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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]