It’s time for the monthly food fight hosted by Mel of Gourmet Fury and Leela of She Simmers. The theme ingredient this month? [drum rolls] ..Mushrooms!! My submission is this simple but sophisticated appetizer that everyone can make at home in a snap. Well, if you use store bought puff pastry that is. If in [...]
Remember when the food critic, Anton Ego, reviews the restaurant the young Linguini has just taken over in the movie Ratatouille? Anton, who looks like a geeky Count Dracula, is served ratatouille. His first reaction is to dismiss it as peasant dish, but after the first bite he’s overcome with childhood memories. Ego has a [...]
(This may look like a tomato but it’s in fact the incarnation of the 127th Buddha, yes really!)
Heirloom tomatoes stand-out of the crowd for their so-called ugliness. They also stand out from the other mass-produced automatoes because they appear to have a soul. That sweet expression of compassion tinged with sorrow carved onto their [...]
Big Bossman was quite chatty and pleasant today, he even brought some beautiful zuchinni blossoms from his garden in the Hamptons. Too bad such nice behavior is considered extremely suspect in the private chef world. A boss too friendly should give you the willies. That’s the rule. Exactly 18 seconds later he asked if i [...]
