i organized finals dinners this semester, which went pretty smoothly although i’m not sure if everyone enjoyed their cooking team. i hope they did. here’s what we had: lundi / anna-miriam-v: chicken tarragon (chicken with a tarragon-cream sauce), tofu tarragon, spanikopita, and a pear tart. […]
beef-thyme stew with mushrooms and swiss chard 3T olive oil or vegetable oil 2 lbs beef chuck, cut into large-ish chunks 3 large onions, halved and sliced 1T garlic, minced 2T fresh thyme, leaves stripped off stems and chopped fine 1 14.5-oz can diced tomatoes […]
i am absolutely in love with jessica’s warm pear charlotte. i am in love with jessica.
dimanche / austin : couscous with raisins, roasted chicken, roatsted vegetables, far breton
lundi / alice : salad, breadsticks, four-cheese ravioli with red pepper sauce, fruit salad with cannoli cream
mardi / jessica lee : chickpea soup, sharbat (apple-rosewater drink), moroccan carrots, b’stilla, warm pear charlotte
/ thanksgiving break /
lundi / milly : foccacia, farfalle with sauteed vegetables, blueberry buckle
mardi / waseem : chickpea salad, chicken with ham, tomatoes, and madeira, veg : macaroni and cheese, pumkpin pie
mercredi / cindy : green onion cornbread, chicken rice soup, vegetable fried rice, apple cobbler
jeudi / holly : frijolets con flavor, pollo asado, arroz de coco
vendredi / keith : apple-cheese meatloaf, veg : crisp vegetables + tofu in a spicy peanut sauce, bananas foster
who would have thought that cannoli cream would taste so good with graham crackers? i guess cannoli cream tastes good with everything (within reason; ie beef + cannoli cream = …), but suddenly graham crackers taste good again, and not like sawdust.
dimanche / jessica : eggplant-tomato casserole, penne rosa, caramel-pear pudding cake lundi / anna : chicken curry, vegetable curry, palak paneer, naan, rice pudding mardi / marissa : onion pan bread, chicken mirabella, eggplant and onions in tomato cream sauce, fettuccine, green beans, tiramisu mercredi […]
just thought i’d start a record of lmf menus here. this is both for my own memory and to make those of you who don’t live with me jealous. ;p this week: dimanche / george : salad, lebanese rice pilaf, grilled lebanese chicken, hummus, lebanese […]
first, before i forget, the recipe for pasta i made a while back:
pasta with bacon, onions, + tomatoes
1 pkg bacon
1 lb pasta (preferably shells)
1 1/2 lbs plum tomatoes, chopped (i suppose you could use 2 cans of diced tomatoes, drained, if you were really desperate)
4 large onions, diced
parmesan cheese
white wine, muscat, or water
[1] Fry bacon in batches over medium heat, until crispy. Pour off fat into a bowl between batches. Drain bacon on paper towels, then rip into small pieces. Put in a bowl, cover, and set aside.
[2] Use white wine, muscat, or water to deglaze the pan. Set aside fond liquid – it’s fine if it has bits of stuff in it. Pour a few tablespoons of bacon fat into the skillet and fry onions until almost browned. Set aside in a bowl.
[3] Pour fond liquid into skillet and add tomatoes. Cook until reduced to a thick sauce.
[4] Pour sauce over pasta. Add onions and bacon, and toss. Add parmesan to taste and toss. Serve immediately.
[serves 6]
today was really spent cooking. i intended to wake up at my usual time, sometime around 7, but apparently my body thought it needed more sleep. i think it may have actually needed more sleep, as i didn’t feel tired immediately after i woke up (at 10am). i then proceeded to make pancakes, the recipe of which i am still fiddling with. the past couple of times that i have used 2T of baking powder, there was definitely a baking powder taste, although they are still as fluffy and absorbent as they always are. i think i’ll drop it down to 1T and see how it goes. i also tried splitting the milk between buttermilk and whole milk because buttermilk has no fat, but there was no noticeable difference. oddly enough, the egg whites were slightly runny (translate: old) but they whipped up faster than usual. was it the fork? or the metal bowl? who knows. maybe harold mcgee does! (more…)
since i last posted. in fact, a few months. i thus have a long list of things to say, hopefully interesting things. unfortunately, i haven’t been able to keep up with my tech column, though this blog is more interesting anyway. food kudos for best […]
fettuccine with eggplant in a tomato-onion cream sauce 1 28-oz can whole tomatoes 3 onions, halved and sliced 1 medium eggplant, cut into 2″-3″ long strips 2T olive oil 1/4c cream 1/2c parmesan cheese, grated salt to taste 1 lb fettuccine [1] heat oil in […]
so on monday, natalia suggested an excellent idea for a potluck. the concept was this: each person would bring an ingredient and we would cook things with what we ended up with, for better or for worse. josh and carrie gave v + me a ride to natalia’s apartment on western ave, stopping by whole foods, where as usual we wanted to buy everything in the store but didn’t have the funds necessary. the things we amassed: sage, savory, heirloom tomatoes, corn, shallots, bell peppers, coconut milk, white peaches, boneless, skinless chicken thighs, and cod.
i think the key to this kind of party is to have people go shopping on their own – so what people bring is really a surprise. for us, it was more that we cooked dinner together, which was certainly lots of fun anyway. we ended up with caramelised corn and shallots, peach-tomato relish/salsa, cod with cajun seasoning, chicken with savory, mushrooms, and onions, and lots of natalia’s excellent bread. when mary arrived, she asked the same question we asked: “where did you get the bread?” (more…)
it’s been a long time since I last wrote, pretty much because it’s been so darn hot that turning on the stove and/or oven just isn’t an option. however, the past couple of days have been quite favorable towards cooking, so I got back into […]