Describe yourself in a three course meal.
If had to introduce yourself to someone by cooking them a three course meal that best described you, what would it be?
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15 Comments:
1. curry-pumpkin-fennel soup
2. braised lamb in a red wine sauce over parmesan polenta with a side of blanched sparragus with fig sauce.
3. espresso and creme brulee
ktonltd at 6:09PM on 10/29/07
1. feta and tomato salad or Caprese salad
2. Chicken souvlaki with tzatziki and lots of lemon
3. I second the creme brulee - oddly, it's one of the only things I know how to make well!
I'm not Greek but I love Greek food. I'd like to think this says I'm simple but versatile in my taste of food.
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 6:28PM on 10/29/07
1. Apalachicolan Oysters on the half-shell with cucumber-shallot mignonette
which I would serve with cava
2. Pan seared ocean trout with crispy skin and preserved lemon vinaigrette
grilled local seasonal vegetables and israeli cous cous
,alsatian riesling
3. Peach tart tatin with buttermilk ice cream and 10 or 20 yr tawny port
haricovert at 8:00PM on 10/29/07
1. Salad of arugula, roasted baby beets and carrots, lemon vinaigrette, and pecorino romano shavings
2. crusty thick-sliced wheat bread and a sharp hard cheese, toasted until the cheese is bubbly and slightly browned OR butternut squash farro-quinoa risotto (I had this dish at Butterfield 9 in Washington DC and fell in love)
3. lemon curd tart OR apple crisp with vanilla ice cream
ChristineB at 9:36PM on 10/29/07
1 Romaine and tomato salad with creamy dijon vinaigrette
2 Roast chicken with quinoa and steamed brussels sprouts, gravy made from the pan drippings
3 Peach cobbler or apple tarte tatin with vanilla ice cream
Stags Leap Chardonnay; and good coffee with dessert.
ride&cook at 9:54PM on 10/29/07
1. fresh vietnamese rise paper rolls
2. salt and pepper tofu served with wilted asian greens in a hoi-sin sauce, and heavy on the garlic
3. Deep fried ice-cream with fresh lychees
finish with green tea
choc_puddin at 5:10AM on 10/30/07
Ooh. I'm not making a very gourmet impression if I'm honest with myself.
1. Cornichons and assorted cheeses
2. Nigel Slater's method of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes with lots of garlic and bacon with a little bit of chicken gravy, asparagus and homemade bread.
3. Sweet, fried plantains AND a small peanut butter brownie.
Beverage: milk!
mscherryclafouti at 8:56AM on 10/30/07
A summer tomato salad with roasted chilies, spanish olive oil, sherry vinegar served with grilled bread. A bone in beef rib roast with garlic slivers studded in the fat cap slow roasted medium rare in my outdoor slow cooker. Grilled asparagus with garlic and parmesan. Lets finish with a variety of sliced melon with a light sprinkling of sea salt and a spritz of lime.
Colorado Jim at 11:16AM on 10/30/07
I'd try to avoid any appearance of pretension and introduce myself with as comfortable a menu as possible:
Skip the "amuse"
Mac & Cheese
Meatloaf
Chocolate Cake
srhcb at 11:27AM on 10/30/07
Seafood trio of fried calamari, bacon wrapped scallops and a caviar canape.
Broiled NY strip with demi glace and roasted garlic and truffled mashed potatoes.
Molton chocolate cake with a raspberry puree sauce.
jonfoxx at 12:08PM on 10/30/07
Okay, I seriously contemplated this. Mine would be a first course of gleaned veg or artichoke with green goddess dressing (or "special herb" butter), followed by the grilled breast of the youngest, plumpest duck of those I shot out of the sky that morning, retrieved by my dearly departed dog, Paycheck. Said breast would be served rosy and rare with a sauce of the tart/sweet boysenberries I delighted in eating naked in the morning as a toddler. Rosemary polenta or my grandma's mashed potatoes, and her butter top wheat rolls for bread. Fresh tomatoes I grew from seed. The darkest of chocolate. Braeburn or pink lady apples. Cheap wine.
Ravara at 12:48PM on 10/30/07
oh, and a moscow mule as a pre-dinner cocktail. In a copper cup, thank you very much.
Ravara at 12:54PM on 10/30/07
Artichoke Foam with Caviar Surround*
General Tso's Chicken with Steamed White Rice**
Spotted Dick***
(* Denotes intellectual fervor as displayed by mirroring it onto my food and an interest in wealth if only as something to eat.)
(** Hot. Cheap date. Easily calmed down by the innocuous when displayed as in white rice.)
(*** In the best British fashion, attempts to be polite and dull which rapidly disintegrates into utter silliness.)
Karen Resta at 1:41PM on 10/30/07
This is my best interpretation of how food could describe me. It might sound silly and simple.
Cucumber salad with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and feta cheese -- shows I have some taste and am easily approachable, I suppose.
A pot of chili with a side of rice -- warm and down to earth.
Chocolate kahlua cake with powdered sugar -- fun and slightly sophisticated (at least, I would like to think so).
misseditor at 2:23PM on 10/30/07
Mixed green salad with glazed walnuts and oranges tossed with a good vinagrette.
Bow tie pasta in a light buttery/creamy sauce with peas and salmon.
Warm apple strudel ala mode.
SavtaShayna at 3:01PM on 10/30/07