Category: food & drinks
Christmas Party 2009 #1
We went to our first christmas party of the year at Ron and Betty’s. Having tasted their past culinary efforts, we knew this lunch was something that cannot be missed. They started with a warm celery root soup, fried pancetta, with a drizzle of chive oil, followed by meguez sausages sandwich with caramelized balsamic onions.
vacation food porn #17-#21
The vacation food porn series is ending with #21. My favorite was the cotoletta alla milanese (#14). Scroll back to look at #1 through #21, and let us know which are your favorites. We did not eat all these dishes, a few were eaten by a couple on their honeymoon who joined us for dinner
“gristly, slithery, slimy, squelchy, crunchy, gloopy”
These are some terms that many english speakers describe the texture of certain Chinese dishes that they find disgusting (e.g., sea cucumber), according to Fuchsia Dunlop’s sweet-sour memoir “Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper”. I just finished the book in which she dedicated a full chapter (Ch. 8 The Rubber Factor) to tackle an often-maligned characteristics
vacation food porn #12-#16
And the series continues with lots of lamb … vacation food porn #12 – lamb cutlets, romesco sauce, potato vacation food porn #13 – salmon roquette and croutons with olives and balsamic vinegar extract vacation food porn #14 – cotoletta alla milanese vacation food porn #15 – lasagna with aromatic herbs, lamb stew, porcini and