Tagged cooking (Lifestream)

• Sep 18, 2020, 12:47 PM -04:00

  Made Tres Leches cake.  It was good, but I was expecting it to be...I don't know...drippier?

  
• Sep 17, 2020, 6:12 PM -04:00

  I don't think I'm ever going to be a fan of polenta.
• Sep 10, 2020, 10:03 PM -04:00

  TIL about chicken pudding, a dessert popular in Turkey, made with milk, sugar, vanilla...and actual shredded chicken breast.
• Sep 2, 2020, 10:06 PM -04:00

  On Carrots in Tomato Sauce

  In which I reflect on gatekeeping in Italian cooking

  Not long ago, I joined an Italian cooking group on Facebook. I thought it would be a good opportunity to pick up some tips and recipes. I left the group a couple of months later, after some members became...oh, let's call it "agitated"...over whether Sunday ragu was a "sauce" or a "gravy".

  It sounds like a joke, doesn't it? Personal attacks stemming from disagreements over culinary terminology seem like such a cartoonish Italian stereotype that you almost think it just can't be true. Or maybe you just don't want it to be.

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• Aug 29, 2020, 10:43 PM -04:00

  TIL that blackstrap molasses is not the same as fancy molasses.  NOT AT ALL.
• Aug 28, 2020, 6:36 PM -04:00

  I'm currently in the process of corrupting Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce with the addition of a red bell pepper and I have to say I feel a little naughty.
• Aug 27, 2020, 12:41 PM -04:00

  On Being Vaguely Obsessed With Pound Cake

  In praise of simple

  When it comes to food and drink, I tend to lean towards the simple. Or, more accurately, I tend to lean towards the simple and well-made.

  One of my favourite memories of the Dominican Republic, for example, was the coco loco - literally just a coconut with the top sliced off and rum mixed into the milk, served with a straw and maybe a squeeze of lime. When the coconut is fresh, the drink is amazing.

  Another example would be Marcella Hazan's (in)famous tomato sauce. It literally has only four ingredients (canned tomatoes, butter, onion and salt) and notably no garlic or herbs, so the sauce doesn't really have anywhere to hide; it tastes like buttery, slow cooked tomatoes which is, well, you know, delicious.

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• Aug 17, 2020, 7:51 PM -04:00

  Lemon ricotta pound cake, a close cousin of the cannoli pound cake I posted previously. This time it's actually a pound cake, more or less. And yes, it's delicious.

  
• Jul 17, 2020, 9:47 PM -04:00

  Very late to the party on this one but I finally made @alisoneroman 's anchovy shallot pasta and I am shocked at how mellow this stuff is, considering it has a shit ton of shallots and a whole jar of anchovies. Good stuff!
• Jun 22, 2020, 12:28 PM -04:00

  Grilled cheese experiment: olive and brunost, Norwegian brown cheese. Was good, if a little odd.

  
• May 24, 2020, 2:52 PM -04:00

  A piece of gingerbread, slightly lopsided. Still delicious. I used Anna Olsen's recipe.

  
• May 15, 2020, 9:45 PM -04:00

  Pot of misir wat, Ethiopian spiced lentils. Delicious.

  
• May 15, 2020, 2:36 PM -04:00

  Annoying how most recipes calling for condensed milk call for a 14 oz can, while the cans in Canada appear to be 300 ml (10 oz).
• May 10, 2020, 5:45 PM -04:00

  Cannoli pound cake. Really just an excuse to use leftover ricotta. Smells amazing.

  
• Apr 16, 2020, 3:59 AM -04:00

  Carrot cake, cut through

  
• Apr 14, 2020, 7:31 PM -04:00

  First time making carrot cake. And first time doing a crumb coat! Most of my previous caves have been simpler ones like pound cake, with no frosting.

  
• Apr 13, 2020, 12:03 AM -04:00

  Hey everyone! I made roasted potatoes that were actually crispy!
• Apr 2, 2020, 4:54 PM -04:00

  First time making split pea soup!

  
• Nov 28, 2019, 1:19 PM -05:00

  #MarcellaHazan 's famous (infamous?) tomato, butter and onion sauce is actually a surprisingly good, rich sauce, considering what went into it - four ingredients, including the salt. No garlic, no basil, no olive oil.
• Nov 27, 2019, 11:46 PM -05:00

  This is Marcella Hazan's "Famous tomato sauce" , in progress.  Only four ingredients: tomatoes, butter, sky, onion. You don't even chop the onion. I will give a full report.

  
• Nov 6, 2019, 2:45 AM -05:00

  Tonight I made salade nicoise, which is actually more work than I thought. Tastes great, but I suspect I'd enjoy this more if I were paying someone to do it.

  
• May 17, 2019, 7:27 PM -04:00

  Spaghetti Carbonara, take two: guanciale edition.  Delicious as always, but I think I may prefer the pancetta version.

  
• Oct 12, 2018, 12:10 PM -04:00

  I feel like a lot of Italian cuisine is basically a competition over which dish has the highest (tastiness / # of ingredients) ratio.
• Dec 11, 2017, 10:12 AM -05:00

  I saw like one YouTube video on how to make the perfect omelette and now I'm obsessed with making the perfect omelette. The perfect omelette has Boursin in it, apparently. I can't say that I completely disagree.
• Dec 23, 2016, 2:12 PM -05:00

  Is it just me or is pound cake basically Shortbread with eggs?