So in the search for all things decadent and bad for me (curse you, ‘betus!) I came across something that was delicious despite the fact that it doesn’t aggravate my blood sugar at all! Heart problems are another matter entirely, but I ain’t seventy yet! Here is a recipe I’ve cobbled together from several different [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Chicken and Mushroom Marsala
Continuing in my obsession with this lady’s food , I made this tasty dish today. The onions and mushrooms come together very nicely with the sweetness of the marsala, and the chicken cooked in the sauce is ridiculously tender. Also, no fear of overcooking the chicken in an attempt to escape salmonella! Cooking the chicken in [...]
Chimatherapy
This is everyone else’s review of Chima: “OH GOD I AM SO FAT HALP ZZZZZZ.” Chima is a restaurant in Tysons Corner with a format along the lines of Malibu Grill. You pay a set (mostly expensive) fee, and strong-armed men bring you pieces of meat, as much as you can eat. There is no [...]
Pasta Primavera
Pasta and creamy sauce, what could be better? It’s even HEALTHY, because there are vegetables in.
Bread
Help, I need a camera that doesn’t make the world blurry. I was impressed how this batch came out. Back to flying…
Shrimp Scampi Redux
“Scampi” apparently refers to a specific type of Norwegian lobster! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_scampi) Who knew? (Other than Thara.) The Americanized, use as a method of preparation, suddenly seems clunky and I’ll refer to this cooking method as “pwned” from now on. As in, I sauteed some salt & pepper dusted shrimp with butter, garlic, white wine and [...]
A variety of animals that nom
Should this be the blog theme song?
First Food Failure, lovingly retold.
Scale of Fail: 1 million vs. 300 in Battle of Thermopylae, then getting pushed back into Persia by the fucking Athenians. So here’s my problem. When I make up recipes, I think things will be GREAT. They are not always great. I feel like I’ve got imagination, but terrible form. The form will come with [...]