Archive for the ‘ Sweet ’ Category

Chiles en Nogada and a Quail Egg Skewer

Chiles en nogada is a dish that strikes fear in the hearts of many a chef.  It’s a multi-day affair replete with dozens of steps deceptive in their seeming simplicity.  You might think peeling chilies is a relatively straightforward affair, but if you consider that you first must roast them, then sweat them, then peel [ READ MORE ]

I Wish Key Lime Pie Could Cure Cancer

  In less than three weeks I’m headed to the bright lights and bustle of New York Citeeee, yee haw!  Ok, in my head that line made much more sense than it does on the page, you have to hear the drawled out vowels and hick-like voice for it to resonate.  Anyway, I’m headed there because [ READ MORE ]

A Mad Men Birthday Draper-Style: Party Like it’s 1962

  When your birthday is three days before Christmas and you grow up in the United States, there is very little you can do to separate the day from the ever-eclipsing holiday mayhem.  There is the inevitable dual gifting you’ve heard about, I’m sure, coupled with an incessant round of holiday parties that tend to fall [ READ MORE ]

Antipasto del Mundo: Prosciutto, Persimmon, Cranberry, Cheddar and Salumi

  Looking for a quick antipasto platter that uses a selection of fall flavors from cross-cultures? I am your woman today.  I’m serving up a bit of prosciutto direct from Parma, Italy.  What’s always nice with prosciutto? Many say melon, but it’s November for god sakes- no hostess worth her mostest would dare bust out a [ READ MORE ]

BACON ice cream LETTUCE sorbet TOMATO gelato (the BLT redux)

  How many reinventions can the classic BLT sandwich undergo? This version, while not your typical rendition, certainly packs a punch in the department of deliciousness.  My new favorite thing is blind gelato tastings; it’s amazing the flavors people think they’re eating, and when you break down and tell them the actual taste, the look on [ READ MORE ]

Beets: One Ingredient Three Courses- Insalata, Gnocchi then Gelato

  We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.                                                                                 -TS Eliot I don’t know what it is about the last stanza of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock that has always made me think of beets.  I mean sure, the word [ READ MORE ]