tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61946254040373540662024-02-07T09:13:46.950-08:00East of AlderNelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-83678946519517484822011-03-27T10:58:00.001-07:002011-03-27T15:20:29.621-07:00April Showers Bring May Flowers: Spring Risotto<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">As you may know, Spring is here in Seattle! I love to see all the tree lined streets with blossoms, while pups trot about, dancing in the spring showers. NO MORE cozing by the fire, it's time for walks outside and farmers market outings, trading in Uggs for rain boots, and new dishes! Baby veggies are practically jumping out of the ground into my shopping basket. A radish here, a pod of peas there…wait. Peas don't live underground. Heh, baby carrots do, though. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I chose the recipe below, based on what I have been focusing on the last couple of weeks, which is collecting recipes for my </span></span><a href="https://www.celebratedchefs.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">new job</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, which I started in January. I got into an in depth discussion on risottos (and as many of you know, one of my favorite things to make) and decided to try out a new food pairing that is: zucchini+prosecco+grana padano</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3ucarOofXTnhFi42R2V8SRnlRnmWndgKaBjhnPZcrtzVycYMXd3uyyeFfW19AeLHGUM7nFQyI07c5FrgER-t-tLLNcMhOUXNNNH-H1ZmIemaddfu6rZ6NNjDRb7Xz0C0aRoiX3WfmI-v/s1600/20110324_0963.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3ucarOofXTnhFi42R2V8SRnlRnmWndgKaBjhnPZcrtzVycYMXd3uyyeFfW19AeLHGUM7nFQyI07c5FrgER-t-tLLNcMhOUXNNNH-H1ZmIemaddfu6rZ6NNjDRb7Xz0C0aRoiX3WfmI-v/s400/20110324_0963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588821897381737026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Spring Risotto with Prosecco and Young Zucchini</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">6 cups chicken or vegetable stock, warmed</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">3 tablespoons olive oil</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">3-4 shallots, diced</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">2 cups arborio rice</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">1 cup Prosecco</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">2 cups young zucchini and squash, cubed</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Large dollop of Creme Fraiche</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">2 tablespoons butter</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">1/2 cup grated </span></span><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2010/08/31/grana-padano-cheese-course/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Grana Padano</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> cheese</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUNW52iFe_inIteAW41r8PQVQJs2GS82wxpeTWJaBr0Dnh694gX9LiK4ljaxRDMQUuyqjQlIo-gRrI4YU5GzOpipTXplQp-RXmddcurKe1J73ICBKKsdJ2kUku9AR_6udSmMDjvJsKFxi/s1600/20110324_0967.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUNW52iFe_inIteAW41r8PQVQJs2GS82wxpeTWJaBr0Dnh694gX9LiK4ljaxRDMQUuyqjQlIo-gRrI4YU5GzOpipTXplQp-RXmddcurKe1J73ICBKKsdJ2kUku9AR_6udSmMDjvJsKFxi/s400/20110324_0967.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588821902519148082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Simple Elegance</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Bring stock to a low simmer in a medium pot. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat for 1 minute. Cook shallots until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add rice and a pinch of salt. Sauté until rice is coated in oil, 1 to 2 minutes. Add prosecco; bring to a simmer, stirring, until rice has absorbed most of the sparkling wine. Add 2 ladles of stock to rice; simmer, stirring, until rice has absorbed most of stock. Continue adding stock, allowing rice to absorb it before adding the next ladleful. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">dd a ladle of stock when you can see the bottom of the pan as you drag your wooden spoon through the risotto</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Add the zucchini/squash in during the last 10 minutes of cooking time.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Cook until rice is al dente and mixture is a little loose. Stir in butter. Turn off heat. Stir in cheese. Garnish your fine meal with a dollop of creme fraiche and some 1980's zucchini shavings a la Wolfgang Puck. </span></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUNW52iFe_inIteAW41r8PQVQJs2GS82wxpeTWJaBr0Dnh694gX9LiK4ljaxRDMQUuyqjQlIo-gRrI4YU5GzOpipTXplQp-RXmddcurKe1J73ICBKKsdJ2kUku9AR_6udSmMDjvJsKFxi/s1600/20110324_0967.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZGJwO87RHNGx3AsxQdmD9TgOxOwLcFnoR8LoFkz7xLeKgoP0K8tpdIa9Iu-6gln_e8EN_a-5iy-ygf2XSf4NZag6W_Uh06kZx3cvEtNcSNy9-sD86qM_hCkaS8vA9XjpV9ukzWsStB0_/s400/20110324_0976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588822749866100722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">huzzah!</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-1380433713209261432011-01-02T14:44:00.000-08:002011-03-27T10:57:18.768-07:00Agave Granola<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInn9Cotg6XrSZnwQ9kRmhUo2XX2-_CrbH0V7HuMVthrSDFTGOwThxHlaMxuJ4nwtkAZDHvEvrYpBinMhNAo10r7n-OuoKFn92wKR2dr_5x-OpWglQAOmOF4khPISNWEn_PspHD6PJHkkb/s1600/20110102_0991.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInn9Cotg6XrSZnwQ9kRmhUo2XX2-_CrbH0V7HuMVthrSDFTGOwThxHlaMxuJ4nwtkAZDHvEvrYpBinMhNAo10r7n-OuoKFn92wKR2dr_5x-OpWglQAOmOF4khPISNWEn_PspHD6PJHkkb/s400/20110102_0991.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588813119587719442" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">(Goodbye Fall and Winter)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 21px; font-size: medium; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 21px; font-size: medium; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Nelle's Homemade Agave Sweetened Granola</span></b></span></div><ul color="initial" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 7px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 7px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; line-height: 21px; "><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">2 tablespoons canola oil</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/4 cup agave syrup</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/4 cup honey</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1 cup applesauce</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1 teaspoon ground cinnamon</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1 teaspoon ground ginger</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">3 tablespoons light brown sugar</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">6 cups old-fashioned rolled oats</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1 cup slivered almonds</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/2 cup wheat germ</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/2 cup ground flax seed</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1/4 teaspoon salt</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">1 cup diced dried candied ginger</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Preheat oven to 325°F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Mix all the dry ingredients in large bowl. Stir honey, applesauce, vanilla, and oil in saucepan over medium-low heat until smooth. Pour honey-apple-oil mixture over oat mixture; toss. Spread on prepared sheet. Bake until golden brown, stirring every 10 minutes, about 45 minutes. Place sheet on drying rack. Stir granola a bit to cool. Mix in candied ginger. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 10px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><br /></span></span></span></em></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 10px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Serve this little treat with greek yogurt or simply munch it when you want to feel whole.<br /></span></span></span></em><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></span></div></span>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-9254910442311287092010-07-21T21:20:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:36:42.104-07:00Simple Tomato Tart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAKCS-Xz0HRsTjzW1J2zsUeBqAitmKDb6kqhfeTOomdHgXSCrVCf3tnK6m3OA3EgbJXazwCd6Kr3OowSAII26S15VmL2VyfzaGJjhGfCRWH3c3eP6mNie0WQedhteWKFWiBhpwqWuLALj/s1600/20100719_0697.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAKCS-Xz0HRsTjzW1J2zsUeBqAitmKDb6kqhfeTOomdHgXSCrVCf3tnK6m3OA3EgbJXazwCd6Kr3OowSAII26S15VmL2VyfzaGJjhGfCRWH3c3eP6mNie0WQedhteWKFWiBhpwqWuLALj/s400/20100719_0697.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497198626100378658" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhlnKIVtNqrVeJ3su1iRcrUg2JiwUAEIKTt5rH9Ol8vGShBrKGixv324b1Nl7SdekMx_ZSqJMdpbIASENiKd4pORe2Rkl7xdVDyVt8N99CuePO7gCAZe3vlW_n6nlN9RzszQynW5RbPfU/s1600/20100719_0694.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Greetings, friends!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There has been a great many items made in the past week, and I would love to share them with you. Some are projects that take 1-2 hours…some are simple tasks that produce a delicious and sumptuous treat in mere minutes. THINK of the time that you waste, slaving over lamb lollipops, when you could be making a rustic and seasonal bite that inspires a summers eve in Tuscany. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Please introduce (or, reacquaint) yourself to frozen puff pastry. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLngws8jH6I_n6sqXui4EHnMrmGnnPPeEvBDVm2pb3u40IhTq01dYLPKtrW5Y7wCILgWLO0tEQ2ogKVZt_KsYhPXzObxLscHUviprtUllCPzPBvwci-jt0kNHCqPBkOffCtxkXpO7MQUOt/s400/20100718_0677.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496586688629318114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Obviously, there is a multitude of things you could be doing with this product; the most difficult would be </span></span><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/restaurant/techniques/pastry.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">making the actual puff pastry itself</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The easiest application would be to simply open a box and adorn with delicacies, bake, and serve…which is what I did, errrr. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The reality is this: You could throw a fantastic cocktail party with a couple of these tarts, mixed olives, fine cheesery, and charcuterie. I'm not going to lie, I am pretty fun at parties and if you ever have one, please invite me?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Begin with the following items;</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One sheet frozen puff pastry (thaw out for 30 min on the counter) Do not try to unfold the puff pastry when it's frozen, or it will crack. Unfold when defrosted only</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Assortment of heirloom tomatoes or farmers market/homegrown. Try to get an assortment of colors and shapes from large to cherry tomatoes. Whatever you do..please don't use watery/tasteless/grainy fruits. This tart only has ONE LIFE. Please do not waste it on a dull sad sack of a tomato</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Olive Oil</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sea Salt and Pepper</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Herbs (I used a basil olive oil to drizzle upon the tart: Basil+ Olive oil mixed in the mini food processor) you may sprinkle on fresh thyme, oregano, or marjoram leaves or chop some basil finely and toss with tomatoes.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Do not add salt at this point, season only with black pepper</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUDI8QoubeBGn8eKpc-WsPUc2i6vv94gJg6bJErWqma4B4UZCFS234vUE63wx4IvCJt4NAID43clFa5oetcnaGQzQOmB9vzw-ycBgJulUj249gSGWaEYfbcEmXnEYXMLX_U3gGj2edlXy/s400/20100718_0684.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496587029076450338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRycxZwKLjVdhQAKw-s3zkjRTMhaQPnLXLldmQnj7Hl8RU_0RdBCyvczxSt37zv1y62vd0fk9bAClj9sz0N83McXwW_P1BHroeIXgTPzFThb7nPg0YCvVMqBxgUT_toorHxlVpIX-1JUFW/s400/20100718_0686.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496587042051296098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Preheat oven to 375 degrees</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Line a sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicon mat, and lay the puff pastry down.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Score a 1/2 inch border along the pastry to create a ledge and then use the tines of a fork to prick the inside of the border. Pricking the pastry with a fork will prevent it from puffing up too much. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lay your tomatoes in a decorative pattern on the pastry, careful not to overlap the fruit, otherwise sogginess will ensue. Some of the larger tomatoes I had were a little hollow, so I layered with another slice. This did not effect the crisp end product. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02VsMjv7gPg1rOVtEshu5CM5GTMgpnEyQVoUg-C0ARYOATPlwAlE697dRhgB52o7vLgYvW5effQrHXMvb625aMVacr-M3qvxPP3KW0opQCZy20-dL-90ue5uJj9VV-kd9LpLbp6t1S-eU/s400/20100718_0681.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496586707859179474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DPDhPdY1Yl2p59z2AHutAcFNy56TxjMcEIFuMio8yl7VuyePQcuLjphPJYs7T8E3ytuebGybha42XvDpg66wMj7tUBT2Eh9gaKodbFUBfBhPx0S0aNnLpOG0hkJbvziF-6rNqgmosSX_/s400/20100718_0680.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496586696137155714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Drizzle tomatoes with olive oil, herbs, and black pepper. If you are making the basil oil, dollop some on the tomatoes right when you take it out of the oven so the basil stays bright. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bake for 30-40 minutes until the pastry is golden brown. Finish the dish with a generous dashing of fine sea salt. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I had to make a mini one all for myself.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSl0efrLMrCsHcImuF70sheYjtQTyPEg4ppOQax49wn8f8WNJoAHtsfmUivjQNibvVMTzGzTqlTZFu6ll17DxXftd3DcHlMnut8-ni30pbmH7ijh9Frem9WsYKzjF56KX-4CxqGv4jzhVQ/s400/20100719_0696.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497196192826031698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Party Size!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaypuExErbAEHlJk_qRwQfeQNkNVeOcTm0rC3Y_ttwHtmplDdITKIcqaJBiSX19tPxk1l_ykhz6v2c-ZeqDq0W1BvvzkU1flAM4JEwFhII2FD0_W30Wgg37En4h1rMMQCL5st4ysEnZpS8/s400/20100719_0699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497196199272523650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-43734926045300994842010-07-18T22:01:00.000-07:002010-07-20T14:52:58.718-07:00Muscovy Duck Salad at DeLaurenti's Specialty Food and Wine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDV-O45aAUyEPEYdRaZjGm6LtlCb96X1_cStNEuZFr7u0QChxJ7NSCSztUx7N4auLMB9J7FmdCW8HeHnH2o8Er5yF1aQsONd0r8xBzQHdZQ8DpEC2hZUrDgt1PhUC3Vdu3XwgDgzrPLErY/s1600/IMG_1166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDV-O45aAUyEPEYdRaZjGm6LtlCb96X1_cStNEuZFr7u0QChxJ7NSCSztUx7N4auLMB9J7FmdCW8HeHnH2o8Er5yF1aQsONd0r8xBzQHdZQ8DpEC2hZUrDgt1PhUC3Vdu3XwgDgzrPLErY/s400/IMG_1166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495499951083057106" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nyZ6kVj5ALetujH44h4271O7p0JZkeNxCRCaxsTMgFjF455b6CGrR91h1T0JaxGsHUHB-uEKQrBHN_MpPafZ0cSxUgU7szTL2w1ilAsp-l_Vn0V6FLTMNICOAS_mFbEBrfmfGPIGZM6E/s1600/IMG_1158.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ah...DeLaurenti's</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love this store. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If I could change my name to Nelle "DeLaurenti's Specialty Food and Wine" Bruce, I would.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Instead I will settle for perusing their aisles, munching on my favorite panino (mortadella on grissini with olive oil), and looking forward to my Christmas stocking (NO, I am not 6 years old but I did swallow a cherry pit today..) which is always filled with specialty food items goodies. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ah. The cheeses, the meats. The CHEESES AND THE MEATS. Then there is fantastical array of vinegars, mustards, oil packed tuna!, olive oils, cookies, spices, pastas fresh (a la </span><a href="http://ethanstowellrestaurants.com/lagana/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ethan Stowell</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) and dried. I could go on, but perhaps you would like to know why I babble on?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I frequently visit the store's website in hopes that they will call for my employment one day. On other days, I view up to date information on the latest shipment of white truffles or, on occasion I view recipes. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since last week was a special event, I decided to opt for a new and exciting meal, one of which I have no experience whatsoever cooking.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.delaurenti.com/recipes/2010/07/muscovy_duck_salad.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Muscovy Duck Salad</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(click link for recipe)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As DeLaurenti's says...duck is your friend. It does yield some extra fat, but said fat can be used in many dish after your consumption of the initial salad. I recommend roasted potatoes in duck fat. Or scrambled eggs (in a bit of DF) finished with truffle salt. Then go ahead and pop some champagne. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I duck-gress...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A brief word about these breasteses;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Muscovy duck originated in Brazil and is more lean and flavorful than its more commercialized counterpart, the Pekin duck. Do pay attention to what type you are buying, because finding </span><a href="http://www.chow.com/ingredients/128"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Muscovy or Moulard</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a fancy fowl treat! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZWeEPbxxuZbed5NC6AOUm8DHCMJ-JnVSqTRUnKICaBciBXcxaN3OH9TnVddQlphV89we7BNYUXQNbqv_yp8mm4Vq31rZzXsBSz1GZdf0hG3bYcnN4q9PZ8FMxwpEXKzQg7GyVT2w884o/s320/IMG_1152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495483857974719522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Muscovy Duck, prepped for searing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I would like to add, that I really could of used one of those </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-746588-13-Splatter-Guard/dp/B00004SU1E"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">fat splatter shield things</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> while searing this duck, because though it's a leaner duck, there is still a lot of fat rendered in the pan as well as rendered into my face *Oh the hot oil* as I peered upon the progress. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvUu6GhyphenhyphenBMlah4SdCPD72rA9ECMU_NNmPoVwQBhbVMmi7EVtUAAboDV38ajWOcLLrWT54aQT-7Zhcv2cCri0FzfdctuZa2cjq-k5OdTEu7Danj237GKk7DlFrBMGSBCbidiiXPUiW_Zuy/s320/IMG_1162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495483873266323554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Achieve a crust by searing each breast, fat side down to start. Then, finish in the oven for 3 min per side @400 degrees </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nyZ6kVj5ALetujH44h4271O7p0JZkeNxCRCaxsTMgFjF455b6CGrR91h1T0JaxGsHUHB-uEKQrBHN_MpPafZ0cSxUgU7szTL2w1ilAsp-l_Vn0V6FLTMNICOAS_mFbEBrfmfGPIGZM6E/s320/IMG_1158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495483881421823298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Take a moment to open some wine prematurely)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While the breasts sear (should take less than 10 minutes) you may choose to drink wine or assemble the dressing. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I chose both. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Literally, the best dressing for simple greens are a combination of the following foundation items;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A FINE olive oil</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Acid (vinegar or lemon, I often use both)</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Generous S&P (please only use fine, course sea salt and coursely ground pepper. Anxiety will occur if table salt/bottled pepper is let near a vinaigrette)</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dijon Mustard</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shallot (and or garlic, though none was used in this recipe) </span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This formula comes together in a matter of moments with a mini food processor, blender, or cave man age bowl and whisk. In general, try to have the salad err on the more acid-idy side. No one likes to eat an oily salad, it has been documented:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><object width="448" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.sling.com/v/333252"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.sling.com/v/333252" height="280" width="448" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gather salad accouterment. Be sure to choose a fine goat cheese for this salad, since there are not many other ingredients. The marinated beets are deliciously spiced with rosemary, ginger and lemon, but also evoke some holiday spices as well. Cinnamon? Cloves? They reminded me a lot of </span><a href="http://eastofalder.blogspot.com/2010/03/pickle-me-this.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pickle Me Nelle Onions</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FuYYMxMVPn-dZbjOC81CyuY0DfxkrQUtUmVaQIH_tNPOXp-lXqzCLWqdnbZtmkBipkjHs-KGKCMHo6UIXTL1mNIXz7E0QMEpn5BfvIQlu6wCEhkKZft0AQhP8firuS5mi59dQGgfTbVR/s320/IMG_1169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495493323526947810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Assemble your fine creation and thank the DeLaurenti's Gods!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DfdsLkpvKzL_9Ffi0FujCQpb2cZQIHxpaXgDhvyWU3AdfOC3EJQpEGXG9hIlOTRHQqip129hvCrO0mV7ex1GRPnRSYWqJPKP-77N1XtpJCvd7kfVv80VB6tMtczKtpxqJF-GP6WPfKAM/s320/IMG_1172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495495206537099602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Enjoy with a Provençal rose. A favorite pastime of mine in the summer months, is to end each sentence with;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"enjoy with a Provençal rose"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and so I shall. </span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-21768673423981204222010-07-17T17:49:00.000-07:002010-07-17T18:24:19.495-07:00Dark and Stormy?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hardly dark...and not yet stormy in July.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN32wNxWZd2CDqL2_eytEDJqGbxT9F3WzvI3mGBZbC5QAZW8hJA0jfjKQiD8MYXMQ0ODrixL98ZanfvSIof1cpJn5f-oz4K_vDLd6M-nJPmHPZwlH6y24wS6mxKcO2kRnQao7xT8_jxiGF/s1600/IMG_1187.JPG"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd8wyIDx9w3RqDFd-FKT6yivUNXsH00XJ0l32jJruDG67dU92eptRt-Rn6nDUnHH-3ztmB7sCz-KTiyE0si-sFXeZqxvA6ym7GgTSHhJSaERsrM01-jPvsJonv5ZNhbuhdjbxwBaWoGgZ/s1600/IMG_1181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd8wyIDx9w3RqDFd-FKT6yivUNXsH00XJ0l32jJruDG67dU92eptRt-Rn6nDUnHH-3ztmB7sCz-KTiyE0si-sFXeZqxvA6ym7GgTSHhJSaERsrM01-jPvsJonv5ZNhbuhdjbxwBaWoGgZ/s320/IMG_1181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495046296906109346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hello friends!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Happy hour time is upon us. Before I head out to dine on sushis, I thought I would share a recent cocktail that has come across my way... The Dark and Stormy!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Though the suns shine and the birds chirp here in the </span></span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=wenatchee&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Wenatchee,+WA&gl=us&ei=309CTML5NYO-sQPru9DuDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q8gEwAA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">'natchee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, we get a little hot when we occasionally step out of our air conditioned box. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">So, on a recent trip to </span></span><a href="http://www.delaurenti.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">DeLaurenti's</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, I came across some ginger beer that made me think of this classic beverage.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Necessities:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZq0WPHfLbf6ashiDdJ93NXenb67IGwKMnMqgprC-NTfhpPvqAL5WHRy1Eo1QREkI6uK55iB3dYTNWfBgNfB038tPZULN16LrIzHRXEw8kVEScV8KkryTqw-X4Ylvu5TUpFGBaxVY9RZO/s1600/IMG_1179.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZq0WPHfLbf6ashiDdJ93NXenb67IGwKMnMqgprC-NTfhpPvqAL5WHRy1Eo1QREkI6uK55iB3dYTNWfBgNfB038tPZULN16LrIzHRXEw8kVEScV8KkryTqw-X4Ylvu5TUpFGBaxVY9RZO/s320/IMG_1179.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495046279817115986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">Please engage in cocktail mode, and make one for yourself!</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Garner some ice cubes and throw them into a glass. Use reckless abandon.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pour 2oz of dark rum ( I experimented with a rum from Barbados, which is a bit lighter than the traditional, perhaps, Jamaican rum used) into a cocktail shaker. Use a water bottle from a </span></span><a href="http://www.ecycletours.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">local european cycling touring company</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> if you should lack a shaker.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFckq-1rsnFmi8AXUFhmTslyQit4V2w3BtVJzN_BQ51fXbCievta5mBvQdWgfvqvAfRyyNYEvgoeQge8qQtROD9d-0wznHUDlzc87xmB1K_BKb8KEXGKhGhywWljVBjXQ7xvWweoyRLpZ/s320/IMG_1180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495046288901312866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon wedge and 1 lime wedge, leave citrus carcass in the glass for good measure</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Top off with a </span></span><a href="http://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/articles/ginger-beer-recipes-0210/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ginger beer</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">. (commercially available bevies come in 6.8 FL oz.)</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Garnish with a lime wheel</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Dont be afraid to top yourself off with a rum floater. Heh!</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Serve in Provençal Bee Tumblers</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEIyDDzVh6LqV90Ti46_ngupKS5Pd6vZnEGD66s-m1ueb9jBWuZRm900w0m5-n5ttszTypfZR5zKsWEDZaWugMGo03wpG8HPfObhHm-9V-2bUM92DLKH1epdGc8YPRwlfCxQ3Jf9_Lf0F/s320/IMG_1183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495046306036099090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Todd likes it...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN32wNxWZd2CDqL2_eytEDJqGbxT9F3WzvI3mGBZbC5QAZW8hJA0jfjKQiD8MYXMQ0ODrixL98ZanfvSIof1cpJn5f-oz4K_vDLd6M-nJPmHPZwlH6y24wS6mxKcO2kRnQao7xT8_jxiGF/s320/IMG_1187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495046829572410194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">'nuff said.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-90651770023168904802010-07-16T12:30:00.001-07:002010-07-16T14:39:32.452-07:00Cherries Galore!<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">hi! i'm a cherry</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULax6dFEJQZEp2flbLLXrtA2RFT71RpXvcPJvf89j-j3zKvcoIbaAVW9fL1OP3Zb8eclqmSWgz832WNWYk6Ta3EpdVTaDwW2er2-HkMjGsDxmGemy9eVaz14hZ_KDWB4fuUG8AxBOEH8Z/s1600/IMG_1127.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY3PL7BjIBCS2Iu8THPubZF3qV42iqH7wJlKgnEVqHxtCZU2pK-QfXgmQaXAr_UtddfNVG2m2gz5_6c7ZXmCre0aFId6mqFlUwF34n0l8IJZGmPSso0kirp0Jv4CP1C5dLplxyDeC25lh/s1600/IMG_1128.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY3PL7BjIBCS2Iu8THPubZF3qV42iqH7wJlKgnEVqHxtCZU2pK-QfXgmQaXAr_UtddfNVG2m2gz5_6c7ZXmCre0aFId6mqFlUwF34n0l8IJZGmPSso0kirp0Jv4CP1C5dLplxyDeC25lh/s320/IMG_1128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494596746627204834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>and I want to be baked.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPJl6WnX7udDnYg05nEibZrYqP2NkgHuAfpAwo3iOjXOOlySPY-XwMU5S7vSsyblnaB1xURXnKM7xlW51gto98gFm8NJ6sRnd5tCWnOh53xuhqYwatOXu8ARcT7kLQQZb5HL01QoqPX4-/s1600/IMG_1122.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPJl6WnX7udDnYg05nEibZrYqP2NkgHuAfpAwo3iOjXOOlySPY-XwMU5S7vSsyblnaB1xURXnKM7xlW51gto98gFm8NJ6sRnd5tCWnOh53xuhqYwatOXu8ARcT7kLQQZb5HL01QoqPX4-/s320/IMG_1122.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494594790098799858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Happy Day!</span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This post reflects on the lush properties of cherries, one of my favorite things to </span></span><a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/20983"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">wear</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and eat in the summer time. When one makes a cherry dish or wears a cherry outfit, there is something that is very american and brooks brothers-ish about it. This is why I only wear my cherries to certain events where the spirit of americana is classy and cheerful.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Continuing on with this theme, baking a cherry dessert can be very rewarding and does lead to a heightened sense of patriotic do-goodery.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Once upon a summer night, I was invited to a dinner party in the very cherry worthy area of Madison Park. My two friends Sara and Kari had prepared delicious dishes and I was to bring a dessert.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I thought to myself... non other than a cherry clafoutis will do, sir!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So I began my cherry quest, which started at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.preysfruitbarn.com/">Prey's Fruit Barn in Leavenworth, WA.</a> They have a HUGE flag flying out front in the summer time, signifying that cherries are, in fact, a most American fruit.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.preysfruitbarn.com/"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Traditionally, the clafoutis is made with a super simple batter and UN-pitted cherries. I was kicking myself, friends, because though I do respect the nature of this dish (rustic, originated in southern france, peasant food) I did not want my guests to have to fumble with their tongues to produce a cherry pit each time they took a bite. THUS, the cherry pitter enters the picture.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Long story short, I saw the pitter at Prey's, thought it was a great idea, and decided to (not buy one there on the spot) buy one in Seattle.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have yet to find a </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Good-Grips-Cherry-Pitter/dp/B000NQ925K"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cherry pitter</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in Seattle. #CHERRYFAIL</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Perhaps the blog gods will purchase one for me?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZKbevAGN2U9Tjybq34cUqG4cZn7pTeXPwTCOTANRgeErIVlFoyABCQ5FNCobjdmzKxsFKUkdoWLAWj_TBV_C7jFlnKyqAyTF3RlHyAe2s7Zq-aUwmZdZdqOpmbsDWg-8a8rvL77xDdjj/s320/IMG_1134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494607833916345474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I move on to the brutal reality of pitting each cherry by hand with a pairing knife. This laborious process goes better than I had imagined, since all 10 of my digits are still attached and I am still able to type and open string cheese wrappers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHemSFUu4Bh7V3R4uZmVuiooOACnlDN6SqOXxbrxN2RbkVq8qOluJfBKB5H5GiAeorHOKIu-Lc4s5g3NHdAaCEXh-aJaRF_syIfC5ZX6mj41Y16uBUumGSVVy71ZPeQcEQIkFXtx7rSZrQ/s320/IMG_1131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494607819200795346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fun Cherry Facts:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">Rainier Cherries can sell for up to $1 EACH in Japan? (source: the internet. But I kind of believe it).</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">Rainier Cherries are known as the "white cherry" in the cherry world, due to their light colored flesh</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Rainier Cherry was created by a <a href="http://www.wsu.edu/">COUGAR</a></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crows love cherries and they will do anything to eat them. Even kill a bald eagle.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULax6dFEJQZEp2flbLLXrtA2RFT71RpXvcPJvf89j-j3zKvcoIbaAVW9fL1OP3Zb8eclqmSWgz832WNWYk6Ta3EpdVTaDwW2er2-HkMjGsDxmGemy9eVaz14hZ_KDWB4fuUG8AxBOEH8Z/s320/IMG_1127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494606009528124994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Cherry Clafoutis</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Adapted from <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Cherry-Clafoutis">Saveur.com</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1 tbsp. butter</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1 tbsp. vanilla extract</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6 eggs</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6 tbsp. sugar</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1 1/4 c milk</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2 tbsp. kirsch (cherry brandy)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pinch of fine salt</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3/4 c flour</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3 c black and Rainier cherries, pitted any way you know how</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Powdered sugar for dusting</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:Times;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 20px; font-family:Times;font-size:14px;"><div style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">1. Preheat oven to 425°. Generously butter a 9" cast-iron skillet or baking dish. Combine vanilla extract, eggs, sugar, milk, kirsch, and salt in a blender. Blend for a few seconds to mix ingredients, then add flour and blend until smooth, about 1 minute. Literally the easiest thing to make ever! </span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">Spin....</span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1YjVKv7BBdcENbnQqu80T3KbfsBO4sLPcIrj2Ijw8Q34aaaVFI9gYeuT2ZZxHWvSIFEIZFeHW4whnkWv-XDSpteyxceu2kfI9a4XSSy6DQl0Zv4XsaPoQkzSrt26suUZLkwjY2HxICCm/s320/IMG_1137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494610389739615154" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">until frothy!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHap9MsLzLZomE8KvIGe7Tk1jzSEmo9pSzWeZqYhzlZoIHCrim-9IAi_Ct6y0HdFfyJldTwMtYiK-dXmZtCbnYlsWJRp7rBf_I7kG984di6EVlIyrmFgfy5ZCR9r3joU6ErPiASCG4JlJ/s320/IMG_1138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494610374143009538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">add a flavoring; I used cherry brandy but almond flavoring (extract or Amaretto works well too).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_XqHEP19aqD_qC7KsZq1LvwqFIlVImllnTl3Jo-ZGLtrHTyEzU6PtkvOhbzIVn66vQ3P9HvQAVRAd0vhdyCpp2ScKqy8XBFqQV_npndmeLh9tCtCEiWbQVI4aXo_veE_JN8mAWkk2Dn7/s320/IMG_1136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494609381563841906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: left; ">2. Pour batter into buttered skillet, then distribute cherries evenly over top. Bake until a skewer inserted into batter comes out clean and a golden brown crust has formed on top and bottom of clafoutis, about 30 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar and delight in the flavor!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qoVoD0qXRBCGULY1-GjT2E8Q-g3N4gJqyrqEIUHwuzaME-dP50usHbmIqhIP8ukokmERtibfOAIDj4o78B3x96Wsy3bVzR61paNJb7mVOR55rnCZuNd8eC1d6KUjm3lu2XOg4EWS6vC-/s320/IMG_1145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494609401424582754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This cherry dessert is so very easy to make and impressive to present at the table. Serve with a high end ice cream or alone, dusted with powdered sugar. A clafoutis may also be made with a variety of other fruits such as plums, pluots, apricots, pears, berries, peaches, and apples! Mmmmm, a pear clafoutis with cardamon. This is a dish that will warm my table in the fall. </span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-76084780173715453532010-06-22T13:52:00.000-07:002010-06-23T09:42:17.379-07:00Arancini di Riso<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">hi.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBR-VMyHmPSZzqxy7waboCKO3GiAfIWLBGZuT9V9kMWX4CnZRP12tVt1-KeXBDsDSKKrqmrwSOBcgTEXSdCzU_2k1rOOZ8utAGJiiIJRw6wUkiBCc3V0PISP126ulTHh3GkI4-YpN4hPtm/s1600/20100622_0670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBR-VMyHmPSZzqxy7waboCKO3GiAfIWLBGZuT9V9kMWX4CnZRP12tVt1-KeXBDsDSKKrqmrwSOBcgTEXSdCzU_2k1rOOZ8utAGJiiIJRw6wUkiBCc3V0PISP126ulTHh3GkI4-YpN4hPtm/s320/20100622_0670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485712379933705426" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hello Blorg (blog world)!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Today is a celebration of some really tasty bits, which is a result of a fabulous (and simple) dinner last night. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The dinner was risotto, one of the sister's Bruce favorite things to make in a pinch. There was a time when a white wine was omni-present in my hand whenever I was cooking, so Al and I naturally gravitated towards the risotto…only a 1/2c of wine needed, the rest is for the cooks! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">For those of you who don't get what I am gearing at already….leftover risotto can be made into a fried friend, stuffed with whatever your heart desires. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Since the "summer" months have come upon us, and me being the ever popular party goer that I am, I have been on the hunt for delicious cocktail sized items that are ever so lush to munch upon while drinking bubbles and the like. Thus far, I have determined that the following are acceptable to eat (while getting your nails done at Julep, for example);</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Strawberries bathed in dark chocolate ganache</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Green Goddess Dip with blanched veggies</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Mini Crab Cakes (baked in a mini muffin tin, tee hee how cute)</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Mini Frittata bites</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Wow, I happen to have a picture of all 4…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRflToCpc-9MQfo_l20_DFtIJrlqjHmdeXRgkUqj5zKDEScCy7b8GxNUMrUg1DXFlBivX9q32TMfvRm9YpLeCVCA5IjEi6rFThNDX6u7eAdWAVSMPIVbohjGjgSO7Czy-Gj2fpfBT3t2z3/s1600/20100617_0324.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRflToCpc-9MQfo_l20_DFtIJrlqjHmdeXRgkUqj5zKDEScCy7b8GxNUMrUg1DXFlBivX9q32TMfvRm9YpLeCVCA5IjEi6rFThNDX6u7eAdWAVSMPIVbohjGjgSO7Czy-Gj2fpfBT3t2z3/s320/20100617_0324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485723833456083090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">All made for Sam and Lauren's wedding weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3X7VMI3XExBLif0myqfP56dwNzgaqzKWnznrkAK2ljUF0LnUh1Ajr7A3tKhNqHRGxjHZ8iKv62RqT95JnBECisMAKWr9bN7RaB77ENJ0xwVbxexs4_OcB4nNuo25VLGbYLFKyoc5ktgU/s1600/20100617_0165.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3X7VMI3XExBLif0myqfP56dwNzgaqzKWnznrkAK2ljUF0LnUh1Ajr7A3tKhNqHRGxjHZ8iKv62RqT95JnBECisMAKWr9bN7RaB77ENJ0xwVbxexs4_OcB4nNuo25VLGbYLFKyoc5ktgU/s320/20100617_0165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485723839117359682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Berry Special occasion...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qqhzy2NO8_j7MeXmS8-p-XwoxCH73kfR58sW397N8JfF9kaQWuB6_U7cBqbRW_z1Gq2X6FUjnqSb98ZZ9Mkb-WikjslI5guwS9VAVSKUehIqD1U1bRw8SdJClSrIGL5FiTVg9LulqcyV/s1600/20100617_0325.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qqhzy2NO8_j7MeXmS8-p-XwoxCH73kfR58sW397N8JfF9kaQWuB6_U7cBqbRW_z1Gq2X6FUjnqSb98ZZ9Mkb-WikjslI5guwS9VAVSKUehIqD1U1bRw8SdJClSrIGL5FiTVg9LulqcyV/s320/20100617_0325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485723826843573154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">AND….now for the actual blogista section</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">May I present to you…the "little orange rice ball!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Arancini di Riso is named such for the resemblance to an orange and the traditional filling of </span></span><a href="http://http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Risotto-Milanese-100910"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">risotto Milanese</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> (made with </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">saffron</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, so a yellowish/orange tint reveals itself).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">These arancini can be made small or large (as you can see I chose an actual size of an orange) to be popped in the mouth or cut with a knife and fork like a sophisticate, respectively.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Believe it or not, I spent at LEAST 20 minutes scouring the Italian wing of my cookbook library, only to find the guidelines for these balls in my trusty 'ol </span></span><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/arancini-di-riso-recipe/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Everyday Italian</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">. WTF Mario?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8o9bgxn6FQ9VvCE7nKiXWUQ8sL7hHX_1AXH0zLd0TFoer68N87FsF9waDNYJJG3krsG_hF0h74mgExSolkIWBYk5taLYUiicbppVaOzvptL1iSDaYZL3e1lsd-Ac7TUIf0-jUFocshrI/s1600/20100622_0673.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8o9bgxn6FQ9VvCE7nKiXWUQ8sL7hHX_1AXH0zLd0TFoer68N87FsF9waDNYJJG3krsG_hF0h74mgExSolkIWBYk5taLYUiicbppVaOzvptL1iSDaYZL3e1lsd-Ac7TUIf0-jUFocshrI/s320/20100622_0673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485712387934197218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Here we go:</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Make </span></span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/r/risotto/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Risotto</span></span></a></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Wait one day. Or if you are a hog, wait at least a couple of hours for the rice to cool, which makes it easier to form into a ball</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Set up breading station (2 eggs, beaten and Japanese (panko) breadcrumbs)</span></span></li><li>Determine how big or small your arancini will be, then fill a pot with oil so that they will be submerged</li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Heat oil to 350 degrees. You will want to maintain a temperature of 350-375 throughout the process. Use a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Classic-Deep-Fry-Analog-Thermometer/dp/B00004XSC9">candy thermometer to determine</a> this. You are not a wizard.</span></span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM20xi81YgzYp-7zOi0aQEeCauZzpOTE9gWQCtQWATZk3LwH5Uy1GQxKi2I-Jd7gKw_cAQnU6maKBhjnJixe4N-QjIJ0Fo3gGmTjgbLd_BjJlAqyGFkW2GADV3WA9A7AJF0K1dCiz71ujP/s1600/20100622_0637.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM20xi81YgzYp-7zOi0aQEeCauZzpOTE9gWQCtQWATZk3LwH5Uy1GQxKi2I-Jd7gKw_cAQnU6maKBhjnJixe4N-QjIJ0Fo3gGmTjgbLd_BjJlAqyGFkW2GADV3WA9A7AJF0K1dCiz71ujP/s320/20100622_0637.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485711296637626626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Prepare fillings! I chose pancetta with fresh mozzarella and feta with fresh mint. You could literally hide a rusty nail inside of of these things and I would still probably eat it. </span></span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIX4vDdvaBAb5YIpIYxiEfKet2UwzcN06zzet1YYadbH4ne4j8JxL3JJxb3K6L0LffHBqMJxFfuZMmk1FqQJqzNOKZB5GZ96ZLKlEU1e19WsC3ipf-6CIudsdA_XjUv2bDhrrvskjHi-ae/s1600/20100622_0638.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIX4vDdvaBAb5YIpIYxiEfKet2UwzcN06zzet1YYadbH4ne4j8JxL3JJxb3K6L0LffHBqMJxFfuZMmk1FqQJqzNOKZB5GZ96ZLKlEU1e19WsC3ipf-6CIudsdA_XjUv2bDhrrvskjHi-ae/s320/20100622_0638.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485715565584451298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Begin standard ball formation/stuffing mechanism</span></span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JVWZNngHdOusM_y-zQ3NHsTzNsE8Ga4HnUPpzqRiGIxweFYLZyY7Wr_RcY-yS7Ym8xFRzRkh1GtKLKHBqfqN5ivZ1kV6HOMZdASvRNMk43VLl2JdVJZ7Nfcnuilm8rVO4ozc4QbXJIC_/s1600/20100622_0642.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JVWZNngHdOusM_y-zQ3NHsTzNsE8Ga4HnUPpzqRiGIxweFYLZyY7Wr_RcY-yS7Ym8xFRzRkh1GtKLKHBqfqN5ivZ1kV6HOMZdASvRNMk43VLl2JdVJZ7Nfcnuilm8rVO4ozc4QbXJIC_/s320/20100622_0642.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485711316384620242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Assemble the dipped and breaded balls onto a nonstick surface, and await the plunge</span></span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB_MQCdgm6-4_KLv2YMNnHGQm2_aRLplorbSbTvwmygqUe3S0CeHppYGsllsi3-7_DZXHoHXRi4UC_vCDkbmaFFfdnVY2y9gO-8woQAJx9yT8whU8S995C1OeRc6RCpZeZsao-yZtCQo3/s1600/20100622_0644.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB_MQCdgm6-4_KLv2YMNnHGQm2_aRLplorbSbTvwmygqUe3S0CeHppYGsllsi3-7_DZXHoHXRi4UC_vCDkbmaFFfdnVY2y9gO-8woQAJx9yT8whU8S995C1OeRc6RCpZeZsao-yZtCQo3/s320/20100622_0644.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485711327032638786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Plunge (with a <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/8090300/?catalogId=91&bnrid=3180501&cm_ven=Shopping&cm_cat=Froogle&cm_pla=default&cm_ite=default">spider skimmer</a> to avoid splashing of molten oil) for 3-4 minutes. Resist the urge to look directly over the bubbling pot of oil. </span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Examine your crispy browned specimen with splendor and awe!</span></span></li></ul><ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCKd_rU80Ro-P_6HFjAaAkbuWh6JHnLKXFKPsW48tBU1wiPwvuqZ0wk4VCrTxYGMgvOnkcmDIPg1-3SGygDLnleatFVWf0DhASprLSswN8VfXEeStIX3uVmaOrChPWb5ZWSsWGf5tqbpm/s1600/20100622_0652.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCKd_rU80Ro-P_6HFjAaAkbuWh6JHnLKXFKPsW48tBU1wiPwvuqZ0wk4VCrTxYGMgvOnkcmDIPg1-3SGygDLnleatFVWf0DhASprLSswN8VfXEeStIX3uVmaOrChPWb5ZWSsWGf5tqbpm/s320/20100622_0652.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485712362878646226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Immediately sprinkle artistically with the finest of salts</span></span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OKuTD-QjjwwkPIQuIj8g5yt88HbYdotoQP9-L_hQRryiw6JzH6WWNXfL38OUUSDj5LAVjGp7JOckFLdyppq3bDjtqese0xvG9asxDusGWAidhFWaGOh5KflbF9kKq-GCGXN2UthhQA3G/s1600/20100622_0650.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OKuTD-QjjwwkPIQuIj8g5yt88HbYdotoQP9-L_hQRryiw6JzH6WWNXfL38OUUSDj5LAVjGp7JOckFLdyppq3bDjtqese0xvG9asxDusGWAidhFWaGOh5KflbF9kKq-GCGXN2UthhQA3G/s320/20100622_0650.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485712355674143938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Oranges!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwai07GRNcm5E1sEXJkqKXnZk8Q6vRkr8k7uWb8kLRBFMfQb0RZHJ91LwwrGfRbxCj95eVgVLIzuIYKq1x6ykEW81IFTF44vS307_x0fSRIiK4xNQezGznUvc3vMgoTAQ4JcNMKMFa2Fl2/s1600/20100622_0659.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwai07GRNcm5E1sEXJkqKXnZk8Q6vRkr8k7uWb8kLRBFMfQb0RZHJ91LwwrGfRbxCj95eVgVLIzuIYKq1x6ykEW81IFTF44vS307_x0fSRIiK4xNQezGznUvc3vMgoTAQ4JcNMKMFa2Fl2/s320/20100622_0659.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485712372348865154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKp64nR8C3geSamIlfi8F3WuMihSkE8rCtB2mr2S65TNayTYW4tCXwqzBIFGlWNIkG-Ile2tDO8MvdhRu28XNhnvK5brF-Yu7PYpoou8scNEjQpTgNVDpzimAqsXMD_fA-T44ik98Lpgv/s1600/20100622_0666.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKp64nR8C3geSamIlfi8F3WuMihSkE8rCtB2mr2S65TNayTYW4tCXwqzBIFGlWNIkG-Ile2tDO8MvdhRu28XNhnvK5brF-Yu7PYpoou8scNEjQpTgNVDpzimAqsXMD_fA-T44ik98Lpgv/s320/20100622_0666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485715550836995122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">These arancini would be perfectly paired with a slender glass of bubbles to cut the crispy outside… revealing the creamy, cheesy inside. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Now get out there, spend the $3.75 for a gallon of vegetable oil and BE SOMEBODY. Somebody with arancini. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Lastly, if you have any other interesting ideas for arancini fillings, please leave a comment. Comments are how I know i'm still alive and not having some Vanilla Sky freak out moment.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-70342927661262742542010-04-22T10:30:00.000-07:002010-04-22T11:58:07.168-07:00Warming Meal II: The Almond Cake<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hi!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnytEp8LeaGh5CwAbICD0scmLLTKobl7i0GJKW25BU-FVYBKLMskAiirf4QwZSdWUiDNZlD2V0636slPmVsTI_TIF0o_tZVOIdmU5YObxLuk63RUahwXqA1Vvz6VrY-wHgCrh_sMCmBb2/s1600/IMG_1953.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnytEp8LeaGh5CwAbICD0scmLLTKobl7i0GJKW25BU-FVYBKLMskAiirf4QwZSdWUiDNZlD2V0636slPmVsTI_TIF0o_tZVOIdmU5YObxLuk63RUahwXqA1Vvz6VrY-wHgCrh_sMCmBb2/s320/IMG_1953.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463017576865859778" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I return to the blog so soon.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">so soon.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But that is because <a href="http://eastofalder.blogspot.com/2010/04/warming-meal-i.html">Warming Meal I </a>is not complete without its counterpart, Warming Meal II: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>The Almond Cake</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, I was in such a hurry to bake this cake and taste it, I didnt really take as many pictures as I usually do.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is pretty much all I have, save for the finished product…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_ysap1f0fT8v-WlATq-BsJAsGQ9ai0jmp7Atwn6K7tIfOVBYslQOJi6L9pYUCLLHiw9cbLD1m_JlzqzG3r2H4mZnuBsiVOcxC0bnsY3uzKGdr2Ki766z9Qz69x9i7O31Mfe5U8pT9wpD/s1600/IMG_1945.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_ysap1f0fT8v-WlATq-BsJAsGQ9ai0jmp7Atwn6K7tIfOVBYslQOJi6L9pYUCLLHiw9cbLD1m_JlzqzG3r2H4mZnuBsiVOcxC0bnsY3uzKGdr2Ki766z9Qz69x9i7O31Mfe5U8pT9wpD/s320/IMG_1945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463017552587560146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This cake………………………..is………………………………sogood.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SURE, its not going to win any beauty prizes, but neither is a bowl of mixed race cauli/brooc soup. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I digress.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I first read of this cake on one of my favorite local (seattle) blogs: </span></span><a href="http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2004/11/the_almond_cake.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Amateur Gourmet</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When the phrases…."crack cake" "a cake that will save your soul" and "sheer perfection" are uttered, I just have to try it. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdP4O7_A4gQfXHAXqrXIV1JXu3U3KQikBGOmr3BL9064XtkiWJnW3SYohXGbcW3w8gsV8G1_elUiRmgz6an10UFprU4eFg55gp3wbh6ZB8Mtr3utFjXM406VRViKTj2nzNiAgNZh-feMEV/s1600/IMG_1954.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdP4O7_A4gQfXHAXqrXIV1JXu3U3KQikBGOmr3BL9064XtkiWJnW3SYohXGbcW3w8gsV8G1_elUiRmgz6an10UFprU4eFg55gp3wbh6ZB8Mtr3utFjXM406VRViKTj2nzNiAgNZh-feMEV/s320/IMG_1954.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463017582190368930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Almond Cake</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amanda Hesser, </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Mr-Latte-Courtship-Recipes/dp/039305196X"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cooking For Mr. Latte</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">2 sticks butter, softened, more for buttering pan</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1 cup sour cream, at room temperature</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1 tsp baking soda</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (measured after sifting)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1/2 teaspoon sea salt </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1 1/2 cups sugar </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">7-oz tube almond paste, cut into small pieces </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">4 egg yolks room temperature</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1 tsp almond extract</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Confectioners' sugar, for sifting over cake </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter sides and bottoms of one 9-inch springform pan; line sides and bottoms with parchment paper. Butter the paper. (You may forego the parchment paper as long as you are generous with the butter on the pan itself.) Mix together the sour cream and baking soda in a small bowl. Sift the flour and salt into another bowl. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the almond paste, a little at a time, at medium speed, and beat for 8 minutes.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, and mix until incorporated. It will look curdled; don't worry. Blend in the almond extract and sour cream mixture. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, just until blended. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">3. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bake about 40-60 min. It is done when you press the top and it returns to its shape, and also shrinks from the sides of the pan. Remove from the oven and place on a baking rack to cool in the pan. When ready to serve, sift confectioners' sugar on top and slice like a pie. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It is natural for the cake to fall a bit in the middle….when something is this good, it can be itself in front of you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div></span></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM4AUHnGDUjBTWtBR71d0qfryy2dRGZUHYaEZkkX3rUqUdFT_i_1qpCMSvm9bbmSpOh_DacMxo8uQML3xU696G5kIED8b8aBQqEsk7aVCVH5wVnOAFmPdUGt3IQNm5ZXkjSnIS4J56-RG/s1600/IMG_1952.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM4AUHnGDUjBTWtBR71d0qfryy2dRGZUHYaEZkkX3rUqUdFT_i_1qpCMSvm9bbmSpOh_DacMxo8uQML3xU696G5kIED8b8aBQqEsk7aVCVH5wVnOAFmPdUGt3IQNm5ZXkjSnIS4J56-RG/s320/IMG_1952.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463017568663682994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I don't have time to write anything else because I am too BUSY thinking about this cake and how I can simultaneously stay away from it AND eat it at the same time. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">For the record, I did have to send the remainder of the cake to Todd's office for fear of eating it all in some sort of ambien induced food binge. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;color:#1E1E1E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyc8O1FaHiVmftsv31G7vL7uYvRkAZQ4ejoIwRYxVw0lombUteAWcpUCbXSfeMPfihk8V97K9G1_d3DaVrykciqEOhhaHGhISANgESCzlBVPd49VxB-nwTEOjKl9ro7MCKmT2ufuTznrf/s1600/IMG_1955.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyc8O1FaHiVmftsv31G7vL7uYvRkAZQ4ejoIwRYxVw0lombUteAWcpUCbXSfeMPfihk8V97K9G1_d3DaVrykciqEOhhaHGhISANgESCzlBVPd49VxB-nwTEOjKl9ro7MCKmT2ufuTznrf/s320/IMG_1955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463017595192347250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-80579937107350677312010-04-21T09:30:00.000-07:002010-04-21T12:33:33.918-07:00Warming Meal I<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj0PiQ5mmYmXd6s_Nyy_bygsDXe5mSDqUPMC1YWIpe2cg3NKN7QN2qoVzdzJbiAPeiTphf4gwc_hVydhDqtNp9eZKgKiapT-tO0D0riRlfOQdecDiO44SftwRo1NIwsf3QaZ1cK6rfEPB/s1600/IMG_1932.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj0PiQ5mmYmXd6s_Nyy_bygsDXe5mSDqUPMC1YWIpe2cg3NKN7QN2qoVzdzJbiAPeiTphf4gwc_hVydhDqtNp9eZKgKiapT-tO0D0riRlfOQdecDiO44SftwRo1NIwsf3QaZ1cK6rfEPB/s400/IMG_1932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462665980355361474" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: underline;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Greetings Friends!</span></span></span></span><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's come to my attention that the weather lately has been so uncertain, I don't know if it's going to rain or instantly become BBQ weather AKA drinking Rosé during the daytime AKA bikini season. </span></span></span></span><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That last one puts me into a cold sweat.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I become paranoid. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I start thinking my cat is reading my diary.</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ok, that last one was a reference to Glee. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On to the warming meal!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For those of you who don't know, my sister and I are famous for creating "warming meals" and we even have our own thriving business.*</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*if by business, you mean one day we got bored and created a </span><a href="mailto:warmingmeals@gmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">warmingmeals@gmail.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> google account, then, yes, we do have a legitimate business. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Warming Meals</b> can be defined as: any homemade meal that makes one feel that they are getting a hug. Said meal does NOT have to be warm in temperature, but it should warm your heart and you should share it with someone you care about. Do not serve a warming meal to someone you secretly hate. Every time you do that, the WM stock takes a major hit. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Past Warming Meals have included:</span></span></div><div>Risotto, shroom</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Turkey Meatballs</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bucatini Cacio e Pepe</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rigatonis (a satellite Rigatoni WM can be had at Palominos as well)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicken Caesar Salad with homemade croutons </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Summer Corn Salad</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Beef Stew</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whole Wheat Pasta</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As this indecisive spring weather continues, (is the phrase "indecisive spring weather" a double negative?) I decided to make a combination spring meal and cozy (fall?) desert.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Roasted Cauliflower/Broccoflower Soup and Almond Cake (see WM II post)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekNpNb27Q8mCx11Rnkd5k1FAT3y_lLFolE-T0MEjvLGCM7bka6GUujNf_Dhqa7qix28s4QqhOvbybFO2CZ6nicDFUl55gxzOZ_0ULilNR8QRvrV2ci_e709wTB-Par4HTAEW_sLzBJhsW/s1600/IMG_1933.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekNpNb27Q8mCx11Rnkd5k1FAT3y_lLFolE-T0MEjvLGCM7bka6GUujNf_Dhqa7qix28s4QqhOvbybFO2CZ6nicDFUl55gxzOZ_0ULilNR8QRvrV2ci_e709wTB-Par4HTAEW_sLzBJhsW/s320/IMG_1933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462638605467219442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Start with a bunch of veggies! I have shallots, leeks and yellow potatoes in as a base for my soup. I chose cauliflower and broccoflower as my main components. Look at this guy below guy!! That crazy 'ol broccoflower. I have been wanting to cook one of these for a while... A broccoflower is a type of cauliflower, also called a "green cauliflower" but actually, the name "broccoflower" is trade marked. bahaha. It should not be confused with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Romanesco Broccoli</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, which is more horned and WAY COOL looking.. You can see if you look close, the broccoflower has a tiny horn. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RAm3gkgJE4lA8DJf8dSY9_fNfx-5KDnZaLsdygTFz_QWA5cX3yBTqvyPTUrA4NOaz8cKSIzUyLfb6CBJrQ0Z1NgljRffBQoazAN3S6t8XYHduIMbzYkkUqFXxyv50wUTA9ynw6G30APu/s1600/IMG_1930.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RAm3gkgJE4lA8DJf8dSY9_fNfx-5KDnZaLsdygTFz_QWA5cX3yBTqvyPTUrA4NOaz8cKSIzUyLfb6CBJrQ0Z1NgljRffBQoazAN3S6t8XYHduIMbzYkkUqFXxyv50wUTA9ynw6G30APu/s320/IMG_1930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462638596495474322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As a general rule for starting any soup, start by softening your base ingredients with olive oil and perhaps a knob of butter. The knob can be as big as a doorknob…or it can be a a more reasonable 2 tablespoons. I can't believe you were considering putting a doorknob sized portion of butter in this soup! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitszUxS-uzIKwD8m_SP6xrg2thuFOXrdJV5CV8hc-7ez0SREzP8aGIlIgKcBqdAX-R6wjQU24KVf-byIyEQBI9ZzM3fhi8ZIwfHAfocVzAa_6paH8UUXHjl4OrmTurU29ZHkMwXwsBvTHt/s1600/IMG_1937.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitszUxS-uzIKwD8m_SP6xrg2thuFOXrdJV5CV8hc-7ez0SREzP8aGIlIgKcBqdAX-R6wjQU24KVf-byIyEQBI9ZzM3fhi8ZIwfHAfocVzAa_6paH8UUXHjl4OrmTurU29ZHkMwXwsBvTHt/s320/IMG_1937.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462638609227545874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It roasts the cauliflower and the broccoflower, or it gets the hose again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lX16CYYZ0aegOb3ZODS5sEkbJ-5Lkd3eTcrypk_zzbJq2vU1jr7oGARQvnJHIiIP_X5j_remPBhXeOw56km3CH6kzuC-foXhPgSIqL9MMtpf8-_n6_KguM1M8bJ3cTgszGyO2qpXOTGq/s1600/IMG_1940.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lX16CYYZ0aegOb3ZODS5sEkbJ-5Lkd3eTcrypk_zzbJq2vU1jr7oGARQvnJHIiIP_X5j_remPBhXeOw56km3CH6kzuC-foXhPgSIqL9MMtpf8-_n6_KguM1M8bJ3cTgszGyO2qpXOTGq/s320/IMG_1940.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462640141560179490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, combine the goodness into your pot! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For this recipe, I used the following:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2 leeks, cleaned and sliced thinly </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3 shallots, sliced thinly</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2 yellow potatoes, cut into small chunkers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1 head cauliflower, cut into florets and roasted</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1 head broccoflower, ditto</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6-7 cups chicken stock</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">dash of sherry vinegar</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">S&P to taste</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'lil butter and a 'lil olive oil</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I used a fancy immersion blender, but you can use a regular blender or a food processor to make as smooth or as rustic chunky as you would like. I opted for the rustic chunky, and I left a few whole pieces of cauliflower in for mouthfeel. Plus, it was really hard not to gobble all the roasted flowers…with their salt-pepper-olive oil crunchy bits. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QoKEFCusVB0uqPbMqYmsaRwTkLXQEnC5jVzFw70xQnF-u7XYf18bIRxvbvLczMGFBOK939P8ua_4Rvuuiv6LZ_16XnowJ72Af4G6EGy7RbNUm0dBO3pSggz2KuNizR9uHZy1H2KOV1xp/s1600/IMG_1944.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QoKEFCusVB0uqPbMqYmsaRwTkLXQEnC5jVzFw70xQnF-u7XYf18bIRxvbvLczMGFBOK939P8ua_4Rvuuiv6LZ_16XnowJ72Af4G6EGy7RbNUm0dBO3pSggz2KuNizR9uHZy1H2KOV1xp/s320/IMG_1944.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462638621796768930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A note about the color….if you want a pure pedigree soup of a more vibrant color (green or white) use broccoflower or cauliflower respectively. I, however, was confident in the flavors so I did not mind that it was an indecisive color of spring.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You like how I tied that phrase again in, don't you. hehehe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnZrfnkkY94wBdOMXGsGY24ale9rpcTjFN2Am1MvQQPXhKkFCdQpmszoj249LUlqiQJi32LPS2SUIMfePqeikcdZO5wNL0QpdE-5HRa-zdbJl9iOybyZo4VSJIVHCTscLv3EKEZoykTev/s1600/IMG_1951.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnZrfnkkY94wBdOMXGsGY24ale9rpcTjFN2Am1MvQQPXhKkFCdQpmszoj249LUlqiQJi32LPS2SUIMfePqeikcdZO5wNL0QpdE-5HRa-zdbJl9iOybyZo4VSJIVHCTscLv3EKEZoykTev/s320/IMG_1951.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462638749483846386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sprinkle with a rare salt, a turn of pepper, and drizzle with your finest oil. I used a coveted bottle of olive oil that I received as a gift last summer in Tuscany: oil made from the olive trees at </span><a href="http://www.labandita.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tenuta la Bandita</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Some krispy fried shallots might be good on top or ideally, a drizzy of white truffle oil. Word.</span></div></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-87925077141716724042010-04-01T08:18:00.000-07:002010-04-01T10:55:26.209-07:00Eating Garbage: COMPOST COOKIES!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9f-A7jLCpY9TVPREOt_PN6oeIuhlA1v6bPwGI1qAehpeNHOhyphenhyphenHKQ-R2VDZfj_7NI-f3N0EGTEM8ghcVrJyyXg9c9a16oWBtx_bPrKf_lyLt_7lUFga8fOnIum2IbHegB6u92bBVFdItsT/s1600/IMG_1890.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9f-A7jLCpY9TVPREOt_PN6oeIuhlA1v6bPwGI1qAehpeNHOhyphenhyphenHKQ-R2VDZfj_7NI-f3N0EGTEM8ghcVrJyyXg9c9a16oWBtx_bPrKf_lyLt_7lUFga8fOnIum2IbHegB6u92bBVFdItsT/s320/IMG_1890.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455217341001376450" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since when, dear friend, I am getting recipes from the Regis and Kelly Show?</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What madness is this?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh wait, I did get that one amazing </span><a href="http://regisandkelly.go.com/recipe-finder.html?recipeID=8329"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guinness braised pork shoulder with cherries and sweet potatoes…</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the show's defense, sometimes they channel </span><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/12/martha_stewart_and_snoop_dogg.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Fintel+%28Daily+Intelligencer+-+New+York+Magazine%29"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Martha</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and have a spotlight on a celebrity chef or someone who is not all that talented but it's funny to see them in a kitchen environment. My point is, the Pork recipe listed above is from Daniel Boulud and I apparently watch a lot of daytime TV.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://videos.nymag.com/video/Snoop-Dogg-on-Martha-Stewart"></a>Not long ago, Reeg and Kelly had done a profile on a cookie that is made at </span><a href="http://www.momofuku.com/milk-bar/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milk Bar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in NYC. It was PURE genius.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peep This:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Make a sugar cookie base and then add in SNACKS!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">S: sugary</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">N: not approved for daily use</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A: addictive high fructose corn syrup</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">C: candies</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">K: krunchy </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">S: salty</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://regisandkelly.go.com/recipe-finder.html?recipeID=8798"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Momofuko's Compost Cookies</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1 cup Butter<br />1 cup Sugar<br />3/4 cup Light Brown Sugar<br />1 Tbsp Corn Syrup<br />1 tsp Vanilla Extract<br />2 Large Eggs<br />1 3/4 cups AP Flour<br />2 tsp Baking Powder<br />1 tsp Baking Soda<br />2 tsp Kosher Salt<br />1 1/2 cups Your favorite baking ingredients!<br />(Kelly used mini chocolate chips, raisinettes, rollos & cocoa krispies)<br />1 1/2 cups Your favorite snack foods (chips, pretzels, etc)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">(Kelly used goldfish, ritz, & fritos) </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is what I used:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufZ-DjX3_wR8a74Xd6v_YwEKoEJsaE-aN90V_R4SLRm_2gxCXFx8oc7ydITznN4q5JJBfd-CtN4iFtN9Du65VEpdJgsJPu6iwGSRxDv_1JaT44pjXmUNJfkCcq9xwXddp8bR3IpRA2PhO/s1600/IMG_1868.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufZ-DjX3_wR8a74Xd6v_YwEKoEJsaE-aN90V_R4SLRm_2gxCXFx8oc7ydITznN4q5JJBfd-CtN4iFtN9Du65VEpdJgsJPu6iwGSRxDv_1JaT44pjXmUNJfkCcq9xwXddp8bR3IpRA2PhO/s320/IMG_1868.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455216542189721074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Coco Pebbles</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Animal Crackers</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Goldfish Crackers (original flavor BUT there were basketballs mixed in with the fish. Stupid March Madness)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Peanut Butter filled Pretzels (a Costco oldie but goodie)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Corn Nuts</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">1 Twix</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">1 Almond Joy</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">1 Snickers</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">1/4 cup of Ghiradelli bittersweet chocolate discs, chopped (thought I would class it up here)</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrosgl-DX5Utdm_CGfZlHPJU6edm8hTpzoScYF7fbYpMtSQt6vdO_2V6MglEan3nWWbVBkDfnmRIG21rxpK0Tf6F1Ymmdni9cXM69F1qhmE0IeYnKJaLgYOZffS7yGDCKm_Z7K_MHkQ7od/s1600/IMG_1880.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrosgl-DX5Utdm_CGfZlHPJU6edm8hTpzoScYF7fbYpMtSQt6vdO_2V6MglEan3nWWbVBkDfnmRIG21rxpK0Tf6F1Ymmdni9cXM69F1qhmE0IeYnKJaLgYOZffS7yGDCKm_Z7K_MHkQ7od/s320/IMG_1880.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455216561916678866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You may find the actual directions on the link provided above. I must say that the base is quite ordinary with the exception of creaming the butter and the sugars for 10 full minutes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FElA4WUlseBJPjyWsWQDLXqLjArBrmM84jq5Mb0aPJH6mOZy6qea-f4rSpNwG8vC7bCuOEvkFFNuC5E_xO9b9snl0VSukKOWGHJvQBJj_dui1SnX_h-ZiXQO3I9Opc6JoP75J6OPceyM/s1600/IMG_1875.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FElA4WUlseBJPjyWsWQDLXqLjArBrmM84jq5Mb0aPJH6mOZy6qea-f4rSpNwG8vC7bCuOEvkFFNuC5E_xO9b9snl0VSukKOWGHJvQBJj_dui1SnX_h-ZiXQO3I9Opc6JoP75J6OPceyM/s320/IMG_1875.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455216555504878994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">THIS is what makes the fluffy nature of the cookie. The batter allows all the scrumptious goodness of snacks to shine with some sort of junk food </span><a href="http://www.umamiinfo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">umami</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> sensation. That, and you have successfully compacted 8-10 junk foods into your mouth in a doughy sugary vehicle.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The reason I mention umami is because after serving these at a certain law firm in Wenatchee, a person commented that I MUST have put a butterfinger bar in these cookies. No, friend. I simply created a magical usage of different snacks that were so complex, not even a great legal mind could comprehend them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BTW, this batter is HIGHLY addictive. I have not tasted such good raw cookie batter since the first time I tasted cookie batter. So….</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6tAhHADmrc2lXABwSjktJht97v2mjZRzqI3pju9AEuHw9ce2RsRksqSaEDGU3rkBXyene0xS3rge3bnSM0uhs-cIwbfNO-_eGyuXpjyaBjw5TQbtnLytIWd5WK_kV0rPICZDEsjfWa7u/s1600/IMG_1886.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6tAhHADmrc2lXABwSjktJht97v2mjZRzqI3pju9AEuHw9ce2RsRksqSaEDGU3rkBXyene0xS3rge3bnSM0uhs-cIwbfNO-_eGyuXpjyaBjw5TQbtnLytIWd5WK_kV0rPICZDEsjfWa7u/s320/IMG_1886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455217327681468850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoiLtMTsGmypLrkuJalfkUn2vfjYlaDpHgqBAHIyu7quSKNl3pLeNUgvQLS9pckvz_YgmQ1Plku9cBzQxAh-GAsC41MC66OE7yC1WU5clr44TZ6PDGYPm9jJ2E8sppk8FqBjVYzQEf211/s1600/IMG_1889.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoiLtMTsGmypLrkuJalfkUn2vfjYlaDpHgqBAHIyu7quSKNl3pLeNUgvQLS9pckvz_YgmQ1Plku9cBzQxAh-GAsC41MC66OE7yC1WU5clr44TZ6PDGYPm9jJ2E8sppk8FqBjVYzQEf211/s320/IMG_1889.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455217337356082082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is imperative that you refrigerate the dough before baking. These cookies are so laden with snacks that their integrity would be compromised if they were simply thrust into the oven at room temperature. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TJfWURyqYj_rBqzjI9_ki622U3nWQoasZtFyO3AOxXR4bFA6S2TIxZ6liltN5xkEC8N9WFvNjtc7B5O8uAn1GmEe-LPxpymvGvVKeLyPyULi4c-Sb4uH9kqJrwsLBabqVmO9nunO6CDl/s1600/IMG_1893.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TJfWURyqYj_rBqzjI9_ki622U3nWQoasZtFyO3AOxXR4bFA6S2TIxZ6liltN5xkEC8N9WFvNjtc7B5O8uAn1GmEe-LPxpymvGvVKeLyPyULi4c-Sb4uH9kqJrwsLBabqVmO9nunO6CDl/s320/IMG_1893.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455217343517055474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On my next batch, I am DEFINITELY going to use the following in no particular order or quantity:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheese Its!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Potato Chips</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mamba?!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Butterscotch chips</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Golden Grahams</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rice Krispies</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cut up Easter Peeps (for some color)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mini Jawbreakers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Werther's Original</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sour Cherries</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The possibilities are endless!! The sugar high is inevitable. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Make these.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bye!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-16443407809635357112010-03-30T09:00:00.000-07:002010-03-30T17:03:20.787-07:00Pickle Me This!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ciao Amici!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Che la sono facendo oggi? Per me, scrivo il BLOG!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yesterday, I whipped up a </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tOt_X718SQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">veritable smorgasbord</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of delicacies! Bore levels were high, so I set off to the store for some red onions. I have been wanting to make pickled red onions since last summer, when I worked at </span></span><a href="http://www.columbiacitybakery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Columbia City Bakery.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> On our breaks, we would have the most delicious sannies made with a CCB roasted potato roll, chipotle mayonnaise, thinly sliced red onions, red bell peppers, turkey, and PICKLED RED ONIONS! By the time we were able to take a break, I was so ravenous the sandwich barely lasted 1 minute in my hand. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The pickled onions at CCB were made simply with red wine vinegar and sugar, which I might try next time. The recipe I chose to adapt today is from one of my favorite fancy blogs;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.davidlebovitz.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">David Lebovitz</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pickle Me (Nelle) Onions</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4 Red Onions, peeled and sliced thinly on a mandolin </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3/4 C Sugar</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3 C White Vinegar</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aromatics:</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">red pepper flakes</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cinnamon stick</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4 garlic cloves, smashed</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">black and white peppercorns (OMG wouldn't PINK peppercorns be so good in here?!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">fennel seeds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">whole cloves</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3 bay leaves</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Combine the sugar, vinegar, and aromatics in a non reactive pot and bring to a boil. Add in onions. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer for a minute or two. Remove from heat and cool. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These will keep for months in the fridge. Think of the possibilities… revel in the hot pink color and lifeless shape…then taste!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqjXHt7D8iZ3aOmxavt4muTEg-BtbYKKcF6UlPSp8oHggyilVJorj-Bn_vS0VMgt2illEtRFIdA-mcnEY1YgrkCDQ1JgSnSG1uv25acnE4IhpfN3Os7-vlXPFJjMfjaeUhMvfhSUsLvlk/s1600/IMG_1851-1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqjXHt7D8iZ3aOmxavt4muTEg-BtbYKKcF6UlPSp8oHggyilVJorj-Bn_vS0VMgt2illEtRFIdA-mcnEY1YgrkCDQ1JgSnSG1uv25acnE4IhpfN3Os7-vlXPFJjMfjaeUhMvfhSUsLvlk/s320/IMG_1851-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454471444117712002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUG_kPE6vDn5kZZSNzrVZ22ev41Jh_pRjxdDtGih6NXirEp9gQgA9tY3q3SqxX8t-zGQerUKpkc5zE0Y55a-XBA_jOXMeIUJMmTS_6eGKiO4inXe-_y-ZpiwSFd0HeZoLFFy4C-oYqBiBg/s1600/IMG_1854.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUG_kPE6vDn5kZZSNzrVZ22ev41Jh_pRjxdDtGih6NXirEp9gQgA9tY3q3SqxX8t-zGQerUKpkc5zE0Y55a-XBA_jOXMeIUJMmTS_6eGKiO4inXe-_y-ZpiwSFd0HeZoLFFy4C-oYqBiBg/s320/IMG_1854.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454471454756397986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjay8KkF-zCg8bTGklK8qe-DxkzXOK6t824qYnraIkuy3gLlVGdV7rB8hI8RECYzfI2ZplX6n2jV4ewI-vdSQ4gOTPHH7XyHQTvngDHnGSen62BmU1GyMoOEM_vl75CPXo8ldZXhol09aG/s1600/IMG_1856.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjay8KkF-zCg8bTGklK8qe-DxkzXOK6t824qYnraIkuy3gLlVGdV7rB8hI8RECYzfI2ZplX6n2jV4ewI-vdSQ4gOTPHH7XyHQTvngDHnGSen62BmU1GyMoOEM_vl75CPXo8ldZXhol09aG/s320/IMG_1856.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454471462578984642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dN8Hw3nxdaK1BDj3Rtakms_2lx2vPLAmg7Q_a5HHdezWARLUOwi58_db7lAheSBedDiUTXdi3BDX6Xnh4ga-auQiYAmynv9wwiHNUwrVSmQ2kdH7Qpmn7xPg0k2B4meF-MQ6k2-vuYIS/s1600/IMG_1857.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dN8Hw3nxdaK1BDj3Rtakms_2lx2vPLAmg7Q_a5HHdezWARLUOwi58_db7lAheSBedDiUTXdi3BDX6Xnh4ga-auQiYAmynv9wwiHNUwrVSmQ2kdH7Qpmn7xPg0k2B4meF-MQ6k2-vuYIS/s320/IMG_1857.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454471466345571122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKKa4zrHGJLHPcF9ZUiCJSnZ88XVQAXUpE1d3KEy1ccFxyUCafgh_TICKYqW1R1NE22QVUXGho5qHX4gd3R6RNIJyB8zmjbf4j0tjDSETeXSZgv_oFtXDCr15opshgTIXJgL3lr-zjhdO/s1600/IMG_1894.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKKa4zrHGJLHPcF9ZUiCJSnZ88XVQAXUpE1d3KEy1ccFxyUCafgh_TICKYqW1R1NE22QVUXGho5qHX4gd3R6RNIJyB8zmjbf4j0tjDSETeXSZgv_oFtXDCr15opshgTIXJgL3lr-zjhdO/s320/IMG_1894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454472411424195090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, you may use these hot pink lovelies on almost anything! Great with meats of all kinds, turkey sandwiches of course, and salads! I chose to recreate a fantastic salad I ate a lot of in Italy both when I studied there in college and while in Tuscany last summer with my mom.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Insalata con Tonno</span></span></b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hEb7TzGcWaK3VCqfk8yElfQZ17wVdVB2h3mQznnRUE8RQpKhQ4K5_kzefeiWVYWwwzM-NMrbsGRkJuOE3obIhgxZ7caoQBxYh8G63iBNc6ZBwgSgZYRwYs1raK_Q-EFdkynVDtZXq4fM/s1600/IMG_1866-1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hEb7TzGcWaK3VCqfk8yElfQZ17wVdVB2h3mQznnRUE8RQpKhQ4K5_kzefeiWVYWwwzM-NMrbsGRkJuOE3obIhgxZ7caoQBxYh8G63iBNc6ZBwgSgZYRwYs1raK_Q-EFdkynVDtZXq4fM/s320/IMG_1866-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454472407179468338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As MANY know, Italians prefer to use oil packed tuna, not watery dry tuna. Last Christmas, I received a gift of said oil packed tuna in my stocking! I think </span></span><a href="http://www.delaurenti.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Santa Claus</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is actually Pat McCarthy from DeLaurenti. The tuna that I used was actually locally troll caught albacore, to be precise.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NTuE2WU3jubwQY-XG4KXnwmXZy2B6FDmAeLTfEPiipL3IgS5PWFiVoIthGyBUlrhQnMICMXmiNbTelzpLCr7UyAXv-8nN2ZV-3MsJ0U3yo1FIhYZ56Yf_Tx_nfTvnZkcTGMGwpSRs0sl/s1600/IMG_1861.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NTuE2WU3jubwQY-XG4KXnwmXZy2B6FDmAeLTfEPiipL3IgS5PWFiVoIthGyBUlrhQnMICMXmiNbTelzpLCr7UyAXv-8nN2ZV-3MsJ0U3yo1FIhYZ56Yf_Tx_nfTvnZkcTGMGwpSRs0sl/s320/IMG_1861.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454471479759687042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Todd actually quizzed me in his typical fashion about what trolling was;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nelle….do you even KNOW what troll caught means?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HAHAHAHAHAHAH. yes. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My dad used to take us fishing all the time when we were little and we would troll for salmon on our sailboat sometimes. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Take THAT, Todd.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Um, sorry you had to see that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Back to the insalata!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFvGF3Zwxl8ChDxWRmPAUkNfOtSSOpMdaqn5KHHR4nfwOTJUcuK2stvtZ4jWl4gnUdaM3QwSP1h31KdimlAM5yIu42Rxhfros4L65iq_cIKEcm6N31A1TgofbbZuJEc5cotNQi_86VNfC/s1600/IMG_1864-1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFvGF3Zwxl8ChDxWRmPAUkNfOtSSOpMdaqn5KHHR4nfwOTJUcuK2stvtZ4jWl4gnUdaM3QwSP1h31KdimlAM5yIu42Rxhfros4L65iq_cIKEcm6N31A1TgofbbZuJEc5cotNQi_86VNfC/s320/IMG_1864-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454472403738666802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Simply dressed with an anchovy caesar-like vinaigrette, I started with romaine and radicchio and added some sweet cherry tomatoes, tuna, and pickled onions. Finished off with a spritz of lemon, crackle of pepper, and a drizzle of fine olive oil….Buonissima!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kJXzAGrHEqY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kJXzAGrHEqY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-82959903935474275582010-03-17T13:43:00.000-07:002010-03-17T15:26:41.123-07:00Irish Eyes for Soda Bread<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29lMLZramtmVA7TrL-PL5ofOZlH1dJPyfMY-UJThXZIdcqZHaf-eDK8SNCF1qA_tIFnL9JUTZq7GJxrosYmmPGsWIc-SGN-FgMYfSttCNJHPdRIDXDNElRql0L5J2sjXFtjAjD7lYZSBS/s1600-h/photo_lg_ireland.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29lMLZramtmVA7TrL-PL5ofOZlH1dJPyfMY-UJThXZIdcqZHaf-eDK8SNCF1qA_tIFnL9JUTZq7GJxrosYmmPGsWIc-SGN-FgMYfSttCNJHPdRIDXDNElRql0L5J2sjXFtjAjD7lYZSBS/s320/photo_lg_ireland.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449714110200896226" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Surprise! It's me again, so soon. So soon.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I would share a little creation that I adapted from Noreen Kinney's "A Baker's Odyssey." My dearest friend in SF tried the recipe yesterday, so it was only natural for me to try it today, and on St. Paddy at that… HA, can you BELIEVE how that worked out?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This recipe is super easy, as you only must mix the dry ingredients with the wet, and there is no yeast involved. It comes together in a matter of minutes. Do you know what that means for me?It means that I made two loaves AND two batches of tomato jam with all my spare time. Good golly think of all the free time.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I took the liberty of substituting (from the og recipe) regular granulated sugar for honey, adding bee pollen for pizzaz and pumpkin seeds for that bit of green kick. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Irish Soda Bread</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1 cup whole wheat flour, plus more for shaping</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon-sized pieces</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2 teaspoons baking soda</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1 3/4 teaspoons salt</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2 tablespoons honey</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1/4 cup wheat bran</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1/4 cup oat bran</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1/4 cup untoasted wheat germ</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2 tablespoons flaxseed</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2 tablespoon bee pollen</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1/8 cup raw sunflower seeds</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1/3 cup raw pumpkin seeds</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1 large egg</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Appx 1 3/4 cups buttermilk</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Adjust an oven rack to the center position and preheat the oven to 425°F. Coat a heavy baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray or line it with a silicone baking pan liner or aluminum foil.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In a large bowl, stir together the all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour. Add the butter and work it into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until the fat particles are very fine.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dBmKHKrAjk54iWTF66Y-w_jsz2sHU-YmpmoxLxt8uDcLr4AgjVKBUIQGYHcav4NQ_IdcVdrFeD74EjR71XaOPa3EjFU0b6bY3xiXL5Bk4RJ3Sfmr-GqRV8PNLI8J-4sjd8TMNv45Cvta/s1600-h/IMG_1832.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dBmKHKrAjk54iWTF66Y-w_jsz2sHU-YmpmoxLxt8uDcLr4AgjVKBUIQGYHcav4NQ_IdcVdrFeD74EjR71XaOPa3EjFU0b6bY3xiXL5Bk4RJ3Sfmr-GqRV8PNLI8J-4sjd8TMNv45Cvta/s320/IMG_1832.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449718235749415042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stir in the baking soda, salt, honey, wheat bran, oat bran, wheat germ, flaxseed, and sunflower and pumpkin seeds and bee pollen.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdi11Wwlz6K_3KTiu0anJdjw3sM4NEwnZ9yBFJ_OGST8LLoGdF9JwqIIhnx19tqV4dQFu2Dh_rRHwejotzu67KLmgHWCshVv7Olr1nAREz2p6IdlPMaRR-wb2flhnklC9YN59N_z92T_h/s1600-h/IMG_1835.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdi11Wwlz6K_3KTiu0anJdjw3sM4NEwnZ9yBFJ_OGST8LLoGdF9JwqIIhnx19tqV4dQFu2Dh_rRHwejotzu67KLmgHWCshVv7Olr1nAREz2p6IdlPMaRR-wb2flhnklC9YN59N_z92T_h/s320/IMG_1835.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449718972830973458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Beat the egg lightly with a fork in a 2-cup glass measure. Add enough buttermilk to come to the 2-cup line and stir with the fork to combine well. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the dough gathers into a thick, wet-looking mass.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84hIxyso2hkMenP95HLX8mVULqgfXWH1N56TlM4EP3_RW-RfsxlCSzs3vErTQeNuWELd7A1eI2dzr8sCb33-ueHFNc6jLOOuSBJPUiSWOxj0LG4eaix3BwxyMRCYCJonxWIXFFD-E96wI/s1600-h/IMG_1837.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84hIxyso2hkMenP95HLX8mVULqgfXWH1N56TlM4EP3_RW-RfsxlCSzs3vErTQeNuWELd7A1eI2dzr8sCb33-ueHFNc6jLOOuSBJPUiSWOxj0LG4eaix3BwxyMRCYCJonxWIXFFD-E96wI/s320/IMG_1837.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720881451471874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStS6FEyNkAe0PaGw7hXw0KCCHN4TLumEj2LZifITKY9kQKRPR3IkdtCl_H7Lt8jTLxVul0E3LPoKkoqU72Jgc0vkzXvWY6NHM9ZSk6GX5VzKlAFn_lrXe-RNDs3rnEvuLZbH3jySe92ZC/s1600-h/IMG_1840.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStS6FEyNkAe0PaGw7hXw0KCCHN4TLumEj2LZifITKY9kQKRPR3IkdtCl_H7Lt8jTLxVul0E3LPoKkoqU72Jgc0vkzXvWY6NHM9ZSk6GX5VzKlAFn_lrXe-RNDs3rnEvuLZbH3jySe92ZC/s320/IMG_1840.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449721662059945010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sprinkle your work surface with whole wheat flour and scrape the dough onto it. Dust the dough with a bit more whole wheat flour. Pat the dough into a circular shape about 7 inches across and 2 inches high and transfer it to the prepared baking sheet. Make a cross-shaped indentation on top of the loaf going right to the edges. I used my offset spatula and pressed it into the dough very gently; don't actually slash the dough. During baking the indentation expands, giving the top of the loaf an attractive pattern.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaa9U4o892NkSvapoIUqG0nFYr6YWcorzVH-1QfwTpC_NbeaF_sooQZe5I_y5nt95UYVScXCKifYJeI_CHrxoUjDA1ack9_wTbfQWF0RtSfJOBFm2dsxipjJsj9SG6s2-g7XnD0W3UyzIQ/s1600-h/IMG_1841.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaa9U4o892NkSvapoIUqG0nFYr6YWcorzVH-1QfwTpC_NbeaF_sooQZe5I_y5nt95UYVScXCKifYJeI_CHrxoUjDA1ack9_wTbfQWF0RtSfJOBFm2dsxipjJsj9SG6s2-g7XnD0W3UyzIQ/s320/IMG_1841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449721674329807394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bake the bread for about 35 minutes, until it is well browned and sounds hollow when rapped on the bottom. You will smell the nutty aroma wafting out of the oven when it's done. Cool the loaf on a wire cooling rack, and serve warm or at room temperature. Cut into quarters and slice each quarter with a sharp serrated knife. Delicious with butter, jam, tomato jam….and of course, cheese! I enjoyed mine with some Beecher's cheddar. </span></p></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5NHyvfWymPDir12z9lXLKX5wbIKgOQyD-p20e7yhL6fQk5Bwc-onWPq8Fmo7yzyAEsY0ByrpW6nDZAY__OcITTjoFfY9zL1gKsJk5fNwHUHle7ucwh_2pAZ5L_NyhoqqVzYN0tXECbVa/s1600-h/IMG_1844.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5NHyvfWymPDir12z9lXLKX5wbIKgOQyD-p20e7yhL6fQk5Bwc-onWPq8Fmo7yzyAEsY0ByrpW6nDZAY__OcITTjoFfY9zL1gKsJk5fNwHUHle7ucwh_2pAZ5L_NyhoqqVzYN0tXECbVa/s320/IMG_1844.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449707877549271362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-16453756428673695712010-03-16T10:10:00.000-07:002010-03-16T12:01:13.117-07:00Tartish<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blog!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hello fans, friends, fowl, and family! Today is going to be a spotlight on the idea of eating tarts all the time, especially for breakfast (as I currently do now) and the sunny inspiration of this wonderful sunny pleasure below:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Alyson's Lemon Curd Tart with Olive Oil</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxt0fagZ9g31TNgDruWmm9M-rv5RjLqvnuX4yuU076lwNmCguVhBqtW_Ctgs6ZQhRS7jiryH_M5uzzN6rSFOET8UISdjCKQIK7zxwccfrkDRFj0TOK-coNKfj0J8vGs-9-R0Ib2ocFsVB/s1600-h/whole+tart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxt0fagZ9g31TNgDruWmm9M-rv5RjLqvnuX4yuU076lwNmCguVhBqtW_Ctgs6ZQhRS7jiryH_M5uzzN6rSFOET8UISdjCKQIK7zxwccfrkDRFj0TOK-coNKfj0J8vGs-9-R0Ib2ocFsVB/s320/whole+tart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449287405188375650" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For those of you who may not know, my little sister got married last weekend! She and her betrothed are sunning it up in Cancun and basking in margaritas, chips/salsas, and newlywed bliss. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1X53A3v8jN3sWIET9KGsqkN3qllVQb7-UC1fxXARzK_XNclgdOzZcU1GZ4hx5h6ygYHdr6pr0lYwnedv1vlcaIvUu5pXwiqL1Z3X3yJmNa6QJYjQgMZxu2pdsrpHmyk6KsTBYrHyUgXK/s1600-h/couple.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1X53A3v8jN3sWIET9KGsqkN3qllVQb7-UC1fxXARzK_XNclgdOzZcU1GZ4hx5h6ygYHdr6pr0lYwnedv1vlcaIvUu5pXwiqL1Z3X3yJmNa6QJYjQgMZxu2pdsrpHmyk6KsTBYrHyUgXK/s320/couple.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449286822897232978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As part of the day of preparations, my mom and I decided to fortify the bridal party AND the crew (Hairdresser Lisa, Cameraman Spencer, Makeup Artist Annabelle) with one of Alyson's favorite lush meals, chicken caesar salad. My mom also made a lemon tart to go along with…BUT the sea was angry that day, and the curd did not cooperate. It sadly was thrown to the wayside and an emergency trip to the store was made for </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JARRED LEMON CURD</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets just say, if you want to eat a tart filled with a gelatinous matter that exists in a jar for 13 months, then you will eat a vienna sausage or some spam. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wedding Crew</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhigI1Nyx1fNxCBqbiHCTkGCTSSJBr-Iy_-nVd5EYstN4vl-rYcznyuaoQcSyrXyRBTa8uLMl3bUuDIzy8VcHOl9pR68xOZr7CyWWAYRc7e1P7oN4YLm5XFvJXNQULOqkelmF1MMBsIdeo/s1600-h/Alyson+Wedding+blog.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhigI1Nyx1fNxCBqbiHCTkGCTSSJBr-Iy_-nVd5EYstN4vl-rYcznyuaoQcSyrXyRBTa8uLMl3bUuDIzy8VcHOl9pR68xOZr7CyWWAYRc7e1P7oN4YLm5XFvJXNQULOqkelmF1MMBsIdeo/s320/Alyson+Wedding+blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449286805675530722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I do want to say that Nancy is a SAINT and everything she makes is gold. Also, Kaitlyn Kirkwood is a saint too, because she was the one who tried the jarred tart. Bless their souls.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No matter! I have remedied the malady of the jarred tart with this </span></span><a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Lemon-Curd-Tart-with-Olive-Oil-242290"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">procedure</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, courtesy of Gourmet Magazine. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitqYr_7X1KZES6QUk5mB3Jf8zpiYtui88AuGH6a3NzksJl8dKdZ4v0bRCohE5SLctNMOZVUdJEWXi-D9lkcsAiFRzpmFwiF3GylazKu8-6DUuyB5FKNYM4D5rUV-QEDaFdhWxyblZki7R/s1600-h/lemon+3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitqYr_7X1KZES6QUk5mB3Jf8zpiYtui88AuGH6a3NzksJl8dKdZ4v0bRCohE5SLctNMOZVUdJEWXi-D9lkcsAiFRzpmFwiF3GylazKu8-6DUuyB5FKNYM4D5rUV-QEDaFdhWxyblZki7R/s320/lemon+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449286843959028114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Step One:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tart Dough! This dough was enriched with a glug or two of olive oil, Kerrygold butter (heh, St Patty's day is coming up) and ground almonds. A nutty, buttery, rich, and crumbly crust is highly desirable, yes?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaZQcFJf-SNdXaQHenjskteCh6I1QOUcwmGsWzXpeFTuu9urySP_wm363lhKfCjpschYTnzzKd-KFhbiTxJdoeXimMIL6DS6dKjvN76WL0FO_wwxI6DOUj7EfD6gvv4u39BQ6_nt4DXs9/s1600-h/pure+irish.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaZQcFJf-SNdXaQHenjskteCh6I1QOUcwmGsWzXpeFTuu9urySP_wm363lhKfCjpschYTnzzKd-KFhbiTxJdoeXimMIL6DS6dKjvN76WL0FO_wwxI6DOUj7EfD6gvv4u39BQ6_nt4DXs9/s320/pure+irish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449299721770853442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTOldWROsw55nF_J6EvvUXIfAlfh3RfsiO2Yvx38HD67ZjBNmNBl5NFN9qwbw8EOlrUYGJn3-XaI94eB3xFcjxe3D-DZC_ZMBIQoHqVDZB8ftgsUjz5vRLF2dnnO9s81nF29zaSwp208F/s1600-h/dough.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTOldWROsw55nF_J6EvvUXIfAlfh3RfsiO2Yvx38HD67ZjBNmNBl5NFN9qwbw8EOlrUYGJn3-XaI94eB3xFcjxe3D-DZC_ZMBIQoHqVDZB8ftgsUjz5vRLF2dnnO9s81nF29zaSwp208F/s320/dough.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449286830692644546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Step Two:</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Press the dough into a tart pan with removable bottom. There will be fingerprints on the tart. This proves you are human and not a cyborg that creates perfectly smooth tart bottoms with an offset spatula.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWCq-xU1P9nmM9NT5rg4p0T55mK2-_6A9OaMT1H3T5MkRqj7w0vb5UB-FqhzPB7J8UURQFzfX6ApEIVb-mZI9AQjz7F73sBel-TVfyzu-3RO7GEJqBGp1Rhb7VRAUBnVUAKHCIs4oYkDd/s1600-h/pressed+dough.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWCq-xU1P9nmM9NT5rg4p0T55mK2-_6A9OaMT1H3T5MkRqj7w0vb5UB-FqhzPB7J8UURQFzfX6ApEIVb-mZI9AQjz7F73sBel-TVfyzu-3RO7GEJqBGp1Rhb7VRAUBnVUAKHCIs4oYkDd/s320/pressed+dough.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449287122185553074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Step Three:</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blind bake the tart until golden brown. Lightly grease a sheet of tin foil and cover the tart. Then, fill the tart to the brim with cheap pinto beans you purchased at the Food Pavilion. Next, trick your boyfriend into thinking you made a bean pie. Laugh hysterically as he does not get the joke, nor does he understand why you are taking a bean filled tart out of the oven.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0T2Yy2OOl6lhUPQIrL51U7dKriCgGj-M3gixLCMKEHeTdQ5AG4zAOzodRC5kdbBdZCJHWxTQpnHEMdgS-99ahSBOTamviz_DZkSV1hAyyro5DO7TNgHu7Dp-EOf2NRaCfOGV8rnqqmrB/s1600-h/blind+baked.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0T2Yy2OOl6lhUPQIrL51U7dKriCgGj-M3gixLCMKEHeTdQ5AG4zAOzodRC5kdbBdZCJHWxTQpnHEMdgS-99ahSBOTamviz_DZkSV1hAyyro5DO7TNgHu7Dp-EOf2NRaCfOGV8rnqqmrB/s320/blind+baked.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449286816481019394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Step Four:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Make the curd while the tart shell cools. Begin by artfully laying out lemons on the table. Go ahead, play with the shadows cast by the fruit in your own crazy sugar induced photo shoot. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4necDYWrmLieh2-8QRwn_2-cYrdY0l5JUbEscgNAzBu-ROgekx_pbDs83Mw8vnd8zSNGUWRbN14OPAt-84Vk1BVhzTu0FNOxGpdeFXh9RkvXbwDNgK6MytaO1QkULSF8n3prbI0Y3XbN/s1600-h/lemon4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4necDYWrmLieh2-8QRwn_2-cYrdY0l5JUbEscgNAzBu-ROgekx_pbDs83Mw8vnd8zSNGUWRbN14OPAt-84Vk1BVhzTu0FNOxGpdeFXh9RkvXbwDNgK6MytaO1QkULSF8n3prbI0Y3XbN/s320/lemon4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449287117123690242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYbze408gtlTtIQS-TWQx89fLl2MtXv56BnAzyjDK96f0Ef8WUi7gTjNMwp0Bl4xvIOd71jPwt2_dsJ_CnQLiP-MPnCBlskHxQVp1aRchuwqiEXy4jW05rKuctgSTYdmFSo-GulL3Xi9A/s1600-h/lemon2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYbze408gtlTtIQS-TWQx89fLl2MtXv56BnAzyjDK96f0Ef8WUi7gTjNMwp0Bl4xvIOd71jPwt2_dsJ_CnQLiP-MPnCBlskHxQVp1aRchuwqiEXy4jW05rKuctgSTYdmFSo-GulL3Xi9A/s320/lemon2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449287105327548066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Zest and juice lemons, and combine with your eggs, sugar, olive oil, and cornstarch (for thickening). Bring to a brief boil on the stove and watch before your very eyes as the eggs and starch thicken the mixture into a smooth and creamy lemon dream. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In summary, there is no substitute for a fresh lemon taste. There are attempts made by the taste of Lemonhead brand candy, but other than that, you must use the real thing.</span></span></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaXLpzCzTt94j6Fwpi30EvQ0xvQ4zjTPun9BlOBPy5LDqQwK0YiV6l9w8jLV1UUvryHQUEGr03SfrI-qEEkHZR_8nBuAwo9omQ_To6BMqJdTqrjfciieiYZEnEL4k0XepRjkui7VCrhBi/s1600-h/whole+tart+best.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaXLpzCzTt94j6Fwpi30EvQ0xvQ4zjTPun9BlOBPy5LDqQwK0YiV6l9w8jLV1UUvryHQUEGr03SfrI-qEEkHZR_8nBuAwo9omQ_To6BMqJdTqrjfciieiYZEnEL4k0XepRjkui7VCrhBi/s320/whole+tart+best.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449287417690306834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I must say, I am a sucker for anything that uses a fine oil in its title. Therefore, does anyone have any other suggestions for me? I am dying to make Otto's Olive Oil Gelato….</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Alyson's Creamy Smooth Lemon Dream Tart slice, signing off.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9hWyj1-olPKtXGTwqchjG_Jg6lbK00n9ZAT73L5ewbOcjsr54gDB6JELpUUalTFI0hifyVC6SCREMzdItJ8Sa00ZvFpr_kEa_0WlTC4TsFolbYdtvWWsFjCzPpU4bowWNcj2GDP2fM9f/s1600-h/slice.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9hWyj1-olPKtXGTwqchjG_Jg6lbK00n9ZAT73L5ewbOcjsr54gDB6JELpUUalTFI0hifyVC6SCREMzdItJ8Sa00ZvFpr_kEa_0WlTC4TsFolbYdtvWWsFjCzPpU4bowWNcj2GDP2fM9f/s320/slice.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449287400155996482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-31234475686612498402010-02-11T14:47:00.000-08:002010-02-11T16:22:36.621-08:00Lady Meyer Lemon Marmalade<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">O Sunny Day!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49xljPfVrqq12HMgr34AVFjgrqYFGQsTPkhOKmez69IEmtnIC1C5JdXVGNteXMDikFCFtsFAVFPxnRmmQwzHyaUuoDLtAv5Vohl8eJMMbQ3ajHWwoIRDKn9V2ChqwHGYDb30OeT-Xgy1n/s1600-h/lemons.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49xljPfVrqq12HMgr34AVFjgrqYFGQsTPkhOKmez69IEmtnIC1C5JdXVGNteXMDikFCFtsFAVFPxnRmmQwzHyaUuoDLtAv5Vohl8eJMMbQ3ajHWwoIRDKn9V2ChqwHGYDb30OeT-Xgy1n/s400/lemons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437133553449403730" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hi!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Its been, what, a fortnight since my last post?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have been trying to "fit in" around here, so that has taken much of my time. Plus the Jennifer Anniston arm campaign has been working well for me. I have also taken to jumping rope, as well. It really elevates the heart rate lickity split. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, for my most current project, I have decided to take on canning, or as a good Yankee woman would say, "puttin up____" (fill in the blank with whatever you got that day.) You got baby corn? Pickle it and sell it to Godfathers for their salad bar. You got a patch of blackberries? Put on your overalls and make you some hooch. You got a case of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_lemon"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Meyer Lemons</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at Costco for your sister's bachelorette party last weekend? Make some Meyer Lemon Marmalade!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I decided to use a microwaveable method, as this project was quite a small one. The cook time is only about 11 minutes total. But we are talking about </span><a href="http://realtimebiosensor.com/images/langmuir.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">micro-waves</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">….</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Onward to my sunny project! Though it was quite gray and misty here, this project allowed me to buzz about and forget about some of the recent <a href="http://www.itsallabouteeyore.awoodman.net/images/eeyore6.jpg">humbugs</a> of the week. The recipe is from one of my new favorite sites, <a href="http://www.putsup.com/">Put Up or Shut Up</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OpTRPl1gvoYDXvW-NKyLkBd-33WdkFqigAUSEuFJqvv88QfS8x747OWZRZ5ucnOLJBjx5vPH_c4JB2e8pZdt1ixRUbtWe9XPOmlyLIFg33oX4EV8IH8yE0hKHYlxwvRNChJGUyGjYXqT/s1600-h/all+jars.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.putsup.com/2010/01/microwave-meyer-lemon-marmalade.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Meyer Lemon Marmalade</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:georgia, serif;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">4 lemons</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1 3/4 cup sugar</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1/2 vanilla bean pod, cut up</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Prepare a hot water bath and make sure your jars and lids are sterilized. remember, don't heat the screw caps, just the jars and the seal.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br />Slice lengthwise into quarters and trim away the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> white membrane near the core and remove all the seeds.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbIlotvLGhZws5rkMeVWq-3CMiqVkY0QoK5KatacUIQSoMoRI0hHooUJLVTF1k21Njv2rmZPP_RxLecFbAN7lRXH0CMru44CjvsUdAN-QhVNH4fV7-_Gv_kkPE6CWFo5T9_U4PFQNU6G1/s1600-h/slices.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbIlotvLGhZws5rkMeVWq-3CMiqVkY0QoK5KatacUIQSoMoRI0hHooUJLVTF1k21Njv2rmZPP_RxLecFbAN7lRXH0CMru44CjvsUdAN-QhVNH4fV7-_Gv_kkPE6CWFo5T9_U4PFQNU6G1/s400/slices.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437133732108509682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Combine lemon slices and sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Puree the mixture until a sunny, chunky broth is formed. This will be QUITE sticky and liquid. The meyer lemon is a thin skinned citrus, so there will not be noticeable rind as in a traditional marmalade. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7N-WZ_4fnR5hN8XZtPieGZKIptPC2k2H-6m2gbfEgUp7D_z4XVKzZ00btOJpFJsQuYVMYO9pvSAV95_u1XwWTC0filkXVYl8ntoLN5fF_vWh_75RA7YXf5FcT-SzHbjCxj9DLZLfKfDa/s1600-h/puree.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7N-WZ_4fnR5hN8XZtPieGZKIptPC2k2H-6m2gbfEgUp7D_z4XVKzZ00btOJpFJsQuYVMYO9pvSAV95_u1XwWTC0filkXVYl8ntoLN5fF_vWh_75RA7YXf5FcT-SzHbjCxj9DLZLfKfDa/s400/puree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437133717467854322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pour into a high-sided microwaveable bowl adding vanilla bean cut into a few pieces. Cover tightly with saran wrap that you have pierced a few times to vent.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Stir; remove saran wrap and return to microwave for 5- 7 minutes. Remove, stir and check thickness. At this point, depending on the juiciness of your fruit you may want to return it to the microwave for another 2-3 minutes. It continues thickening as it cools.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">DO NOT fear as this concoction will bubble and toil in the microwave. Just be patient and remember you are dealing with citrus lava flow. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Stir again and pour or ladle marmalade into your prepared jars, leaving 1/2-inch headroom and removing any air bubbles. Wipe rims and place lids on screwing on lightly.<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Place jars in canner making sure they are submerged. Return to a boil and process 5 minutes (timed from the boil) for 4oz jars and 10 minutes for 8oz jars. I used 80z jars because I felt the 4 oz portion ones could be eaten, literally, with one spoonful. Thats no way to live, when you eat the whole jam jar in one sitting. Unless you are someone I know... Love you dad!!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Remove lid and wait 5 minutes before carefully removing jars. Place jars on towels or a cutting board to cool. Label, date and enjoy.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuizKuS2078pB5aclluzRGpTSn_g6ESJkot8aCkPgfqv1xn5uv6Fa6tqND-SNeBMDAwKWHpvk_oQQ8cniQ7xMKig3HJkjLQ19lmDCMIlmeCgAu7xxtOCcHikt3buplGGEzMuk843z9w8Y/s1600-h/all+jars.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuizKuS2078pB5aclluzRGpTSn_g6ESJkot8aCkPgfqv1xn5uv6Fa6tqND-SNeBMDAwKWHpvk_oQQ8cniQ7xMKig3HJkjLQ19lmDCMIlmeCgAu7xxtOCcHikt3buplGGEzMuk843z9w8Y/s400/all+jars.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437142812233755490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0f5WRFfInLPuhAqXjhGAyCcN1j8jcx1qTgGkNVqPOLNTX2SjupWFCJ1Gty5d2gNVPA0th_4H3x2lvsf6L2cNVxpaofwIuwjluuffmmP_ulzMpRqEw4JF7BNJ5Or_hjRDI787yYVwBsDz/s1600-h/jar+close+up+1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0f5WRFfInLPuhAqXjhGAyCcN1j8jcx1qTgGkNVqPOLNTX2SjupWFCJ1Gty5d2gNVPA0th_4H3x2lvsf6L2cNVxpaofwIuwjluuffmmP_ulzMpRqEw4JF7BNJ5Or_hjRDI787yYVwBsDz/s400/jar+close+up+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437133529157602178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Notice the flecks of vanilla in the 'lade. Whenever I see those flecks, I know whatever it is I am about to eat is going to be lush. I left a little keepsake vanilla pod segment in each of the jars, to add flavor and intrigue….what is the black speck in my jam, dammit!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-DbnZU4Av1TKcmeR0ZLL_0q_jkyziI0wCGAj89BxKRG46Dwu-JQPeBZletkS_vYuuJR5L9X_8e0YBcaJrsboXw_yh3vsd4kOt70H83IYRi3BDlN85YVNsHRjdd47JhUSQwgyNPjigwtX/s1600-h/close+up.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-DbnZU4Av1TKcmeR0ZLL_0q_jkyziI0wCGAj89BxKRG46Dwu-JQPeBZletkS_vYuuJR5L9X_8e0YBcaJrsboXw_yh3vsd4kOt70H83IYRi3BDlN85YVNsHRjdd47JhUSQwgyNPjigwtX/s400/close+up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437133523198837922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I made 2 batches of this marmalade and yielded 5 jars. Please do note, however, that I did not double this recipe, I just made it twice. The microwave will revolt with a molten sticky serum bomb all over your house if you dry to double the batch. </span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqDiwVWTMAI8gvF-L-PID-7scEcGogcQ7YJ2KFoIXyB0yWB-YUx4UKsEKOuaBuvkBZsTKNONNi82oKaVHgDWWjFpuKy9Wc5bT7CmeeGjRrA2XZvJfK7cziy-fhf5YIYL1Z51J7CLY1I_9/s1600-h/jar+close+up+2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqDiwVWTMAI8gvF-L-PID-7scEcGogcQ7YJ2KFoIXyB0yWB-YUx4UKsEKOuaBuvkBZsTKNONNi82oKaVHgDWWjFpuKy9Wc5bT7CmeeGjRrA2XZvJfK7cziy-fhf5YIYL1Z51J7CLY1I_9/s400/jar+close+up+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437133539512858194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The jar above was a bit on the low side, so I decided to keep that one for the fridge and consume in the next couple of days. Normally, you would want to fill the jar up a little more. I only had 8 lemons ok?!!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As a side note, my grandmother once bought me a meyer lemon tree, but it was overcome by some sort of citrus spider. I shall acquire another one, someday. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9meTP6L4S4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9meTP6L4S4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-4221591042321512022010-01-27T09:12:00.000-08:002010-01-27T13:10:39.892-08:00Fancy Food!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6aI20vYoEwRqD-8U-IYVFAIVMXruA1eQ6RuyJfUKJUsesVY3RD_oD6rsWxq37ajwMTd-ocjRtFOxw4FACk670ZE_h0J6-GCUk5xQcZNlYuBiphznSJ7EYn9yuRJGIsG43bQXuz9rKxGy/s1600-h/goat"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6aI20vYoEwRqD-8U-IYVFAIVMXruA1eQ6RuyJfUKJUsesVY3RD_oD6rsWxq37ajwMTd-ocjRtFOxw4FACk670ZE_h0J6-GCUk5xQcZNlYuBiphznSJ7EYn9yuRJGIsG43bQXuz9rKxGy/s400/goat" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431526452571385778" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hi!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's been a while. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lets not make this awkward, ok? These goats are not food, they are friends of mine.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My adventures have taken me on a plane to San Francisco, stalking a legend, snowshoeing in the WILD forest of Wenatchee, goat cheesery, a visit from a little brother, and many many jellybeans. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I will first enlighten you on my trip to:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> San Francisco Fancy Food Show 2010!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE1MXnW2wzIOO0s9Gxtn5bPimzm_v0C4Bk4sHA2xUiH3K1C28mv-sLuXUlYh3aljYm25HQoLQBfybgQDOpON-VjH5L55IDBa27PWYSYFkMfliu1WBWzXxsp-HpIthiDNaSzgEAyN_EBIL/s1600-h/SF+bridge.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE1MXnW2wzIOO0s9Gxtn5bPimzm_v0C4Bk4sHA2xUiH3K1C28mv-sLuXUlYh3aljYm25HQoLQBfybgQDOpON-VjH5L55IDBa27PWYSYFkMfliu1WBWzXxsp-HpIthiDNaSzgEAyN_EBIL/s320/SF+bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431485848655884194" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It all started out with a simple phone call to one of my favorite cheese shops; </span><a href="http://www.quelfromage.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Quel Fromage!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Long story short, we got to talking, as girls tend to do….and the owner of the store casually inquires if I would be interested in attending the 2010 Fancy Food Show in San Francisco…a mere 2 days away. Would I be interested? Let me think about it….</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">UM.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">YES!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">25,000 Alaska Airline miles + many minutes pacing the room, muttering, drinking wine + a late night phone call to my AMAZINGly generous friend Elizabeth = one impromptu trip to San Fran!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank You Eli, Margot and other Eli!!!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7mINvImCmjwRt6BVxPEYqLgqurgUV3_oTKh6AYdb0GH_sJgnug7kC9hOt1lZo6csZ6m96idE1BIC2BYmf5VOnpcASkmyA9uP0N50000IWX8XkWui3ogp1omhU_sHwGxv0bPuo6VTYsVL/s1600-h/eli+margo.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7mINvImCmjwRt6BVxPEYqLgqurgUV3_oTKh6AYdb0GH_sJgnug7kC9hOt1lZo6csZ6m96idE1BIC2BYmf5VOnpcASkmyA9uP0N50000IWX8XkWui3ogp1omhU_sHwGxv0bPuo6VTYsVL/s320/eli+margo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431484985570945954" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is a summary of my travels and some highlights;</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Arrival to SFO…greeted with a </span><a href="http://www.tartinebakery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tartine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Ham and Cheese Croissant! I own this cookbook and I cannot wait to try the recipe soon! Eli? Sara? </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Show registration and introduction to my lovely foodie host, Rachel Riggs. She and her husband were very gracious with their time, and allowed me to independently peruse the entire show at my leisure. Thank you Rachel!!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first day was spend ambling through the south side of the arena and the second say was spent in the far superior north side…here are some of my delicious finds:</span></li><li><a href="http://www.savannahbee.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Savannah Bee Company</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The display of the full frame of honey was divine! They even have a line of </span><a href="http://www.savannahbee.com/category/33"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"tea" honeys, "cheese" honeys, and "grill" honeys</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Marketing team was working overtime on that one…I do love their </span><a href="http://www.savannahbee.com/product/10/8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Riesling</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> style bottle though. </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">TEA overload. Look at these loose teas that entice the senses and calm the mind!</span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfQ5oOm393C13OBLc1Qnrn_CNiVU8A_clrg5mjqtX5rB8WaBXMiUf6lW-uilCKZr8gYxE3b4EP0y68uHMLPHe8BYeyLgJ3SX5eaT6UlygGKcIoKRpmBpadbBQlCfl4vpv8fR1ntohma3g/s1600-h/TEA.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfQ5oOm393C13OBLc1Qnrn_CNiVU8A_clrg5mjqtX5rB8WaBXMiUf6lW-uilCKZr8gYxE3b4EP0y68uHMLPHe8BYeyLgJ3SX5eaT6UlygGKcIoKRpmBpadbBQlCfl4vpv8fR1ntohma3g/s320/TEA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431485854585678978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Salts, so many salts. I talked for a while with the owners of a Seattle based company called </span><a href="http://www.secretsalts.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Secret Stash Salts</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I gazed over large boulders of Himalayan Pink Salts. A crane was probably used to haul them in. Obvioulsy truffle salts are high on my list of idea things in life. Total Salt Ingestion: 4,000 mg. FML</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8ouge2FPAeEAtUoheys_a1AYUXh-7fSbQSGFzsjzVoymKTEyS5PMgxaQMvt1bJG6yQNfmTSL14LtwJVYUCcicVgaD-hxoK3qepK1G7ZT2mwYCAjwX1kJN17s2Dq28MxFkIxwrPjZmzC0/s1600-h/salt.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8ouge2FPAeEAtUoheys_a1AYUXh-7fSbQSGFzsjzVoymKTEyS5PMgxaQMvt1bJG6yQNfmTSL14LtwJVYUCcicVgaD-hxoK3qepK1G7ZT2mwYCAjwX1kJN17s2Dq28MxFkIxwrPjZmzC0/s320/salt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431485844134942018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gummies! Haribo gummies are my preferred gummy of choice and I seek them out whenever I can. I love twin cherries, fresh berries, colas (fizzy and flat), licorice wheels, and of course the standard gold bear. I was delighted to see an oversized backlit display of gummies and take home a </span><a href="http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=haribo+berries&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=HodgS8KYG4TYsgPb-NTACw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQsAQwAA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">freshly picked bag of berries</span></a></li><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-puUrXd35qdIst-xvtRYACMNgSZluDbAElUn2CBi14nH1IwhBctguZhIGCMecCHagpMGClRgQHMojpHug3d7KICw62_5OlWzsejgxmtQCftYQRQnQ0QjEVJyrqxlLnnWpTYuBa07y_6n/s1600-h/haribo"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-puUrXd35qdIst-xvtRYACMNgSZluDbAElUn2CBi14nH1IwhBctguZhIGCMecCHagpMGClRgQHMojpHug3d7KICw62_5OlWzsejgxmtQCftYQRQnQ0QjEVJyrqxlLnnWpTYuBa07y_6n/s320/haribo" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431484989803950178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a href="http://blackgarlic.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Black Garlic.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Fermented garlic that has a umami roasted taste…but its aged. And Black.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXAOznkxV_SQKvBH6VKh-MixM3j09KO4jUxuFw5y1JF2iRvl_zqUgBsXUALB321_skFHiRpryRVMRCU_mDbp6rEyhhMqY09tQnZBz3OtdjE33TNHy5QiEcX03Cf2QGhsxDnA0CnyWp_81/s1600-h/Black-Garlic.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXAOznkxV_SQKvBH6VKh-MixM3j09KO4jUxuFw5y1JF2iRvl_zqUgBsXUALB321_skFHiRpryRVMRCU_mDbp6rEyhhMqY09tQnZBz3OtdjE33TNHy5QiEcX03Cf2QGhsxDnA0CnyWp_81/s320/Black-Garlic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431521131309194706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 205px; " /></a><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesmokedolive.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Smoked Olive Oil</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I would imagine I could eat an entire meal of this oil and a baguette. I shudder at the caloric thought.</span></li><li><a href="http://skyr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Siggi's Icelandic Style Skyr</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: Better than Fage?! It's fat free and comes in some really delicious flavors. Plus, I feel worldly when I eat it and imagine people thinking to themselves "skyr? Is that some sort of Icelandic Yak's blood?" BAHAHAHAHA. </span></li><li><a href="http://www.happygoatcaramel.com/products.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Happy Goat Caramels</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Carmel makes ME happy. Goat's milk caramels make me double-ly happy. These are made in the traditional way, in a copper pot. Oh how I </span><a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/shop/cookware/cookware-mauviel/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">desire a whole set</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of copper cookwares….I digress.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.roguecreamery.com/">Rogue Creamery Cheeses</a>. I talked with David Gremmels for a while and he told me his grandmother's name was Nelle! Then I stuffed my face with cheeses in the order in which they were displayed. I liked the </span><a href="http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CAVEMAN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Caveman Blue!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Aged in a limestone cave, man.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmzoCEnMAsJM3XqQoP6sIeKCutA5UJ13K1tU4gId77aAXwAhfzIMIYw4uVTGopqKKYmTLjiAnVzQ0IFa_eKgHuTrvF6akKFg8pYX02SLyv9QROr8gNmppg-IxmR92TeCYwKL5woZo9kYn/s1600-h/rouge"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmzoCEnMAsJM3XqQoP6sIeKCutA5UJ13K1tU4gId77aAXwAhfzIMIYw4uVTGopqKKYmTLjiAnVzQ0IFa_eKgHuTrvF6akKFg8pYX02SLyv9QROr8gNmppg-IxmR92TeCYwKL5woZo9kYn/s320/rouge" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431485322471840066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.coachfarm.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Coach Farm Goat Cheese</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://www.alexisdeportneuf.com/products/goat/chevre-des-neiges-triple-creme.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Snow Goat Triple Cream Brie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">….2 of my favorites! Coach Goat also had this really "grate" hard goat cheese that you could shave with a micro-plane. I ate a hunk of it and the soft flavors coated my mouth with a sort of velvet mouthfeel. Except it was cheese.</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pause For Inspirational Quote:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"I'm on this new diet. Well, I don't eat anything and when I feel like I'm about to faint I eat a cube of cheese"</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-The Devil Wears Prada</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cypress Grove Cheese Wedding Cake Cypress Grove Cheese Wedding Cake Cypress Grove Cheese Wedding Cake Cypress Grove Cheese Wedding Cake Cypress Grove Cheese Wedding Cake:</span></span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWI3WVtHIQmTEIgn4cMkxTW6mxsFbERQqIROkTvoRrc3RNGdZwQanaVKdjbGnASCz5TZ_c5-a0BpmsdIkeCNIaGdiJz-hyXuoqaQOpJqyR1Fk1afKbr6O7i9mhA0b8jgG4cPfZYB7aGP1D/s1600-h/humbolt+best.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWI3WVtHIQmTEIgn4cMkxTW6mxsFbERQqIROkTvoRrc3RNGdZwQanaVKdjbGnASCz5TZ_c5-a0BpmsdIkeCNIaGdiJz-hyXuoqaQOpJqyR1Fk1afKbr6O7i9mhA0b8jgG4cPfZYB7aGP1D/s320/humbolt+best.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431506109892307314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; line-height: 17px; "></span></span></a><ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWI3WVtHIQmTEIgn4cMkxTW6mxsFbERQqIROkTvoRrc3RNGdZwQanaVKdjbGnASCz5TZ_c5-a0BpmsdIkeCNIaGdiJz-hyXuoqaQOpJqyR1Fk1afKbr6O7i9mhA0b8jgG4cPfZYB7aGP1D/s1600-h/humbolt+best.jpg"></a></span><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWI3WVtHIQmTEIgn4cMkxTW6mxsFbERQqIROkTvoRrc3RNGdZwQanaVKdjbGnASCz5TZ_c5-a0BpmsdIkeCNIaGdiJz-hyXuoqaQOpJqyR1Fk1afKbr6O7i9mhA0b8jgG4cPfZYB7aGP1D/s1600-h/humbolt+best.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; line-height: 17px; "></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-XIMEHGoZI"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Staring at these for 3 minutes before someone asked me if I wanted a taste:</span></a></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px; font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuoLMIjaS5fsLNcFU9egJ-xTxA78TOGxHp0KZIFBtpH4BVHmtruS0MDiFPQF1poUSEivwrPEhSzZ369fWEn1lsheXACPHCrbKex8khdyZjwLngknEds2_-T8xd_1vuyymMyep6kkNC7rU/s1600-h/procut"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuoLMIjaS5fsLNcFU9egJ-xTxA78TOGxHp0KZIFBtpH4BVHmtruS0MDiFPQF1poUSEivwrPEhSzZ369fWEn1lsheXACPHCrbKex8khdyZjwLngknEds2_-T8xd_1vuyymMyep6kkNC7rU/s320/procut" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431485315417926738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXASDk0NDvrERI6uoZVTVVHY05He8nrsxrNqqWEEjqneQ-G5jTMAcUpNb6CatVi1WYD8_LZLqgwpecJkdiO0Ps0Kx3YpEY0vX3ebGaU5TvfDLbv_cCHveyCZRS_fdlO7eZ3G3eEJPxEmc/s1600-h/parm"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXASDk0NDvrERI6uoZVTVVHY05He8nrsxrNqqWEEjqneQ-G5jTMAcUpNb6CatVi1WYD8_LZLqgwpecJkdiO0Ps0Kx3YpEY0vX3ebGaU5TvfDLbv_cCHveyCZRS_fdlO7eZ3G3eEJPxEmc/s320/parm" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431506112993717842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OH. Did I mention that I actually stalked Ina Garten AKA The Barefoot Contessa? Ina was there in the FLESH and I got to meet her and awkwardly lean in near her personal space for a picture!!! Rachel was kind enough to let me know when she was going to be back to her display (featuring her Barefoot brand), and she was there, with her pal Frank Newbold, socializing with the non-Hamptonites. I don't know if you remember Frank, but she is one of Ina's DEAREST friends and business partners. Frank and his BF Stephen were just on the </span><a href="http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/04/ina-garten-loves-her-gay-men/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">show</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">….I don't know about you, but I found this website depicting Ina's fag hag status pretty frickin hilarious: </span><a href="http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/04/ina-garten-loves-her-gay-men/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></a><a href="http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/04/ina-garten-loves-her-gay-men/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/04/ina-garten-loves-her-gay-men/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0246d1U-iEOuqFGLcFIifdSsnzGNjU3HhNSOn9lF_F5sxskjCtmlnl_wZJQ6WH2nYdouv0Sw417ZbA86Eqv2kRaEs8_qkavKyrnfU1ZvojrW1PmMe7Dhor0NT8U-JpPVJXRcrTKvNuc1H/s1600-h/ina"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0246d1U-iEOuqFGLcFIifdSsnzGNjU3HhNSOn9lF_F5sxskjCtmlnl_wZJQ6WH2nYdouv0Sw417ZbA86Eqv2kRaEs8_qkavKyrnfU1ZvojrW1PmMe7Dhor0NT8U-JpPVJXRcrTKvNuc1H/s320/ina" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431485005936723634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.lilliebellefarms.com/pilot.asp?pg=default"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lillie Belle's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Smokey Chocolate Blue Cheese Truffle. A truffle….with CHEESE inside, folks. Milk chocolate meets sharp blue cheese with a dusting of almond on the outside and hint of smoke on the inside. </span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I dare say the next item out loud, internet. OOT. An </span><a href="http://bissingers.com/category/detail/2621.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Olive Oil Truffle by Bissinger</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. TODD, I WANT THESE FOR VALENTINES DAY. Shit, was that last part all in caps? Sorry man, didn't mean to yell. eh. I mean it's like your mouth is visited with a tongue coating flood of the finest Grecian olive oil, only to be matched with the melting-ly smooth quality of a hand crafted chocolate shell.</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, I really could go on about all the other things I want to gush over….the vinegars, friendly </span><a href="http://www.nunesfarms.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nut</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ladies, the mass of other cheeses I got to taste, gourmet spritzers, bacon salt/mayo/popcorn, truffle everything, </span><a href="http://www.milkimchi.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">kimchi</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, caramel sauce made with </span><a href="http://gourmetlibrary.com/products/5406-Isigny-Unsalted-Butter-Bar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">AOC Isigny butter</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">…. That is, butter that is protected by the French Government. GAH! Can I please start a specialty food store now?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank you all for reading and indulging in my humble accounts of the Fancy Food Show!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Love, Nelle</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2-QyBWmegT52AARokYrXjsaiR5EVkqki5Kk-IFAX05P6WQvYGo0fNHvMo5DmpDbyQ7ym8Mp5TIVXOTmiFDA__GHiEbQoEGIhyphenhyphen6uRAd0ISeps9AAgyhn-JCDfRSp2PVgBBjiC4DQiK3PV/s1600-h/sophia_loren167a-220x300.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2-QyBWmegT52AARokYrXjsaiR5EVkqki5Kk-IFAX05P6WQvYGo0fNHvMo5DmpDbyQ7ym8Mp5TIVXOTmiFDA__GHiEbQoEGIhyphenhyphen6uRAd0ISeps9AAgyhn-JCDfRSp2PVgBBjiC4DQiK3PV/s400/sophia_loren167a-220x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431515656755850466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HAHAHAHAH. Just kidding, this is me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0O8NHWggZoIdvbKLw8vkcR7AoFaToHMKXRZ3HBIemdLhKo3B9zgQW49DM58eH9_dRe6MoiSu3wviHlhlBwrpqLFkn7-XoQYQ85KoqDmo2BFJaD5Se8lTh7oy93tbRM5BPKERyOAPsGxJ/s1600-h/boccalone"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0O8NHWggZoIdvbKLw8vkcR7AoFaToHMKXRZ3HBIemdLhKo3B9zgQW49DM58eH9_dRe6MoiSu3wviHlhlBwrpqLFkn7-XoQYQ85KoqDmo2BFJaD5Se8lTh7oy93tbRM5BPKERyOAPsGxJ/s320/boccalone" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431484981750015378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Boccalone Meat Cone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OH! And btw, I finally got to taste the elusive </span><a href="http://www.boccalone.com/product/Nduja?pageID=51c2ba06-1e0b-4e34-f059-29c84216f9e9&sortBy=rating"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nduja</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. An excellent spreadable salami made in house by Boccalone in the Calabrian style.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> </span></div></div></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-72182097460784986172010-01-10T14:40:00.000-08:002010-01-10T19:35:33.956-08:00Thomas Keller's "Coffee and Doughnuts" Part II<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HI!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is the 2nd part to my three day quest:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I hope you like pictures :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Semifreddo batter ready to freeze….notice the vanilla specks. eh I love the specks.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgqlZC9XYxxKo762SLWRF1sJ1MyRb1dd8guayIL2MRqnB16gLIomAaTK1ixHxAePsZYehJ7XOvZ8Lm9XKc938E9zdxwnS318Y-iPMrBhVFNhUQ8IR1V0fdS3-qwDRgTmEYutebWukz8w4/s1600-h/semifreddo2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgqlZC9XYxxKo762SLWRF1sJ1MyRb1dd8guayIL2MRqnB16gLIomAaTK1ixHxAePsZYehJ7XOvZ8Lm9XKc938E9zdxwnS318Y-iPMrBhVFNhUQ8IR1V0fdS3-qwDRgTmEYutebWukz8w4/s320/semifreddo2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425246166305551490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Semifreddi in a row!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaFzikyIg2dC9kInbhBrb_MxjvPSV8T_ibffzwFiVAYUVHZ4lXR1Lh-uk-15Qu2fLp1oOtoRI0c8deMS6W9jj0OAZyyn2vAwTezABVWuHqib0vveJ6ETpgO5lVeRXPlY_qD5E5vjuZ8we/s1600-h/semifreddo.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaFzikyIg2dC9kInbhBrb_MxjvPSV8T_ibffzwFiVAYUVHZ4lXR1Lh-uk-15Qu2fLp1oOtoRI0c8deMS6W9jj0OAZyyn2vAwTezABVWuHqib0vveJ6ETpgO5lVeRXPlY_qD5E5vjuZ8we/s320/semifreddo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425246159237417346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ehhhh, I had to sample it, k?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1RW6_1oi_riYMcTyFIuxpPjLXPBmw9pPVL3wm5Qq_fo1OMLh_Tk4tENKg1uNGnL6KyLZS3s_N6CYQJGSJofNBKWerLI0COH4xQpIsISbOT1LE1BEgE8FqEvgz6cU1M38wPgji3dqtqzT/s1600-h/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+freddo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1RW6_1oi_riYMcTyFIuxpPjLXPBmw9pPVL3wm5Qq_fo1OMLh_Tk4tENKg1uNGnL6KyLZS3s_N6CYQJGSJofNBKWerLI0COH4xQpIsISbOT1LE1BEgE8FqEvgz6cU1M38wPgji3dqtqzT/s320/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+freddo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425274351458819234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Doughnuts rising fireside. They look pretty meager here, but hey what am !? A professional baker?</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVXzFG9A-gg2r7q65PlDvcZoRJRzUUwilX_nqHPrPhKFYOpeLMt40Z3oC09nnXzXUdBZwMh2ONdI9vSppBHWxVsZMBypGo8FFCgRjha_N3_v7HiDdmhPwx4hDygL72HecrV6Sx-w1I4Vz/s1600-h/doughnuts.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVXzFG9A-gg2r7q65PlDvcZoRJRzUUwilX_nqHPrPhKFYOpeLMt40Z3oC09nnXzXUdBZwMh2ONdI9vSppBHWxVsZMBypGo8FFCgRjha_N3_v7HiDdmhPwx4hDygL72HecrV6Sx-w1I4Vz/s320/doughnuts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425246142631405874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All puffed up!</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaS2ygxgtCmtkMBrG9Ruikm2YeUJoRp2wJFxeEK8PAFwSl-PMC49veEcuG1Y0lq2RWKIaOUfpXofAFR07rKdFMV_UIYATMbsGQaSKKQFkkPi4Q6a3gqIOOpL7Rznv4RZlH38Dhj5fD1vj/s1600-h/doughnuts+rise.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaS2ygxgtCmtkMBrG9Ruikm2YeUJoRp2wJFxeEK8PAFwSl-PMC49veEcuG1Y0lq2RWKIaOUfpXofAFR07rKdFMV_UIYATMbsGQaSKKQFkkPi4Q6a3gqIOOpL7Rznv4RZlH38Dhj5fD1vj/s320/doughnuts+rise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425246147019645410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">FRY!!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYfcGwSfHO7M68W4eycaS6r16FbyzzUdgi8C6KnrJEZfGHnjxFOnk5xeep4kRVbxyMDNAyN_xUaFH2bh1zC3T6qyeyO9PvfQ5lwCHc6Iv1EdkuQ_6OdqKSLq3KTi_yxHQAU5fLGISV6q1/s1600-h/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+fry.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYfcGwSfHO7M68W4eycaS6r16FbyzzUdgi8C6KnrJEZfGHnjxFOnk5xeep4kRVbxyMDNAyN_xUaFH2bh1zC3T6qyeyO9PvfQ5lwCHc6Iv1EdkuQ_6OdqKSLq3KTi_yxHQAU5fLGISV6q1/s320/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+fry.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425274358781964770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4cgzrukmNIaR9nV89-kvQirjnDVyKNxSLsWypRPkq0_3y-F9FdHMsR6eTaX9PnYdTJ3SLrTGxy6LwGuij7mEZxac3mxZl10EV6Bx6gGae1jNd80j7C4lqNJ1QGQa6AuWKut7OVPvEUND/s1600-h/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+holes.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4cgzrukmNIaR9nV89-kvQirjnDVyKNxSLsWypRPkq0_3y-F9FdHMsR6eTaX9PnYdTJ3SLrTGxy6LwGuij7mEZxac3mxZl10EV6Bx6gGae1jNd80j7C4lqNJ1QGQa6AuWKut7OVPvEUND/s320/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+holes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425274361652628066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IIg8ZCsesX7tz0mhyfDwWaqk6nnFN3BEiLUSpVpaoJFwjOq6GfumyVMC0Z62FO8DfyZvZ7qc3wca4sII6YekPRHTynaExtDtRkhONu4rLdwEUDuCNrh9p24anPPs17JV1-1Zacn1ZpJa/s1600-h/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+done+two.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IIg8ZCsesX7tz0mhyfDwWaqk6nnFN3BEiLUSpVpaoJFwjOq6GfumyVMC0Z62FO8DfyZvZ7qc3wca4sII6YekPRHTynaExtDtRkhONu4rLdwEUDuCNrh9p24anPPs17JV1-1Zacn1ZpJa/s320/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+done+two.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425274350237594386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdJhlolbK7wFqky6YgobNjFJVCt8bPrwn-OtdeZF2xBmb5z3vbWQEGHTMnN6n1gqUSi_uCTMgeOcC3jk5XJwK-fOp4Vs5xnkcCAEt_aYn1cLlgVipFoDT3Rd1BwQDxdV93T0_rGqJnG0Q/s1600-h/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+done+one.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdJhlolbK7wFqky6YgobNjFJVCt8bPrwn-OtdeZF2xBmb5z3vbWQEGHTMnN6n1gqUSi_uCTMgeOcC3jk5XJwK-fOp4Vs5xnkcCAEt_aYn1cLlgVipFoDT3Rd1BwQDxdV93T0_rGqJnG0Q/s320/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+done+one.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425274344323932290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The real deal. I am hoping I will be plucked to attend an evening's worth of food at French Laundry soon? oui? non? heh.</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdocNf_1gm6-O6fvX7jtyG_ylrPvRa5nFQnzsbb62oZmJwye8rVI8wxzeKPWgJStG-8LeJiXRkm19ck_7mVB5K4d8tGQsLT4bJFOM3aDUeAy38wuk4e-Gncwea-rbW_Dz2hcmB518ID07/s1600-h/fl-coffee-and-donuts.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdocNf_1gm6-O6fvX7jtyG_ylrPvRa5nFQnzsbb62oZmJwye8rVI8wxzeKPWgJStG-8LeJiXRkm19ck_7mVB5K4d8tGQsLT4bJFOM3aDUeAy38wuk4e-Gncwea-rbW_Dz2hcmB518ID07/s320/fl-coffee-and-donuts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425246153565619586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hehehehehehehhe! Thanks for joining me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw0w6SalyZgQXIG3OlVlu2dHgJh1VN4MO1rbrBkg_DN471A2v-kcqHSmcF-Jtc_irjInldUwcNLYdVUwWJWM2hhXmMYOZrxs9vA7LkGaSPKgKYQG4GTP-RA91qGc3GNlKHknf9ZDlZvcw/s1600-h/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+nom.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw0w6SalyZgQXIG3OlVlu2dHgJh1VN4MO1rbrBkg_DN471A2v-kcqHSmcF-Jtc_irjInldUwcNLYdVUwWJWM2hhXmMYOZrxs9vA7LkGaSPKgKYQG4GTP-RA91qGc3GNlKHknf9ZDlZvcw/s320/Coffee+and+Doughnuts+nom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425275597863872306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-32140136225046568382010-01-10T10:40:00.000-08:002010-01-10T14:22:56.289-08:00Feeling Dumpety…..and Thomas Keller's "Coffee and Doughnuts" Part I<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Internet! I have been affected by malware, aka the human form of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">acute viral rhinopharyngitis. As you see below, my immune system has been portrayed by this poor tater pot. He was already broken and patched up once, then he makes his untimely return to surgery this past Saturday night.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvylCambP3VsBtJwZfMgkUi6OrwBKppyeK5jrNF1t8WnBsWR0LDiLDeAdbHxBo9NUQeoGjsLceVqAdQmh4ril3So_xRDr9nFiVBlqVDyu3EKBMiYcU5GWtlhOJ5sFmQK1zRGtYB-W8AxB/s1600-h/tater2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvylCambP3VsBtJwZfMgkUi6OrwBKppyeK5jrNF1t8WnBsWR0LDiLDeAdbHxBo9NUQeoGjsLceVqAdQmh4ril3So_xRDr9nFiVBlqVDyu3EKBMiYcU5GWtlhOJ5sFmQK1zRGtYB-W8AxB/s320/tater2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425183321029939714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Eureka! He has risen!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjI2PXxe1VdzPGnHIWAaYKakPHyjIzqE8c6SFYyhRME_OsgknwB3AAmE5A5-Hum7gyvK8vp7YVLIx16L3nAznUjTZTYrqOAERKbe30Fe2WJ0qERFKKEY7hz-__uZFBPxAAZ5hiQw8AG7F/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjI2PXxe1VdzPGnHIWAaYKakPHyjIzqE8c6SFYyhRME_OsgknwB3AAmE5A5-Hum7gyvK8vp7YVLIx16L3nAznUjTZTYrqOAERKbe30Fe2WJ0qERFKKEY7hz-__uZFBPxAAZ5hiQw8AG7F/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425183324259724514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Missing a slight little chip, but that is the taterpot way! You never know when the farmer is digging for taters and the shovel comes THIS close to you. That's how we lost Spud Jr. in the great dig of '08.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, I spent the past 3 DAYS my friends, 3 days, constructing this next project of mine. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It goes a little something like this…..</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2 weekends ago, Todd and I took a leisurely drive to Chelan so we could outfit him with a snowsuit. On the way back, we decided to stop at little shop on the Columbia River, called </span></span><a href="http://www.orondociderworks.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Orondo Cider Works</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Now, I am not one to call a place cute just to be nice to whoever thinks its cute, or to save someone's "feelings." I am actually pretty judgmental and IF someone asks my opinion of something I will tell the truth even if that means a negative review, or "constructive criticism." A lot of times I will offer up this information even if someone does not ask me. So sue me. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Orondo Cider Works was a very cute place. I really do admire when a proprietor goes balls out and paints a place fire engine red. We need more of those old timey places! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The store sells lots of fresh apples varietals, apple honey, apple cider ice cream, apple butter, apple soap, apple cider vinegar, apple fountain of youth, apple cure to HIV the virus that causes AIDS….and so on! Also…..</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_29qNk4-bz6FAMIt58lZ8_4zKXBtfUMZLr_IbeN76MFKF7IABB6T3AeLgbiL5v0bcffsFFvZJEIZPsY-N_o_mIburkWnGlRpBI__QKhMdl7QpJx0HS5MGCwgbajmNDg09zFwLjF3-240l/s1600-h/ocw.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_29qNk4-bz6FAMIt58lZ8_4zKXBtfUMZLr_IbeN76MFKF7IABB6T3AeLgbiL5v0bcffsFFvZJEIZPsY-N_o_mIburkWnGlRpBI__QKhMdl7QpJx0HS5MGCwgbajmNDg09zFwLjF3-240l/s320/ocw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425228391334353858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cider Works has fresh doughnuts and cider.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cider Works has fresh doughnuts and cider.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6oyi0q718pQlNEr2G2ip7QvRaSlpm7LrPcBtD1ucR3jf0aCuLl2eegHGdkIP2x4QJg9x38jn0xd3gbyAAM41HzolvzIkBrqkVNeqhffkVSUpfefutKu4-SFNk6hQ3ZVsJQyg3PFkc65a/s1600-h/apd.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6oyi0q718pQlNEr2G2ip7QvRaSlpm7LrPcBtD1ucR3jf0aCuLl2eegHGdkIP2x4QJg9x38jn0xd3gbyAAM41HzolvzIkBrqkVNeqhffkVSUpfefutKu4-SFNk6hQ3ZVsJQyg3PFkc65a/s320/apd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425228655714530210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ehhhh, gimme?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So then I decided to attempt to make Thomas Keller's famed </span></span><a href="http://www.yi-ren.net/pics/2007/070512-FrenchLaundry/DSCF4139.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Coffee and Doughnuts"</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/coffee-and-doughnuts-cappuccino-semifreddo-with-cinnamon-sugar-doughnuts-recipe/index.html">recipe</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> from his book "French Laundry Cookbook", which is served at both FL in Napa and Per Se in NYC.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">O how I wish to dine there some day soon!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This site was also a great resource for me as French Laundry recipes/dishes are notoriously intricate and detailed to recreate;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://carolcookskeller.blogspot.com/2008/01/coffee-and-doughnuts-cappuccino.html">French Laundry at Home</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The blogger does not provide the recipe…which irked me because I was having a HELL of a time trying to convert fresh yeast measurement to instant yeast equivalent. I ended up just using a teaspoon. I figure you cant go wrong with a teaspoon. hehhehe. we'll see.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now, if you are under the impression that I am going to be "brewing some Folgers" and slapping a Krispy Creme down next to a mug of joe and calling it a day, then you are not the man I thought you were, Internet. Maybe you are just a server farm in Iowa.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Coffee and Doughnuts is actually a cinnamon and sugar dusted yeast risen doughnut accompanied by an espresso semifreddo (an italian frozen dessert that literally means, "half frozen") which is then topped with steamed milk:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy2hNHUzG4aMBhpLQK_b3-B4HsTYl-_xJyqttU-Yisdv5MAT8AFgxRFIcYiPd7KUprIW7023EnVD8RbskoWHQ_J4szo__Apr4OoLDjHEyBhYquDm3hNbdwpNpXR6-shzlh6VkG_iyp9Gh/s1600-h/fl-coffee-and-donuts.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy2hNHUzG4aMBhpLQK_b3-B4HsTYl-_xJyqttU-Yisdv5MAT8AFgxRFIcYiPd7KUprIW7023EnVD8RbskoWHQ_J4szo__Apr4OoLDjHEyBhYquDm3hNbdwpNpXR6-shzlh6VkG_iyp9Gh/s320/fl-coffee-and-donuts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425233304268278290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LUSH.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now stay tuned for the actual event. The GREAT FRYING of 2010!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hhahhaah I only have like 5 doughnuts to fry but humor me please, it's all I have to hold on to. </span></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-50570435814058297702010-01-04T15:43:00.000-08:002010-01-04T17:24:42.892-08:00Mille Crêpes Cake, 2009-2010<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Greetings New Citizens and Ye Olde Timey Readers!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I welcome everyone into the new decade, "twenty-ten."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This post will focus on my laborious attempt at:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/darkest-chocolate-crepe-cake"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Martha Stewart's Darkest Crêpe Cake</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">or otherwise known as </span></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/magazine/15FOOD.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mille Crêpes</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmHfQ1jsvd0UOpsz8yusDEMaBxSwiRAbOuT0WaeV1W0c9he08XsvxJUm62YbVMQpXGhqHxupJor-spuxorSuma8eGQShhTJW5UTpMKfWxgMQmM9oC5NtvdXplr2GWj6VXSIkX3UbeBCWs/s1600-h/dcc.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmHfQ1jsvd0UOpsz8yusDEMaBxSwiRAbOuT0WaeV1W0c9he08XsvxJUm62YbVMQpXGhqHxupJor-spuxorSuma8eGQShhTJW5UTpMKfWxgMQmM9oC5NtvdXplr2GWj6VXSIkX3UbeBCWs/s320/dcc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423037771193666306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 281px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I first saw a picture of this cake on Martha's website and its image has plagued me for several weeks. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Crêpe Cake:</span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Make Me REAL</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nelle:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Um, ok cake. But I don't have a crêpe pan like the one my mom uses…Can I attempt using my small nonstick saute pan?</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Crêpe Cake:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hahahahaha. NO YOU FOOL! You probably thought "mille" meant one million too. Well it means one thousand, idiot.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Enter Santa Claus.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.surlatable.com/product/sale/cookware/de+buyer+blue+steel+crepe+pans.do?search=basic&keyword=crepe&sortby=ourPicks&page=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BOOM</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, then I says to the Crêpe Cake, I says: I SHALL CONQUER YOU. The eve shall be New Years. The time is now. So I began making 40 chocolate crêpes. One crêpe at a time. hahahhahahha O the </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">MANIA</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> that ensued.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It actually took me 2 days to complete this cake. Technically, Martha's cake called for 32 crêpes. WTF?? Ok, so I make a batch of the chocolate crepe batter and it busts out around 20 crêpes. So I make another batch and proceed to make 18 extra crêpes, which is fine because I had a couple of "hot spot" crêpes, aka burnt circles of batter. Which I ate, oh yes I did!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here is a neat stack of my creations</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjema_vvSs6Op3bpXL1KGu1-Om9iHCANzUTRsf6PCZKKT6JOXruf5tKWcS9wxlDHGDvQTcE_CzhQ5NDo4-mruWhjT_s8xV7IVFehwb6dRMIpNq1Sz1bA-CEkLKRjYhvAmg-E73DeqegLzfp/s1600-h/crepe+stack.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjema_vvSs6Op3bpXL1KGu1-Om9iHCANzUTRsf6PCZKKT6JOXruf5tKWcS9wxlDHGDvQTcE_CzhQ5NDo4-mruWhjT_s8xV7IVFehwb6dRMIpNq1Sz1bA-CEkLKRjYhvAmg-E73DeqegLzfp/s320/crepe+stack.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423035808002656306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A hazelnut buttercreme is prepared for the filling. The preparation goes a little something like this….</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><ol><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read </span></span><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/hazelnut-filling"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">recipe</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">;</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Attempt to locate something called "Hazelnut Cream" in my pantry, knowing its not going to be there;</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fail to locate;</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Attempt to locate a Whole Foods in Wenatchee;</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fail to locate;</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FU*K! Silently curse Martha.</span></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, I had to root around the internet for a suitable stand in for something called hazelnut cream. I came up with </span></span><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/hazelnut-cream-tuiles"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">this</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and it worked fine. It definitely added extra steps to my cake making process and I believe the texture was a little more, oh…. come si dice in Italiano "rustic?"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I only say that because the hazelnuts I used for the cream were a little more chunky than a commercial brand of hazelnut cream would be. Nevertheless, here is the final product after layering crêpe upon buttercreme upon crêpe, topped with a dark chocolate ganache, garnished with candied hazelnuts;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkZJl1XkOJQswX0XSYcaQh-gOTjGKRn9VnDKJffUd3J7xv4S8qLN0WEgHQbu6jwm3fEYku7bT-vE_rnL9aVThRLukK5DnwxRncNSvuuRWDZu67l8iihqapr8EAllmTvoEdditTpvmyx6w/s1600-h/aerial+view+cake.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkZJl1XkOJQswX0XSYcaQh-gOTjGKRn9VnDKJffUd3J7xv4S8qLN0WEgHQbu6jwm3fEYku7bT-vE_rnL9aVThRLukK5DnwxRncNSvuuRWDZu67l8iihqapr8EAllmTvoEdditTpvmyx6w/s320/aerial+view+cake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423035812608525234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I find splendor in these many layers </span></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2lOXtADEf6c_NmBL5o1DkDLfYKukNVquYMoeB7gDRZhtRPnL0TdwtrGb30e7_G5PH5E76nUI3pa6jyDcg9-K38tqxo_lCD5rKCpFA0hFGrFZqEiUqEX7smeugh3f7NeueQPHV6T5z9r-/s1600-h/full+cake.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2lOXtADEf6c_NmBL5o1DkDLfYKukNVquYMoeB7gDRZhtRPnL0TdwtrGb30e7_G5PH5E76nUI3pa6jyDcg9-K38tqxo_lCD5rKCpFA0hFGrFZqEiUqEX7smeugh3f7NeueQPHV6T5z9r-/s320/full+cake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423035824332203490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Todd didn't even eat any of it though! GRRRRRRRR</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWScgXGkfxu9gly8l3qAEv-asaAbMtmdtV0rZrOGU9TKWide7V11EoAzJp5iDxkAPN41GN8y7R-xyDdeY1KA6D0jGbczjoSVSjetfrcuanRPyoXDSmzZPpjz8MD4MIV3ZdUJs7EF-EkFJ/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWScgXGkfxu9gly8l3qAEv-asaAbMtmdtV0rZrOGU9TKWide7V11EoAzJp5iDxkAPN41GN8y7R-xyDdeY1KA6D0jGbczjoSVSjetfrcuanRPyoXDSmzZPpjz8MD4MIV3ZdUJs7EF-EkFJ/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423037099346055282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Half the cake remains in the fridge to taunt Todd.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BUT, I loved it and so did our dear New Years guests, Selina and Wenzel. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Onward 2010!!!!</span></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-38829976726653075492010-01-01T18:56:00.000-08:002010-01-02T21:26:07.275-08:00Oh Hai! HNY 2 All!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Scoops on Parade in 2009!</b></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS2lAsdbuu7tZCO4uwnzhiNcGeMi0p52RdGpkd48Y7q-0m-eP-fAnQ4Zb2b4zUvAQVBcd4cncjTC7x_gazKAX20XPc44gydhL9aPyHcBt3YdHJI-zUjmapPNXihwmy_bPYPxhPIwBlzB4/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS2lAsdbuu7tZCO4uwnzhiNcGeMi0p52RdGpkd48Y7q-0m-eP-fAnQ4Zb2b4zUvAQVBcd4cncjTC7x_gazKAX20XPc44gydhL9aPyHcBt3YdHJI-zUjmapPNXihwmy_bPYPxhPIwBlzB4/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421974349406439906" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hai!!! Iz Scoops. I 'preciate everyone and all ther support over the past year. I came from a rough spot and was hitting the publik adopshun scene pritty much every dai trying to find a loving hooman that would give me a home, scoop my poop 4 me, and feed me from the orange cat food bag. Cince nelle came in and pluked me frum my </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0tiT7KlACM"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cage of rage</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, the fur on my nose has grown back and emoshunally, i feel gr8t! I dont evn have to share my scratch post with any othr kittehz. In fackt, the only uther kitteh i have seen has been from outside the window, which I stare thru for 3-4 owers a dai. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hers sum highlits uf my yeer!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">intuneyt deybue</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT9UR95jLeakQ0PWHbrxZ6lhqssAPVmbuacGJrIuQb1JceRjfziczj5r1NkDk3gbT2AGXqTvnnVbpVn8fLdNnfRvCCMActEP3x3inuHjFYiCP6mnl4ZyJhAl9YrlPEtboyr7MkyRG5Ch6/s1600-h/photo.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT9UR95jLeakQ0PWHbrxZ6lhqssAPVmbuacGJrIuQb1JceRjfziczj5r1NkDk3gbT2AGXqTvnnVbpVn8fLdNnfRvCCMActEP3x3inuHjFYiCP6mnl4ZyJhAl9YrlPEtboyr7MkyRG5Ch6/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421974119637502882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Roosting</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJeQX4V7Bd9-NJ-CJy7yELyU-s6AyAcaE-wF4E4mXl7TseL1pH9uZEO4UOKOYdShlMFITNsoVpnUE4b_kHrY4QqF3iTDgpfl79aHJOWx4-F4sIi8dyfw243Y9AcGcsHixOR3AztL7kNts/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJeQX4V7Bd9-NJ-CJy7yELyU-s6AyAcaE-wF4E4mXl7TseL1pH9uZEO4UOKOYdShlMFITNsoVpnUE4b_kHrY4QqF3iTDgpfl79aHJOWx4-F4sIi8dyfw243Y9AcGcsHixOR3AztL7kNts/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421973664952624626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">commence kurling</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIYIdd6ryEwfLNTfVF6_UDuLRkRycESNCO3s9R5EZYo4FSaK9miHLXumBsNIy6bidGVvMeZuLqxaoNIMwFp8U5_cDC_VFN-VGDuT-bGQ5xnYnGZZ4YM0qhHI1uqfYorzi3yuPF7DXkWzU/s1600-h/scoops2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIYIdd6ryEwfLNTfVF6_UDuLRkRycESNCO3s9R5EZYo4FSaK9miHLXumBsNIy6bidGVvMeZuLqxaoNIMwFp8U5_cDC_VFN-VGDuT-bGQ5xnYnGZZ4YM0qhHI1uqfYorzi3yuPF7DXkWzU/s320/scoops2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422372536655194258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The gr8t heet wave uf 2009 left me in a stupor</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbahOE-i5JyWGsLaB6b17p00mcTu0Aogp9gsVta4mjYHLkRD2yYtWwjgDxKKYHeTA6k-F-RMU3txIkq3WTGb60FwYW-YfpzrSd8Gdi80S5Y8CAfqVoHPZBX_Y0Z9fdf04KwIN0NNF2IGQo/s1600-h/scoops1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbahOE-i5JyWGsLaB6b17p00mcTu0Aogp9gsVta4mjYHLkRD2yYtWwjgDxKKYHeTA6k-F-RMU3txIkq3WTGb60FwYW-YfpzrSd8Gdi80S5Y8CAfqVoHPZBX_Y0Z9fdf04KwIN0NNF2IGQo/s320/scoops1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422372527703781234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">leevs me alone</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-hp6DkmEdfTKnCtBWkxBYjeSjd7E9n6ph8Bw0V6BmJBczFEpA5gicWRPfHEm48S04TH_GUnZPPD8CX67sox1U85JyPRD3V3iHYhhsbPnfW3CHv6nQt0eRTH3AzAgnWthT2lPdnlwMony/s1600-h/scoops3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-hp6DkmEdfTKnCtBWkxBYjeSjd7E9n6ph8Bw0V6BmJBczFEpA5gicWRPfHEm48S04TH_GUnZPPD8CX67sox1U85JyPRD3V3iHYhhsbPnfW3CHv6nQt0eRTH3AzAgnWthT2lPdnlwMony/s320/scoops3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422372542190898626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">dont h8t me becuz im beautiful </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL6v4-91YctmpdcXr4_NwBOSiphm8r4ZOBYS7tlKUHYqJTT3XwyYtiiw2bqHyh-rehUTTgw6YzBQFtSB18IslYqMyAg2JmM_LAo_iasc7Tdn_Wa3_SO4WIJSo6ZR6t6Q5Qo2ke3lhUpoK/s1600-h/scoops4.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL6v4-91YctmpdcXr4_NwBOSiphm8r4ZOBYS7tlKUHYqJTT3XwyYtiiw2bqHyh-rehUTTgw6YzBQFtSB18IslYqMyAg2JmM_LAo_iasc7Tdn_Wa3_SO4WIJSo6ZR6t6Q5Qo2ke3lhUpoK/s320/scoops4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422378728881589778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">fat off the land</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBu_uAQYQpE9mVcZT_hp0wBxJRY3vQrrbMHzF6B7ujkZk-rax7fyOTw8R4EVDUa_rV6VOyAa9YTjRbKfx1o3UdabokWsW0HHOFPKOC3ipOTJ_HRTf3qpPVkgfYsD7OzxDMXVtuHxhj7cL/s1600-h/scoops3.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBu_uAQYQpE9mVcZT_hp0wBxJRY3vQrrbMHzF6B7ujkZk-rax7fyOTw8R4EVDUa_rV6VOyAa9YTjRbKfx1o3UdabokWsW0HHOFPKOC3ipOTJ_HRTf3qpPVkgfYsD7OzxDMXVtuHxhj7cL/s320/scoops3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422378719663879810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">iz sleepin git away, k?</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumeXgcZQEX-YQVjUp6GGwsXeoZJr9kQNnMej1e0z0nzwaxDibbbc7xNW-BpDE9w9IGvU4_fdVCLoOzuTvgLv1rTEiAqDadwSD6BSwctWq4CvKOFrAnItPPtZA_iUVm4o_UBGb_4301pjp/s1600-h/scoops2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumeXgcZQEX-YQVjUp6GGwsXeoZJr9kQNnMej1e0z0nzwaxDibbbc7xNW-BpDE9w9IGvU4_fdVCLoOzuTvgLv1rTEiAqDadwSD6BSwctWq4CvKOFrAnItPPtZA_iUVm4o_UBGb_4301pjp/s320/scoops2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422378716097906018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">draw me like one of your french girlz</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fi-35Ooo4UulIBXNNEsOmfzmqOzFGHpHMqm1WQTH4i1o_K4MlRWlcvfjl59ZDPF58SVufbgTpDudpvvHbsuODkGRO4asU4mS5JtIjF8pqIKWM2RGCfMQ6Qj-9FVuxEG-Hktrj2nrpypE/s1600-h/scoops1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fi-35Ooo4UulIBXNNEsOmfzmqOzFGHpHMqm1WQTH4i1o_K4MlRWlcvfjl59ZDPF58SVufbgTpDudpvvHbsuODkGRO4asU4mS5JtIjF8pqIKWM2RGCfMQ6Qj-9FVuxEG-Hktrj2nrpypE/s320/scoops1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422378711840219762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">kthxbyeeeee!!!!!!1!</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXg9A6XoBO01rDTnOwywtRqCzkf0ToG2lQwXJTpOxm2J0BK5L11WdIWzbrWLCgjiIaKFLNw9axe2VvOdObakzse06exeyKL_7T-S_An0y6038u6N5bDYKd0kzd6MaA2oQRnzr3sSnpe4QY/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXg9A6XoBO01rDTnOwywtRqCzkf0ToG2lQwXJTpOxm2J0BK5L11WdIWzbrWLCgjiIaKFLNw9axe2VvOdObakzse06exeyKL_7T-S_An0y6038u6N5bDYKd0kzd6MaA2oQRnzr3sSnpe4QY/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421974684301184018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-55400402941584528012009-12-28T20:22:00.000-08:002009-12-29T15:38:30.326-08:00Eh? Sorry Body, for Eating Christmas<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QsZFsZw5jtU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QsZFsZw5jtU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"></span></span></div><span><span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So…..internet. We meet again. I hope everyone has had a fruitful and warming Christmas Holiday. I post the above video to highlight the growing concerns of many a citizen when the "aftermath" of the holiday celebrations is discovered in its physical form. Heh, I feel pale and somewhat fluffy? </span></span></span></span><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My sister is getting married soon and she has embarked on a new </span></span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-5211-DC-Staying-Beautiful-Examiner~y2009m3d18-How-to-get-jennifer-anistons-arms-before-summer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jennifer Aniston Arm Treatment. </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I must do the same, or face a lifetime of regret as my photos will live on in many a wedding album and online.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">However, I must concentrate on this task AFTER the new year, as to not arise any suspicions that I am a superhuman and capable of starting a new workout routine on the day that I realize I am pale and fluffy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Which brings me to my New Years Eve Dinner (NYED);</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuolSJuNW6G5YeefbXYQFX_tNQnFl2jgotAWSE6tqwv0TEmrN3PJEVvT_pHTFKwrJWre04ycfukT4yGvquE-YuoklMClmiQKslIAyjxKLBgxCb_gs3Pha0SlAgS6zc9RrzqDIyMYKDI_x/s320/veuve-bottles3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420763607399985906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I shall start off the evening with a decadent foie gras mousse, ordered and shipped overnight from </span></span><a href="http://www.dartagnan.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">D'artagnan.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. It would behoove me to serve this mousse on brioche toast points or a </span></span><a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/pain-de-mie-recipe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pain de mie</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, most likely accompanied by a fig or quince paste of some sort...The first time I tasted this lush spread, I was sipping on cocktails at the famed Tavern Law. They served a foie gras terrine with a thin layer of angostura bitter gelèe on top, and my friend Laura and I got the last one from the kitchen!! I actually thought my tongue liquified itself into an elegant and buttery, creamy mouthfeel of flavour. I spell flavour here with a "u" as to highlight the richness that the foie gras affords. I would love to try it seared the next time….perhaps I will order from the famous </span></span><a href="http://www.hudsonvalleyfoiegras.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hudson Valley</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> company.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As I was perusing the options online, I decided against it when I saw this on D'artagnan:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJ_1_bO-Sd8wUQV9b5gJgLmfKpJ5Kt0IoTfidVl9jDOZh6hXJnP38z6Lfc0F3C3WQFZG284fHMr1KUFTQaGdOq0YPMW7M-lveM0Bki_13S-LWR0HLZgk6SJfBghJjHUt96ytRxVrvnQ0r/s1600-h/cass.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJ_1_bO-Sd8wUQV9b5gJgLmfKpJ5Kt0IoTfidVl9jDOZh6hXJnP38z6Lfc0F3C3WQFZG284fHMr1KUFTQaGdOq0YPMW7M-lveM0Bki_13S-LWR0HLZgk6SJfBghJjHUt96ytRxVrvnQ0r/s320/cass.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420769424627134434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 275px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A Cassoulet Kit!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought it was a great deal, considering we went to </span></span><a href="http://www.fridayharborhouse.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Friday Harbor</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> last year and the </span></span><a href="http://www.waterfrontpier70.com/waterfrontpier70/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waterfront</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> the year before and spent about a million US dollars. The package with the duck parts arrived about 30 minutes ago and is complete with everything you need to assemble this authentic French peasant dish. However, unlike a French peasant, I will make this dish in my new red </span></span><a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/c211/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Le Creuset oval pot</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Thanks Santa!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Everyone gets a duck leg!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Everyone gets a sausage!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Everyone gets a bowl of pancetta-y beans!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What should I serve for dessert? A Roquefort Cheesecake? Chocolate Pot de Cremes? Heh, Sorry body. </span></span></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-17347496549003128222009-12-22T09:03:00.000-08:002009-12-22T09:51:32.310-08:00Conquering a Caramel Tart: Part II<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPx1pvC-uDj9ZOH3yP4jd8G5Mg6KAIgSY1zq6SteClvAbHVGWnmdMsk_pZ4M3gkYSMRHu0Cjyp2aYE7brtGwPPVuuqk2_VVWPAB1025IMxMHuqaeufxlaNpD3Wtf-KXM-sH5eNZ4VoAQvc/s1600-h/slice2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPx1pvC-uDj9ZOH3yP4jd8G5Mg6KAIgSY1zq6SteClvAbHVGWnmdMsk_pZ4M3gkYSMRHu0Cjyp2aYE7brtGwPPVuuqk2_VVWPAB1025IMxMHuqaeufxlaNpD3Wtf-KXM-sH5eNZ4VoAQvc/s320/slice2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418116719020571426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dear Internet,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please accept my HUMBLE apologies for a grand display of bad photography here. You see, there needs to be light for a fine picture to be captured…so the last pictures of the whole assemblage of the tart have been compromised. It tasted lush though. There were murmuring of a "gourmet Twix Bar" and general slowed speech as the caramel affects your ability to form words commonly found in any American dictionary. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here I go!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Assembly. Notice that I used "Unsweetened Chocolate Chips". Heh, do not use these for your ganache or your mouth will assaulted by some very tannic flavors.</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Rrl2Tn__JOIofB4MF4mpnF_EJWmKspAJcqQQH5SpxaVnStH3pJTchq6SosMJjqRt4SB3R6xo23Ak6qZdpsLfPtJ5pNIJo99hwN5pOXS4-JNlWB2BPpeaxdEhfPNRONGZI3MNmwuKre5F/s1600-h/Dry+stuff.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Rrl2Tn__JOIofB4MF4mpnF_EJWmKspAJcqQQH5SpxaVnStH3pJTchq6SosMJjqRt4SB3R6xo23Ak6qZdpsLfPtJ5pNIJo99hwN5pOXS4-JNlWB2BPpeaxdEhfPNRONGZI3MNmwuKre5F/s320/Dry+stuff.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418109855573766722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A delicious pre-candy mountain?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ_YRwtPu8PKRVlaNEEGagehUzLRh4lSQ7p4SAYqBAtm1ksKFVMp7lIWp9rZCh2Qr-ljkulT51WtPnp2K9KdXTC28_tcqZmvjnzSFOZdPbLSltePGeKYjV1DaEgVUqc5i9bDeWo6AekDP/s1600-h/dry+2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ_YRwtPu8PKRVlaNEEGagehUzLRh4lSQ7p4SAYqBAtm1ksKFVMp7lIWp9rZCh2Qr-ljkulT51WtPnp2K9KdXTC28_tcqZmvjnzSFOZdPbLSltePGeKYjV1DaEgVUqc5i9bDeWo6AekDP/s320/dry+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418113618563786114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Creamed ingredients</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxifZhZgi5LIZmbz4iEh9L3nibRVl-_U2YfaTS_X8lv540M4GA5Nw3FvI6P1Ar9QeQm66anZcPfYCB0jRSW8HmCMPEb5dclJCqi-9motpICMMTXlSNS-UDukVr-WnwGqO5HoBsVg7KD8iD/s1600-h/wet.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxifZhZgi5LIZmbz4iEh9L3nibRVl-_U2YfaTS_X8lv540M4GA5Nw3FvI6P1Ar9QeQm66anZcPfYCB0jRSW8HmCMPEb5dclJCqi-9motpICMMTXlSNS-UDukVr-WnwGqO5HoBsVg7KD8iD/s320/wet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418112398100407810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The tart shell, blind baked in the oven. One MUST be sure to prick the surface of this tart dough with a fork to ensure the whole thing does not take off like a hot air balloon in the oven. Obviously I have mastered this task. Moving on….</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrfXz7Skln306jw-1Woj4rqgsb3Re8cSqmCwT5wO8jk3vEzm0IUDfkctq1zBcHTz3MSNJGfdiTf7e1cMMmdnM-HIf_-UXaOWCKmWRd88OyGcpTjHtM06BRQNVcpnpt5llpsqvrOtyS5-_/s1600-h/shell.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrfXz7Skln306jw-1Woj4rqgsb3Re8cSqmCwT5wO8jk3vEzm0IUDfkctq1zBcHTz3MSNJGfdiTf7e1cMMmdnM-HIf_-UXaOWCKmWRd88OyGcpTjHtM06BRQNVcpnpt5llpsqvrOtyS5-_/s320/shell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418109877372571394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Molten Sugar, do not touch or try to taste. Oh, you'll be sorry if you try.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0M8FDJ87s3Uvyl6YUVvrxpny7ao8CCPY5FATIpOC_7DwThM4IzMW-7Za9lkyf5_IPxUAEEqjGE3HZ0j0l0AkbZvdhlrOstZUm-znVgLImXDXO2vajrNpjH_dUw_H18bCSNSF_hTEed2wg/s1600-h/caramel+b4.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0M8FDJ87s3Uvyl6YUVvrxpny7ao8CCPY5FATIpOC_7DwThM4IzMW-7Za9lkyf5_IPxUAEEqjGE3HZ0j0l0AkbZvdhlrOstZUm-znVgLImXDXO2vajrNpjH_dUw_H18bCSNSF_hTEed2wg/s320/caramel+b4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418112388975429762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Finished caramel after the necessary cream and butter have been whisked in. It is quite stressful making caramel, if I do say so myself.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8w5eH2ZVfeV107FOYahu0hwQFpMiazLM-R4I-6fCHrvVAVds8GwSG-Wzm6WhgqOFXywWHaHe43jtTkZDoAXpQ_XCkt5FnAlrMjKFlKDxUzOn4Rvl_HoHyvbYyB7x4GSwJSGnyrXKfn9c/s1600-h/caramel+after.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8w5eH2ZVfeV107FOYahu0hwQFpMiazLM-R4I-6fCHrvVAVds8GwSG-Wzm6WhgqOFXywWHaHe43jtTkZDoAXpQ_XCkt5FnAlrMjKFlKDxUzOn4Rvl_HoHyvbYyB7x4GSwJSGnyrXKfn9c/s320/caramel+after.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418109865862359618" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Poured into shell, awaiting a chill session</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhappfvkMUxpbsLfEGJIOFBnXSZXXW5seL02fQaV0s-OpdIXp49UqyfgIzIU8Ncurj01qU65Ns-gJbteFq7GRb7tZMnc285ztlVcITsxvReeWdCFo7zDk8R-2HA7GhEsqWRElk1Vg5o4CWj/s1600-h/pie.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhappfvkMUxpbsLfEGJIOFBnXSZXXW5seL02fQaV0s-OpdIXp49UqyfgIzIU8Ncurj01qU65Ns-gJbteFq7GRb7tZMnc285ztlVcITsxvReeWdCFo7zDk8R-2HA7GhEsqWRElk1Vg5o4CWj/s320/pie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418114383165001618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Slathered</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2nSJ8SlYnmFMfj3S1ejlxjf-H77BDCQpyAhKfNPf_vyI2Kp8tMCcgQot_M7yK6i8m1iKQTmwVXk7PSk9qm28AADW1rmtABbESP7FSNDnEGGRWkL-HURiyXhm9MT8qHskaJ-ZoR9eq8Dc/s1600-h/topped+2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2nSJ8SlYnmFMfj3S1ejlxjf-H77BDCQpyAhKfNPf_vyI2Kp8tMCcgQot_M7yK6i8m1iKQTmwVXk7PSk9qm28AADW1rmtABbESP7FSNDnEGGRWkL-HURiyXhm9MT8qHskaJ-ZoR9eq8Dc/s320/topped+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418112393812776706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Money Shot</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcQHDGWlo222BIVWGQIcW4g0WyS7IflTWTXfUg_SsXbZOHCf_Z6UHsblNdES9EmK-0_AET-iKPJplfAMerbLncC7JpuZ9XkLjM9g6hyGVle7tMLhAK06HmotJs8VDWt2mwnHh931F9lpz/s1600-h/topped.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcQHDGWlo222BIVWGQIcW4g0WyS7IflTWTXfUg_SsXbZOHCf_Z6UHsblNdES9EmK-0_AET-iKPJplfAMerbLncC7JpuZ9XkLjM9g6hyGVle7tMLhAK06HmotJs8VDWt2mwnHh931F9lpz/s320/topped.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418112391717158018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Chocolate-Caramel-Tart">Whole Salted Tart</a> (Recipe here)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynBm0xwiCaJjTGXZvrSXWcs705JFDvPM06bBr9ZEk7arFWroYyVzVn4TtnK0YPuzuzAmIBmE-Qsj-eKwfgEmW-K8_AbV4MeOT3NsMAhUb3Saln3G0DReQiE1gvpT94jvV7kZbTAqAeGJP/s1600-h/pie+whole.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynBm0xwiCaJjTGXZvrSXWcs705JFDvPM06bBr9ZEk7arFWroYyVzVn4TtnK0YPuzuzAmIBmE-Qsj-eKwfgEmW-K8_AbV4MeOT3NsMAhUb3Saln3G0DReQiE1gvpT94jvV7kZbTAqAeGJP/s320/pie+whole.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418116718606154562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-62709206155433174662009-12-16T13:10:00.000-08:002009-12-16T15:36:56.743-08:00Lunchies<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hi!</span></span></div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Is2uLuT1hFNvUwV2MVd6sL_5XFCCC3L8Np0JxwvxLcE9M44zo7d6QurY4hxljPEsTglRh9Aq9YYAhv7BnV4aYPlEVlkuFOXJ1XS8QH_KhGAZQRPnBjUS2cHvxo5GILSCKjfmAHDAo8fp/s1600-h/IMG_1163.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Is2uLuT1hFNvUwV2MVd6sL_5XFCCC3L8Np0JxwvxLcE9M44zo7d6QurY4hxljPEsTglRh9Aq9YYAhv7BnV4aYPlEVlkuFOXJ1XS8QH_KhGAZQRPnBjUS2cHvxo5GILSCKjfmAHDAo8fp/s400/IMG_1163.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lunch is here! It comes every day around 11-2pm depending on hunger/bore levels. What you see before you, Internet, is not my lunch. However, this plate has been ingested by moi at one time. I dined upon this platter in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJXzAGrHEqY">Montalpulciano, Italy.</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alas, I am having a baked potato for lunch.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HARK! A baked potatao can be a very warming meal. I wont BORE you with a stock image of a potato, as I assume you have seen one before. </span></span><a href="http://www.howtobakeapotato.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Maybe you have not?</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ahhahah. I pity you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It lays in the oven now. I shall yell, "hot potato" when the timer goes off, though, there will be nobody to hear me and my outbust will probably startle Scoops.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkNytksooZJ6AyE9NFDXpXgDwrjEDfLfbbkdxBsMvU4zQ09-cXMdAFfkUwDyv2J7RZnGUpoyFKAEtmyuTRartv7fJQrqOl0M28OBOO8Oq0kidLgGMjzZw9-fm9vA4_q98vlpaUWpoJjL3/s1600-h/Home+III+2009+017.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkNytksooZJ6AyE9NFDXpXgDwrjEDfLfbbkdxBsMvU4zQ09-cXMdAFfkUwDyv2J7RZnGUpoyFKAEtmyuTRartv7fJQrqOl0M28OBOO8Oq0kidLgGMjzZw9-fm9vA4_q98vlpaUWpoJjL3/s320/Home+III+2009+017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415958186786814610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am hoping for this lunch, that a Baked Potato Bar will appear before me. The elements of a true baked potato bar are as follows</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;">;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All potato bar items served in a silver tiered tray</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A gloved servant must be present to "load" your potato and possess a non judgemental attitude when spooning toppings</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The butter must be plentiful and at room temperature</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The ingredients of the bar should be authentic and not just assembled by someone who simply googled "baked potato toppings"</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The option to upgrade the bar to a "premier level" to include such toppings as: Shaved White Truffles, Tuscan Olive Oil, Foie Gras Slab, Pancetta, Caviars, shot of chilled vodka, </span></span><a href="http://gourmetlibrary.com/products/41763-O-Banon-Capriole-Farmstead-Goat-Cheeses"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Artisan</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><a href="http://gourmetlibrary.com/products/48106-Bufalino-Buffalo-Taleggio"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheeses</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (</span></span><a href="http://gourmetlibrary.com/products/36015-Epoisse-Tradition"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">spoonable</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">…..eheheehehe), Selection of <a href="http://www.bigoven.com/whatis.aspx?term=mother%20sauces">Mother Sauces</a>.</span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Sample Bar Ingredients:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sour Cream, full fat</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Green Onions, chopped with the precision needed to achieve a pleasant mouthfeel</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Non-Jarred Bacon, crumbled</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Creamed Butter, room temperature</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">FINE Salts, assorted</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cracked Black Pepper</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blanched Broccoli </span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cheese, block formed and shredded</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Caramelized Onions </span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">F<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ine Salsa</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Foraged Mushrooms, sautéed </span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chili, for more of a tailgate feel</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Am I forgetting anything?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time to EAT.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a 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text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLnU8xqZyzjRKbVecrphaNlTDbPYZjNZdoSKtN3OMagzql8MvrdiTMsEINtBdHqn4N1znFmEgf6YNTWe1Us-7IKaA3NOTL8bKOf4YJROq8UtldKpRaao8W6CEUYH4fv7nBXJmVuLbhdYo/s320/626-119_choco_caramel_tart_300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415641784531117250" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CAN I DO THIS?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stay tuned, internet.</span></span></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-19304312631379757522009-12-14T15:30:00.001-08:002009-12-14T15:34:09.322-08:00New Friend<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hello!! Welcome to my home... friend?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He looks scared. Nothing to be afraid of here! </span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkSUb1ikueffEmmAXVcoWjYhcar9Jes-kQmmssswK3QAihMju3PdSkHQVhIrYUK8W7zlz_lbj2MGiGZdo4D2CjuysqQqW3XAyEuo88e1tXV9PfjEEWp4XMJ9AEF4x0Lpzn42n2Aa_13Th/s1600-h/Home+II+2009+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkSUb1ikueffEmmAXVcoWjYhcar9Jes-kQmmssswK3QAihMju3PdSkHQVhIrYUK8W7zlz_lbj2MGiGZdo4D2CjuysqQqW3XAyEuo88e1tXV9PfjEEWp4XMJ9AEF4x0Lpzn42n2Aa_13Th/s320/Home+II+2009+008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415238634766447106" /></a>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194625404037354066.post-52306765895992688592009-12-14T14:18:00.001-08:002009-12-14T15:47:19.057-08:00Bee's Eye's View<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9PbvspvX-sNTfQmvwnhKJgg-n02m1aVgeFFjDUYWpD8apmyjWW6THWMpeWyCv-Ph5SU5-C6Uuec5rSlznD8bWO9NZsw08W9VNM6MIILRP26qmqFA0dAfweTbmhyphenhyphenly88IGkTdc8roZ7O7/s1600-h/bee.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9PbvspvX-sNTfQmvwnhKJgg-n02m1aVgeFFjDUYWpD8apmyjWW6THWMpeWyCv-Ph5SU5-C6Uuec5rSlznD8bWO9NZsw08W9VNM6MIILRP26qmqFA0dAfweTbmhyphenhyphenly88IGkTdc8roZ7O7/s320/bee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415219999265764002" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />Hello Bee Fans! This post will be all about my bees and how they are special creatures. I promise I will not make any stupid "bee" references. Though it is fun to do on a rainy day when you feel the crayztimers setting in. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As many of you may know, my bees made an arduous journey from Leschi to East Wenatchee a couple of weekends ago. Prior to booking their travel, the bees suffered by being alone in Leschi while there were several </span></span><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010221648_memorial07m.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">murderous</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> attacks on mankind and its </span></span><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010386387_webleschihome29m.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">safety</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I was glad I was not there, but I still do love the place where the bees first were </span></span><a href="http://www.betterbee.com/resources/hivingpkgbeesinstruct.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hived</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some Bee Facts to help you understand these creatures of the hive:</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; "></p></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1. The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.</span></span></span></span><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2. It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3. Honey bees are environmentally friendly and are vital as pollinators.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4. They are insects with a scientific name - Apis mellifera.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5. They have 6 legs, 2 eyes, and 2 wings, a nectar pouch, and a stomach.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">6. The honeybee's wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">7. A honey bee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour, hence it would have to fly around 90,000 miles - three times around the globe - to make one pound of honey.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">8. The average honey bee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">9. It takes about 556 workers to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">10. It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee’s flight around the world.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">11. A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">12. A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">13. Worker honey bees are female, live 6 to 8 weeks and do all the work.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">14. The queen bee lives for about 2-3 years and is the only bee that lays eggs. She is the busiest in the summer months, when the hive needs to be at its maximum strength, and lays up to 2500 eggs per day.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">15. The male honey bees are called drones, and they do no work at all, have no stinger, all they do is mating.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">16. Each honey bee colony has a unique odour for members’ identification.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">17. Only worker bees sting, and only if they feel threatened and they die once they sting. Queens have a stinger, but don’t leave the hive to help defend it.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">18. It is estimated that 1100 honey bee stings are required to be fatal.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">19. Honey bees communicate with one another by "dancing".</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">20. During winter, honey bees feed on the honey they collected during the warmer months. They form a tight cluster in their hive to keep the queen and themselves warm</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Voyage</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(75, 75, 75); font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></span>We started off the morning of moving by arriving a good 30-40 minutes before the bee barge arrived for transport. This allowed us to fully appreciate the fact that it was indeed "cold as shit" outside. I munched on an almond croissant from </span></span><a href="http://www.belleepicurean.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Belle Epicurean</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. SomeONE declined to eat breakfast, and thus was cranking the entire morning. That same person was extremely helpful and considerate throughout the entire process. eh heh heh.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As soon as my fellow comrades arrived, we set to work, strapping each hive down with a pair of inexpensive ratchet straps purchased at Costco. This ensured that the bees would not spill into an angry rage in my mom's car (aka the bee barge). They were also covered with an extra precautionary sheet. I am sure if the bees did get through the foam we stuffed in the entrances, they would have been confused and disorientated with the flower covered sheet that surrounded them.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7HFj9LaDe65lARIiOoRaTgxQgVeI4i7blXnLYcfR8DYi8uY2Hpbai3UDuSQTt86ks6bvIfkFuiwucPfJ4E-tE-uBlpE4yNoOKYE6b2h4lTninyL_NKpkRQNtJeTDwfTrkrfrJ06rPrdY/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7HFj9LaDe65lARIiOoRaTgxQgVeI4i7blXnLYcfR8DYi8uY2Hpbai3UDuSQTt86ks6bvIfkFuiwucPfJ4E-tE-uBlpE4yNoOKYE6b2h4lTninyL_NKpkRQNtJeTDwfTrkrfrJ06rPrdY/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415227826914317554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I cannot say how the tension was on the drive over, as I was not in the car. However, I am told the bees were calmed by relaxing to 98.1 fm and the sound of </span></span><a href="http://www.king.org/pages/4325483.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brad Eaton's</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> voice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here are the bees in more prosperous times:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxW2VoVO51xCXMEGhNrPaLu4OaLC9VOBuB2cnXtcue3nSJdGd7SnYvhj-ngnSbGSxbrU-owXbM1gb0vvGBNL6zSf3_wpeOYghITjqCRGXgGJk069SJOwbGd9H44JgwXqreZvoqGJKMrYD/s1600-h/IMG00088-20090603-1642.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxW2VoVO51xCXMEGhNrPaLu4OaLC9VOBuB2cnXtcue3nSJdGd7SnYvhj-ngnSbGSxbrU-owXbM1gb0vvGBNL6zSf3_wpeOYghITjqCRGXgGJk069SJOwbGd9H44JgwXqreZvoqGJKMrYD/s320/IMG00088-20090603-1642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415231285517448370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AL7JIp15cGVYVgzJJeNiu3RBfwHxm_PHo8B9WsnOgbvwjy4kHLKDFI-SXgGyIDqfa7Z_AyU0Bj5EcsUT497e8yeM_W7IeiSrWfqL8h5WYJHCwIi9ndd8uw52-UVR31bgx_EkIZbRlzrI/s1600-h/IMG00597-20091017-1436.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AL7JIp15cGVYVgzJJeNiu3RBfwHxm_PHo8B9WsnOgbvwjy4kHLKDFI-SXgGyIDqfa7Z_AyU0Bj5EcsUT497e8yeM_W7IeiSrWfqL8h5WYJHCwIi9ndd8uw52-UVR31bgx_EkIZbRlzrI/s320/IMG00597-20091017-1436.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415233371667019618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Here are some of the Bees' current views:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5WQfO3MHEawSbVwcsXYbzteSiqrkyTU0prbz0J4dcla5cI3Q67KNTz1P8y1UWpr1oM2xZzWeAb9KLC2oWRxVt_lfemDJbPmSZyzP4R2CWERwnUI6rpFxufNrFA82K_ayvTsxLeIJVYrS/s1600-h/Home+II+2009+002.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5WQfO3MHEawSbVwcsXYbzteSiqrkyTU0prbz0J4dcla5cI3Q67KNTz1P8y1UWpr1oM2xZzWeAb9KLC2oWRxVt_lfemDJbPmSZyzP4R2CWERwnUI6rpFxufNrFA82K_ayvTsxLeIJVYrS/s320/Home+II+2009+002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415233385373227842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lxhb4E4giDYsZOG6aHXgmiIhuswnBwCD0rbH-OYf4dz7N7nQ6u7uA_scC-_kRe071A_-c4m16h7OlOOTAnPXca4u_v3LFW8mHiX1IGAHL02j7aVTltSDT8U0h5AmcstE2Tb3BoXgxHsX/s1600-h/Home+II+2009+006.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lxhb4E4giDYsZOG6aHXgmiIhuswnBwCD0rbH-OYf4dz7N7nQ6u7uA_scC-_kRe071A_-c4m16h7OlOOTAnPXca4u_v3LFW8mHiX1IGAHL02j7aVTltSDT8U0h5AmcstE2Tb3BoXgxHsX/s320/Home+II+2009+006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415233391101363330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7gZ_vieOtIsroW5fpvQTPPCMdKoYAlDTekYMkKFe4XkLsMRgmlYOX1gJwUHfr4AJGLwSW_PUGPzt8K_w20w2gKPIR9EZbtuvNAnQAR7UXlveW4RIchh1bWC776KnlrMDM99a2WrcB92f/s1600-h/Home+II+2009+004.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7gZ_vieOtIsroW5fpvQTPPCMdKoYAlDTekYMkKFe4XkLsMRgmlYOX1gJwUHfr4AJGLwSW_PUGPzt8K_w20w2gKPIR9EZbtuvNAnQAR7UXlveW4RIchh1bWC776KnlrMDM99a2WrcB92f/s320/Home+II+2009+004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415233376910980594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here we are standing near the new homestead. As you can see, there are some ramshackle bees in the background. My hopes are they are kind and considerable neighbors. Stay tuned for Hunny Updates 2010 in the Spring!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVxcnj5lxPgDvLNW5TdJftHa1ddA21t7tPZWwux2AGli59E0CVQHVm3LSXpHIqsVFaszyN6NeUWaVvlSfVteKiHDeQ6NtAzwPRsKnFFIeeKUUSy_tY-bSpqyc2UgmLZkyF30hRcBzhu4u/s1600-h/Bees+%40+Tiny%27s+Organic+Farm.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVxcnj5lxPgDvLNW5TdJftHa1ddA21t7tPZWwux2AGli59E0CVQHVm3LSXpHIqsVFaszyN6NeUWaVvlSfVteKiHDeQ6NtAzwPRsKnFFIeeKUUSy_tY-bSpqyc2UgmLZkyF30hRcBzhu4u/s320/Bees+%40+Tiny%27s+Organic+Farm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415234402694252258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div></div>NelleBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797666975304460761noreply@blogger.com1