Cupid is far from the adorable little curly-topped chubby love-bug we know from Valentine cards. He is the love child of Venus, the goddess of love and Mars, the god of war. His singular reason for being is to fight the never-ending war on love. He knows all too well that men are from Mars [...]
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Cupid’s flaming hearts
Sultan’s Delight
Sultan’s always get the best stuff. The most wicked-awesome pets, the cushiest cushions and the most scrumptious chow. So what delights the Sultan more than his cuddly kitty or his favourite goose down cushion… it’s Imam Bayildi, also know as the Sultan’s Delight. A delightful dish of big chunks of eggplant, slowly anointed in emerald [...]
Christmas Menu December 25, 1870
During the Prussian occupation of Paris in 1870, the cupboards were so bare Parisians couldn’t even afford to feed the animals in the zoo. In lieu of letting everyone go hungry on Christmas (day 99 of the siege), Chef Bellanger from Café Voisin acquired some lovely fresh ingredients for the following inspired menu. In this [...]
mushroom cacciatore
It’s mushroom hunting season.
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Neo-neopolitan Main Event
Dividing up the Neapolitan ice cream can be a real three-way tug of war. The tension builds throughout the meal as to who will be the first to pick out their favourite flavours and leave the dregs to the plebs.
The Chocolate fiends are the type who aggressively attack with a spoon to get their fix. [...]
Julie/Julia dinner party
Last week Julie (from Dinner with Julie) decided to host a Julie/Julia Dinner party for a handful of local food bloggers. We each brought something from Mastering the Art of French Cooking that we had prepared earlier. While we feasted Julia Child tutted about her kitchen as The French Chef reruns played in the background.
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Adam’s Apple Ribs
The sweet innocence of Summer is over and we are now banished from our lovely outdoor gardens and forced to cover up our twigs and berries with more respectable coverings. To keep even warmer during the chilly winter try something that will stick to your ribs and make some sticky apple ribs. Sweet blushing apples [...]
Michael Ruhlman’s Turkey Scraps…
Last week was Turkey Time down south in the US. To celebrate the Great Gobble, food-writer extraordinaire Michael Ruhlman (Ratio, Making of a Chef, French Laundry, Charcuterie, etc, etc) posted a very clever recipe for making stock with the turkey carcass, or chicken bones. I was really excited to get a chance to contribute to [...]
The Tale of Mr B.Russel Sprout
The following is an excerpt from Kitchen Scraps: a Humorous Illustrated Cookbook
Once upon a time there was a gentleman named Mr. B. Russell Sprout who lived in a red-brick townhouse on a cobblestone lane near the bank where he worked. Even the other bankers thought Mr. Sprout was an old fuddy-duddy because he always wore [...]
Wiener Schnitzel, by the Hammer of Thor!
Okotber is not the only time for festibrating.
Happy Nowemberfest from Thor, the god of Thunder and Wiener Schnitzel!
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