Most people have heard of Julia Child, and most foodies think of her fondly. What I am most fond about her was her ability to make mistakes on camera, deal with it, and move on. Now a days the ol' Food Network would never show someone dropping a piece of meat on the ground, picking it up, dusting it off and using it. The horror. I mean if I drop a $50 beef tenderloin on the floor at home, I am going to throw it out, right? Not. I'm quite fed up with the Food Network and their on going quest to provide less and less actual cooking on the network. They seemed to be more concerned with making sure Rachel Ray has highlights in her hair and Giada's boobs are peaking out at every possible moment. And the thing that irks me the most is that everything is “perfect, just perfect” to quote Ina Garten. Now don't get me wrong, I love the Barefoot Contessa, but really, how can every fricken thing she makes be perfect? I experiment in the kitchen a lot. Sometimes what I make turns … [Read more...]
Tuesdays with Dorie….
I'm sick. Sick. Sick. I can't even tell you what this weeks TWD baked good tasted like. It looked good. But food and I are not getting along right now. But being the trooper that I am I got this done. Luckily, this week was Pecan Sour Cream Biscuits(selected by Ashley of Eat Me Delicious) and so little time was needed to accomplish it. Make sure to check out the Tuesdays With Dorie blog to see way better efforts than me this week. Off to bed. Pecan Sour Cream Biscuits (Makes about 12 biscuits) 2 cups all-purpose flour (or 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/3 cup cake flour) 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 10 pieces 1/2 cup cold sour cream 1/4 cold whole milk 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans, preferably toasted Getting Ready: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Get out a sharp 2-inch-diameter biscuit cutter and line … [Read more...]
If you like Pina Coladas….
My mother likes to remind me from time to time that I tell embarrassing things about our family on this blog. I reminded her that I did not tell embarrassing stories about our family...just me, my husband, her and my dad. My brother's and their families have yet to be brought down in blog glory. :) I also told her that she should stop providing me with so much embarrassing material then I would have nothing to write about. :P So keeping with embarrassing, I will embarrass myself today by saying that though I have access to some of the best seafood around, my husband and I usually go to Red Lobster once a year. Are you happy mom? I am embarrassing myself, not you(you are up next week). Now in all fairness though, I don't actually go for the seafood. You are feeling better about this now, aren't you? I go for two things, the Cheddar Bay Biscuits and a Sunset Passion Colada. If you are unfamiliar with the Red Lobster, you will live I can assure you. But if you have been surely you know … [Read more...]
Housewarming….the non-virtual one
So back towards the end of January I held my housewarming party. It was only females, most of who belonged to either a Newlywed group I hang out with or the Book Club Girls. I chose to go this route because my husband and I's friends are most definitely eclectic and probably wouldn't mesh all that well...plus, I'm not paying for alcohol for hockey players(we throw back..a lot). I of course made more food than what the girls could eat, but my mother raised me to cook for 50...even when only 5 were coming. We had a couple vegetarians and so I kept that in mind when making the menu. The menu looked like this(keep in mind this was a 1:00pm party): Cheese Platter with Grapes and Apples: Cabernet Soaked Cheddar, Balrina Hard Goat Cheese, Double Cream Brie, and Mango-Ginger Stilton Cheddar Ale Spread Hummus and Veggies Pear, Pecan and Gorgonzola Salad Puff Pastry Bites filled with Chicken Salad Puff Pastry Bites filled with Goat Cheese and Roasted Peppers Bacon wrapped Water … [Read more...]
