let’s get fat and sassy
I recently purchased a copy of “I Know How to Cook” by Ginette Mathiot, which is a translation of the French classic Je Sais Cuisiner. I’ve made a few things from it already, and here’s one of my favorites so far:
Sole à la meunière (Translation: Fancy-ass fish sticks.)
1 lb Dover sole filets*
salt, pepper, flour, milk
1 [...]
Everyone is familiar with the Mexican tortilla (”wut tacos &c r made of”), but in Spainish cuisine, a tortilla is a thick omelet which contains layers of (usually) potatoes and onions, and occasionally other Spanishy ingredients (tuna, chorizo, tomatoes, and cheese are common). This delightful dish is a staple of Spanish cuisine and is usually [...]
Last year, Ryan gave me two cookbooks for Christmas: one devoted to cake, and one devoted to bacon. He knows me pretty well. Now, baking is still a strange and terrifying world to me. I have to battle my tendency to be extremely impatient. It stresses me out to think that the slightest deviation from [...]
This embarrassingly simple recipe does in a pinch for dinner, especially when you want something easy and uncomplicated, yet good enough to impress a boy (or a girl)! I used to consider butter cheating… but have you ever tasted this stuff? IT’S AWESOME
Chicken breasts in sage brown butter (with polenta!)
Serves 2 to a great degree [...]
Not long ago, a bunch of medievalists I know went apple-picking, as you do here in the city named after unusually large fruit, resulting in 15 lbs of apples sitting on my kitchen floor. I did what one naturally does under these circumstances while avoiding paper-writing, and baked: first whole-wheat apple muffins with brown sugar, [...]
Delicious soft pumpkin cookies, just in time for Halloween. Not that you should stop making them once the holiday is over.
So by popular request (i.e. harassment from Jo) here is the recipe for the illustrious winner of Chef’s Choice at the chili cook-off.
Ingredients:
2 Green Bell Peppers
3-4 Jalapeño Peppers
1-2 White Onions
1 Large Can Tomato Sauce (~29 oz)
1 Can Tomato Paste (~12 oz)
1 Bottle of Beer
3 Cans of Beans (16 oz each)
1 Pound Ground Chicken
1 Pound Ground [...]
I am the precisely wrong person to write about the 1st Annual Gloria Huang Birthday Chili Cook-Off, considering that hours after my first-prize triumph, I had to be generously driven by the 3rd placeman to the hospital to ease my insufferable stomach flu symptoms. (Full disclosure, none of these chilis cause spontaneous stomach flu, but [...]
I tried out vodka pasta the other day using fresh ingredients from the farmer’s market! Here’s the recipe I used:
1 quart of roma tomatoes (or 1 can of crushed tomatoes) – a quart was about 8 or 9 tomatoes for me
3-4 cloves of garlic
3/4 cup finely chopped onion or shallots
1/2 cup peas
1 cup vodka
1/2 cup [...]
MUTTON
Okay not really. This is going to be short and sweet.
WHAT YOU NEED:
Pork Chops
Parmesan Cheese (flaked if possible, shredded if not)
Italian Breadcrumbs (homemade or otherwise)
~2 eggs
Salt, pepper, spices as you desire
Canola Oil
This is incredibly easy. First grab three good sized bowls large enough to dredge the chops through. Fill teh first with your parmesan, crack [...]