus far for my little blog here :)
i heart chu all <3
and welcome!! :)
i would love to rave on and on about the reisling/gervwerztreminer from austrilia that i had tonight (i won’t lie, i’m still very drunk and high on life from that [...]
hello gastro friends-
i’m just going to jump right into my first post :) how exciting! how controversal! (and thanks for all the support thus far! <3 u’z!)
So in the middle of my parent’s annual xmas office BRUNNER party the other day (jlo term ‘brunner’ use #1: since i was so stuffed afterwards that i didn’t [...]
