16 February 2012
15 February 2012
Serious Food'rotica
"We ate and drank all day long. Brendan shucked eighteen very fresh raw Maine oysters, which we ate on ice by the fire with shallots in white wine vinegar and a sauce of lemon juice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, and horseradish.
I dismantled 2 small endives and, on twinned pairs of the crisp, subtly bitter leaves, I slathered sour cream and loaded each with capers, fresh basil, and oil-packed artichoke hearts. We ate the whole plateful with a fresh batch of blini with slabs of two rather spectacular mild cheeses and some seedless purple grapes.
Then I steamed a bunch of slender asparagus spears and served them with a fantastic dipping sauce made of the rest of the white wine vinegar-and-shallots mixed with mayonnaise and Dijon mustard. After this, I steamed eighteen clams, which we dipped in hot butter.
Later, I melted a bar of very dark chocolate in a double boiler while I cut the stems off some eerily ripe, preternaturally juicy California strawberries. I dipped ten of them in the chocolate and put them into the fridge on waxed paper. While they set, we revisited the blini and cheese course.
And then, with small glasses of Marques de Caceres, to finish this day of insanely luxurious, happy eating, we ate the chocolate-dipped strawberries."
-via katechristensen, via orangette
I dismantled 2 small endives and, on twinned pairs of the crisp, subtly bitter leaves, I slathered sour cream and loaded each with capers, fresh basil, and oil-packed artichoke hearts. We ate the whole plateful with a fresh batch of blini with slabs of two rather spectacular mild cheeses and some seedless purple grapes.
Then I steamed a bunch of slender asparagus spears and served them with a fantastic dipping sauce made of the rest of the white wine vinegar-and-shallots mixed with mayonnaise and Dijon mustard. After this, I steamed eighteen clams, which we dipped in hot butter.
Later, I melted a bar of very dark chocolate in a double boiler while I cut the stems off some eerily ripe, preternaturally juicy California strawberries. I dipped ten of them in the chocolate and put them into the fridge on waxed paper. While they set, we revisited the blini and cheese course.
And then, with small glasses of Marques de Caceres, to finish this day of insanely luxurious, happy eating, we ate the chocolate-dipped strawberries."
-via katechristensen, via orangette
14 February 2012
Hindsight/Foresight
I'm glad to now know that it's not as creepy to go to the college cafeteria for a burger before class than it is to go for an intimate concert afterwards. Score.
05 February 2012
03 February 2012
Fulsome Friday!
Oh my gawd, I woke up with a headache and now two Minneeesohhhtahhhns are discussing how their kid's high school play should be censored or altogether cut because there are swear words and "like...sexual?" dance moves in it. Guhhh.
Okay. The one is also wearing a Jesus t-shirt that says "TIRED?" (I don't even want to go there) across the front of it, and is having marital problems. I know this because she stated matter-of-factly that she's going to a weekend retreat with her husband to get it together again. You can't make this shit up, people!
Also, I have come to a conclusion: mainstream country music is embarrassing to listen to because it's like baby music for adults. Yuck.
TGIF! I feel like I'm in the book "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis!
Okay. The one is also wearing a Jesus t-shirt that says "TIRED?" (I don't even want to go there) across the front of it, and is having marital problems. I know this because she stated matter-of-factly that she's going to a weekend retreat with her husband to get it together again. You can't make this shit up, people!
Also, I have come to a conclusion: mainstream country music is embarrassing to listen to because it's like baby music for adults. Yuck.
TGIF! I feel like I'm in the book "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis!
02 February 2012
01 February 2012
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