i broke my mayonnaise. but i am here to tell you that it is fixable. i started mine in the vita-mix and well, it’s just not the way to go. unless perhaps you’re making a very large quantity and then the whirly thingamajig will actually be able to blend what’s in there. but one egg yolk, some […]
Entries from April 2008
king crab and arugula with lemon aioli
April 29th, 2008 · 33 Comments
spaghetti with white clam sauce: aka, thomas keller is trying to kill us
April 27th, 2008 · 804 Comments
the people over at ‘serious eats’ may have their own version of this (and in multi-parts), which i do find amusing, but so you know, i simply can not STAND this woman – her food will never touch my culinary radar, the mere thought of possibly cooking any of her unappealing southern fat-bomb recipes repels me beyond belief – which unfortunately […]
i blew up my flan
April 23rd, 2008 · 44 Comments
but not on purpose. you see, i followed the rick bayless recipe word for word, but i used my tan colored organic all natural sugar – and well, i’m pretty certain that may have been the problem. the small saucepan of simple caramelized syrup felt wrong from the get go. it never did what it was supposed […]
“IRON FORK” results (aka… who loves you?)
April 22nd, 2008 · 761 Comments
dear readers, i just wanted to stop and take a moment and tell you how much i truly appreciated all your contest entries, and even the fact that you take the time to read my little food blog… and that you are all so nice to me – and well, it never ceases to amaze me […]
harissa shrimp and polenta with grilled tomatoes
April 21st, 2008 · 30 Comments
i just wrote an entire post on this dish, hit publish and IT WAS LOST FOREVER. and now i wanna literally cry because well, i’m tired. and other stuff. but i took a long time writing this post and i thought it was kinda good, and with a ton of links… but dear readers, i just can’t recreate […]
Tags: polenta · seafood · tomatoes
whole wheat apple muffins
April 19th, 2008 · 38 Comments
i just needed to simply and quickly tell you that i made these muffins and they were gone in one day. a solid dozen. gone for good – goodbye. cary had 5. yes, five. and i even forgot to brown sugar the tops as per the recipe. but then they might have been gone in half a day. and well, the […]
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Tags: baking
WIN TICKETS to the “IRON FORK”
April 16th, 2008 · 61 Comments
hey nashville? we need to talk, ok? because here at ‘ceF‘, i’ve got something both exciting and wonderous to tell you – AND to give you. well not all of you. but 5 of you. yep, 5 of you and your one very special friend. so that’s 10 whole people whose lives i get to enrich, expand and perhaps even alter – forever. dear […]
