Thursday for lunch, Quim made us a delicious muscle and pea soup with a saffron and leek broth. The recipe is really simple: 1) Add 1 c. h2o, 1/2 c. of sweet vermouth, and 2 fresh bay leaves to a pot 3) dump in fresh muscles 4) steam muscles until all are opened (discard any …
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Life in small town, Colorado
As the subheading of my blog reads "Food, Love, and Life (Not always in that order)", this post is mostly about love and life. At the end, I'll post a dynamite chocolate cake recipe that is terrible for the body, but excellent for the soul. It's my great grandmother Agnes Nolan's chocolate cake. She was …
Valentine’s Day Thai-ish food!
Yes, it has been a slow year of blogging, so far. But, I'm off to Spain very soon and then my culinary adventure updates will be more regular (I'd like to say everyday, but my goal is a minimum of 5 days a week). So, what did I cook for Carnet for Valentine's? Thai-ish, of …
Stuffed salmon for dinner, a different “dinner” for breakfast, and some nutritional healing
After a full day of packing, I went up to S & F's for dinner. MMMMMM! We had stuffed salmon, grilled eggplant Thai-style, roasted vegies and a cauliflower "risotto" (riceless). Fred stuffed the salmon with sundried tomatoes, basil, feta, onions, and roasted red peppers. Then, he sauteed the stuffed salmon in butter, brown sugar and …
Comfort food – stuffed meatloaf and egg nog bread pudding
My mom grew up in the midwest and she loves midwest comfort food - meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and bread pudding. So, last night she made meatloaf and bread pudding. Busaba, Bev and Ian supplied the potatoes, salad and bbq'd corn. But, unlike some of the food in the midwest and especially traditional midwest …
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Mex food night and a quick braised greens recipe that’s awesome
The other day when I said 2012 food has not been that exciting so far, of course I meant with the exception of going to Shan's for Mexican night! Above, her lovely table and the food. The menu: Likikoi margaritas (the best I've ever had) rimmed with li hing mui; marinated and grilled tuna on …
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Hangover food and 3 rounds of chicken
Isn't this sandwich beautiful? I am a bit of a sandwich queen, despite my attempts at eating Paleo which has provided Carnet with much success in how he feels and looks. There's something so satisfying about 2 really good pieces of bread housing a fantastic sauce or sauces (the gooey-er the better in my book), …
Graduation and End of 2011 re-cap
Graduation was on December 20. What fun! Above is a pic of our whole class on Dec. 19 with our final exam judges. Below are a few shots of us in different groups. My mom flew out from CO and Carnet flew in from Japan. Carnet was a super champ, as I made him …
Days 107 and 108: Monkfish (ummm, on the Monterey Bay seafood watch list!) and Wild Mushroom pasta (yeah, a vegetarian dish other than salad)!
Yesterday, I was on monkfish. I'm not sure why that's on our menu. Is it cheap? Seems awfully silly to put monkfish on the menu in California when, 1) it's on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch List, which means do not buy or eat!, and 2) it's from the Atlantic. We can't get any …
Day 106: poissonnier, arctic char, and some more practical advice on fish
Today, I moved to poissonnier and made the arctic char dish, for 7 customers to be exact. Arctic char is such a beautiful looking fish. Unfortunately, our recipe pairs it with a chickpea cake that tastes like complete ____ and a radicchio that's just not tasty. Granted, it was my first day making the dish …
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Salty Apron 