Hi everyone. I am alive and well and only slightly frazzled with everything going on. This is the week of Thanksgiving in America so for the next few days we’re going to be talking about how to make Thanksgiving feasts. And then we’ll follow that up with how to turn Thanksgiving feasts into awesome Thanksgiving leftovers….
**** Spoiler Alert: I will talk about who wins. Please read with caution. Well the Limited Series that was The Next Iron Chef Finale has come and gone in the throes of Battle: Swordfish. This was an interesting battle between Chef John Besh and Chef Michael Symon, two chefs that took very different paths to the…
I’m just mad about Saffron…Saffron’s madly expensive… So, back for another edition of Spice Week, the cooking celebration of the reuniting of the Spice Girls. Yesterday, we looked at a way to make a warm herbed goat cheese with herbs de’ Provence which can be enjoyed as is. However, by using another great spice, in this…
Welcome back to another (slightly later than I would have liked) edition of Spice Week. In celebration of the Spice Girls reuniting, this week is all about how to use spices in your cooking. And yes, I realize that herbs de’Provence are herbs and not spices, but bear with me here. They’re a handy little…
Due to my illness, I took the week off to recover and try to eat something other than dry pasta. I’ve been partially successful. I did want to get back on track with my calendar so I’m using this week to talk about spices. And why I am so excited about spices? That’s right you…
*** SPOILER ALERT *** In this post I say who gets kicked off the show. This week’s episode of the Next Iron Chef was decent episode. The task was to make a three course meal for 20 people using roughly $2,500 in ingredients (they got 2,000 Euros.) They were then paired up with a sous…
That’s right, it’s back again for another crazy year. It’s World Vegan Day. I know many of you, my readers, are not vegans, which is just fine. Neither am I. However, there is nothing wrong with trying vegan recipes every now and then (like my soyrizo taquitos for instance…) I was vegan once for about…
So I’ve been sidelined with the flu the past two days, hence my quiet over the past few days. Thinking about food is torture right now, though I can now throw together an entire cocktail party based on the BRAT diet. I’ll try to catch up later this week.
I finished watching tonight’s episode of the Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef and I have to say that I find myself a little underwhelmed. Frankly, there is a lot to like about this show and only a little I find compelling. Sadly, the part that I find compelling is just compelling enough to keep me watching….
So I’m having one of those nights where I’m sitting in front of my computer trying to figure out what recipe to share and all that came to me was “Recipe: Chocolate Chips.” 1) Drive to the store 2) Buy cookie dough 3) Drive home 4) Read instructions. And I think maybe my subconcious is telling…