. sous vide . fermentation . dry curing .
It’s been a few days since my last post, things are crazy at work and finally I find myself with some free time during this holiday break to get back into it (Pasta 101 is a good place to start). So, I was really wanting to continue making fresh pasta, I have 3 flavors I […]
I knew at some point I’d come back to my frozen puff pastry which took a good chunk of my time to make but it was well worth it. This sweet pastry treat was a pretty common snack growing up. Very easy to make… once the puff pastry is done of course. Anywho… without further […]
This is another one of those skills anyone serious about cooking should probably learn. Making your own pasta is extremely satisfying, rewarding and yummy! Tools: A scale. A place to mix stuff, cutting board or stand mixer bowl or glass bowl, etc. Cutting surface to roll dough or pasta press. Knife, cookie cutter, pizza cutter, […]
Extremely easy recipe, oh yeah, the photo… these couple of young sheep smiling on top of a New Zealand hill in the south Island, that’s the only photo I was able to find in my pbase site… hint… hint… have a look 🙂 Ok, back to this dish of which no photo exists, because it […]
Put your heart and soul into what you cook Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet van Horne – an American newspaper columnist and film/television critic Put time and care into your cooking Enchant, stay beautiful and graceful, but do this, eat well. Bring the […]
Eggs again??? yes… I can’t get enough. Here’s what I did this morning, while going through the fridge, found a few things I could throw together and make breakfast (more like breakfast for lunch). This is like a lazy version of a Tortilla de Patatas and I added a couple of extra goodies in there. […]
This is the story of  3 plantains that I happened to buy at the store  in the middle of winter, it is Souther California so I don’t feel that bad for not being seasonal? plantains grow all year round just a few hours south of my apartment, who are we kidding… and with Christmas around […]
Exactly… what the hell would you do with that leftover turkey stock that took 6 hours to make, quarts of it, only to end up using a few cups to make some gravy or some reduced sauce for turkey dinner…. it’s been sitting in the freezer since until tonight! No more! iIt has been repurposed… […]
Tonight I had some cooked crawfish I bought at the supermarket and by that I mean I bought them already cooked.  I haven’t  had crawfish before, and as it very frequently happens, I ended up eating whatever new thing I try. They are quite addictive actually, they tasted nothing like shrimps, if anything, their taste […]
Do not stop reading after this off-putting title. Microwaving food has a pretty bad rep, but just because it is associated with heating up frozen dinners, popping corn kernels, making mostly everything put in them soggy or rubbery  and on top of that, the evil magnetron that lurks inside produces deadly radiation, it really doesnt […]