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Are You a Night Baker?
I love to bake and cook at night, especially in the summer months...it is so peaceful when the rest of the house is asleep...
I put on a Julia Child DVD softly in the background and experiment with gluten free reciepes.
Last night I made GF crepes with rice flour to reheat for breakfast, a crusty GF bread, GF brownies and a blood orange sorbet was whirring in my ice cream machine as I played with recipes and baked my heart out.
Thank the Lord for the night-time...! (sorry Neil Diamond...)
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
For hot summer evenings, I love to graze on an easy no-cook platter for my solo dinner while I write a post for my food blog.
I slice up a few heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers, sprinkle with a bit of crunchy Kilauea black sea salt with a smal wedge of whatever cheese I have in the chill chest. I add a few Kalamata olives and roasted red peppers for the oily goodness and spice. With this I sip a some ice cold sparkling water with a dash of gingered simple syrup.
For dessert, my homemade fresh Lime Sorbet completes the meal and cools my palate after a long hot day.
Weekend Cook and Tell Roundup: 'Julie & Julia'
Wow...I wish that I had known about this "round-up".
After we saw the first showing in my area on Friday morning,
we went home and made Boeuf Bourguignon on page 318 of MtAoFC.
Yes, we ate late and yes it was yum...
I also did a "Julie & Julia giveaway" on my food blog to celebrate the movie and my one year blog anniversary:
http://feastingonpixels.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-one-year-blogiversary-and-winner.html
A very inspiring movie for anyone that loves to cook,
and even those that don't...but just love to eat.
(insert Julia's voice here)
Bon appètit…!
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Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
My favorite kinds of olives are the Greek kalamata, the French picholin and the niçoise, the Spanish manzanilla and the Italian lugano.
This is an amazing contest and you are right that this would be a wonderful gift.
If I win I would love to follow my olive tree’s progress over the next year on my food blog.
;-)
Are You a Night Baker?
I love to bake and cook at night, especially in the summer months...it is so peaceful when the rest of the house is asleep...
I put on a Julia Child DVD softly in the background and experiment with gluten free reciepes.
Last night I made GF crepes with rice flour to reheat for breakfast, a crusty GF bread, GF brownies and a blood orange sorbet was whirring in my ice cream machine as I played with recipes and baked my heart out.
Thank the Lord for the night-time...! (sorry Neil Diamond...)
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
For hot summer evenings, I love to graze on an easy no-cook platter for my solo dinner while I write a post for my food blog.
I slice up a few heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers, sprinkle with a bit of crunchy Kilauea black sea salt with a smal wedge of whatever cheese I have in the chill chest. I add a few Kalamata olives and roasted red peppers for the oily goodness and spice. With this I sip a some ice cold sparkling water with a dash of gingered simple syrup.
For dessert, my homemade fresh Lime Sorbet completes the meal and cools my palate after a long hot day.
Weekend Cook and Tell Roundup: 'Julie & Julia'
Wow...I wish that I had known about this "round-up".
After we saw the first showing in my area on Friday morning,
we went home and made Boeuf Bourguignon on page 318 of MtAoFC.
Yes, we ate late and yes it was yum...
I also did a "Julie & Julia giveaway" on my food blog to celebrate the movie and my one year blog anniversary:
http://feastingonpixels.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-one-year-blogiversary-and-winner.html
A very inspiring movie for anyone that loves to cook,
and even those that don't...but just love to eat.
(insert Julia's voice here)
Bon appètit…!
'Julie & Julia' (& Nora)
Saw this movie on Friday when it opened here and it was a good movie for foodies of all ages.
Sure, I agree, it was not perfect, but there were some really good moments. Nora did an ok job mergeing the two stories, but Julia's story was the strongest, most watchable and relateable for me.
Perhaps it was the Paris connection.
Julie's story fell a little flat for me...
Julia was natural and totally unpretentious...
Julie was and is just trying way too hard.
That's life...you are who you are...
However, I wish her well.
I have loved Julia since I was a kid and follow her MtAoFC recipes in my own culinary work, so had to see this movie.
I think Meryl was the best choice to portray Julia, and IMHO did a pretty good job without the portrayal being too strange.
See my blog for more on Julia
http://feastingonpixels.blogspot.com/2009/07/drawing-from-julia.html
Video: The Man's Kitchen from 'Home Improvement'
Cool and retro...wish I had a butcher in my chill chest to
meet my needs for veal bones for wanting to make stock at 2am.
Really love Al (in this( well who doesn't...lol...)
One of my fave episodes on Home Improvement.
Standing Room Only: Calumet Fisheries
I was there last week and covered it on my blog, too...
http://feastingonpixels.blogspot.com/2009/07/fast-food-fridaycalumet-fisheries.html
On 'Nightline' Tonight: Art Smith, 'Oprah's Fave Chef'
We ate at his restaurant Table 52 in Chicago...
the place is really lovely...the food, well, not so much.
Amazing what Oprah can do...and not in a good way...
Olympic Figure Skater Brian Boitano in a New Food Network Series
Just don't know what to think...
Sounds a bit strange, but I will reserve my harsh snark until after I see a few shows.
How about a show with Aarón Sánchez...?
at least we would have some eye candy no matter what he cooks.
Dumbest Allergy Warning Ever
Contains: egg...just one egg in a half-dozen.
I imagine the recession has hit Ireland as well...lol...
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
The pintxos, bite-sized tapas popular in the bars of Northern Spain at Cafe Ba-Ba Reeba in Chicago. The mushroom and rice croqueta and the short rib-stuffed piquillo peppers are to die for...!
Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'
Although I have eaten burgers all over the world, but as a Southside Chicago native I would have to say my fave burger is from Top-Notch Beefburger.
The meat is fresh and cooked to order.
My sister and I love to share the 1/2 pound Western Burger with fresh tomato, lettuce, Jalepeno cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, grilled green pepper and grilled onions.
Mmmmmmmmmm...
Not diet food for sure, but a wonderful treat once or twice a year.
The best burger in the city of Chicago bar none.
Chilled Fresh Pea and Buttermilk Soup
Beautiful work guys...!
Video: Tom Colicchio's 'True Blood' Drink for Vampires
Stupid, stupid stupid...
Very disappointing presentation of a person I thought
of as an excellent chef.
I expected much more of him...really sad.
Market Scene: Chicago in May
Love this market under the orange Calder (not Picasso...! that market happens on another day.)
I love your report of what is available and will visit this
marche very soon, and early in the day and stock up on
basils and a few other herbs to fill out my garden
Merci beaucoup...!
Serious Green: Planting a Container Garden
Love this post...
I have been growing herbs and flowers on the lower patio of my condo.
On my upper balcony, away from the rabbits, I have successfully grown tomatoes, lettuce, kale, peppers, peas, carrots and beans.
I always havest more than our family can use and it is wonderful
to be able to either share or can what I have grown.
I have already have my wonderful plantings in place for this season
and look forward to watching my food-bank grow over the summer.
An Evening with Paulie Gee, Pizza Madman
Great to see the "Pizza Madman" in action...!
métrogirl
Therese-Marie
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Congrats to our winner gargupie, and thank you to everyone who entered. We have notified the lucky new olive oil owner and updated our Contest Winners page.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Any olive cured any way, I love them all. I have a small dish every day after work with a glass of wine. or beer. or whatever is available.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Blue-cheese stuffed olives, in a dirty vodka martini!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
arbequina olives are my personal favorites - and not just because they're fun to say! as always, feta makes anything taste better and these two go great together
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I love ALL olives. The more the merrier. Kalamata, Black, Green, Nicoise bring it on! What a beautiful idea & a great opportunity! I would love to showcase this on my site!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I too prefer olives in their oil iteration.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I'm not a fan of olives, but I do love olive oil!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Kalamatas are amazing, but I'm a huge fan of the black Greek/Turkish ones, not sure of the name...
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Moroccan oil-cured are my favorite, the wrinkled ugly things.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Nicoise are definitely my favorite, but I'm a sucker for jalapeno-stuffed green olives too!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
kalamatas are popular in my house too
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Jalapeno stuffed green olive!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I actually don't love olives: I like tapenades and things, but am not a huge fan of eating olives by themselves.
...but I sure do love olive oil :)
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Yum! Warm mixed olives with fennel, orange zest and Anaheim chile. My favorite olive is the gaeta.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
My olive of the moment is garlic-stuffed green. Yum!
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I have never meet an olive I didn't love. Since I am just back from Madrid, I will say arbequina olives with a nice red wine at an outdoor tapas bar.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Not really a huge fan of olives but olive oil is a wonderful thing.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I still remember the first time I had a kalamata olive. I was 13 years old, and my family had decided to picnic with some friends along a river. One person had brought along a bunch of kalamatas and was raving about them. I was eager to try one, but when I did, I thought they were awful. But after eating them at random intervals over the years, I've grown to love them; they're now my favorite :)
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
been craving saltiness lately and it's been satiated with the kalamata olives. :)
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
the little spanish arbequina olives, hands down.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
I love olives! My favorite depends on my mood - sometimes cerignola, sometimes arbequina, sometimes picholines, sometimes nicoise, sometimes picual, sometimes manzanilla - give them all to me.
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Oh, I love olives so very much. It's a toss-up between a buttery cerignola or the always delicious kalamatas...
Weekend Giveaway: Nudo Olive Tree Adoption
Never met an olive I didn't love. My current favorite is picholine. It will be something else next week...
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gluten-free ravioli with November peas
Posted by metrogirl, November 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
adult dreamscicle.vanilla ice cream + blood orange olive oil
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fresh fried Shrimp from Calumet Fisheries
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Artichauts à la Buerre Fondu au Citron
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Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes on my summer porch
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gluten-free ravioli with November peas
Posted by metrogirl, November 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Halloween Recipe: Macaroni Cheese Bake In Coffin Toast
Posted by almostbourdain, October 26, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Jack O' Lantern Hand Pies with Pumpkin Date Filling
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adult dreamscicle.vanilla ice cream + blood orange olive oil
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About metrogirl
Website: http://feastingonpixels.blogspot.com/
Location: Palos Hills
About: Architect, designer, photographer and food stylist
Favorite foods: French recipes with fresh seafood and vegetables
Last bite on earth: Homard a l'americaine
My favorite kinds of olives are the Greek kalamata, the French picholin and the niçoise, the Spanish manzanilla and the Italian lugano.
This is an amazing contest and you are right that this would be a wonderful gift.
If I win I would love to follow my olive tree’s progress over the next year on my food blog.
;-)