i make pad thai about every 6 weeks or so. my last batch was documented here. i take this ritual pretty seriously and i like to think that my version is by far the best and most authentic in town, which really under the circumstances of where i live is no huge accomplishment. but tonight i had a very special [...]
Entries Tagged as 'seafood'
pad thai by request
October 30th, 2007 · 6 Comments
eating down the house
October 19th, 2007 · 12 Comments
i buy food. often. esoteric ingredients are my game. a real chef would love my pantry but i’m just a mere wannabe. yet i continue to believe that if i own all these potential elements of a dish that i will be able to transform my meals into something extraordinary. you see, when it comes to cooking, i’m not big on technique. [...]
Tags: farro · greens · seafood
scallops with truffled polenta and roasted fennel
September 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments
ok – so i’m into italian food and i can’t stop. and why would i? tonight’s dinner was an off the cuff throw together in 30 minutes kinda thing. i saw a post on ‘minimally invasive‘ for a roasted fennel dish and i knew that would be my jumping off point. after using fennel tops for my shrimp [...]
Tags: polenta · seafood · vegetables
a trio of pastas
September 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments
party at my place. a friend’s big birthday. cooking for 10. coming up with the right menu. making sure things work together and that i’m not making too much. too little. too complicated. but before i go on i’ve just got to make a local mention. because if anyone from nashville is reading, what’s VERY [...]
crabcakes
August 24th, 2007 · 5 Comments
the best i ever had was in baltimore. my brother and his fabulous wife live there and are members of a country club that has the kind of everyday laid back salad bar restaurant where they can make you absolutely anything you ask for and it will be very good - although cary did manage to stump them [...]
Tags: seafood
lobsta rolls – take 2
August 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments
my guy humors me. he buys me two different batches of lobster from the same place at the same time. one batch is twice the price for half as much. that batch comes from two freshly steamed ‘chicks’ whereas the other comes from lobsters that were ‘on their way out’ – meaning that they’re showing signs [...]
Tags: salad · sandwich · seafood
grilled shrimp taco’s with corn pico de gallo
July 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments
(upon opening my fridge…) hey you eggplants in there, stop yer whining! don’t make me pull over and have to cancel that ratatouille recipe i’m making tomorrow. yes – you damnwell heard me. that’s right. i said tomorrow. YES TOMORROW. now settle down in there. for god’s sake, just go talk to the 3 heads of [...]
Tags: seafood · vegetables
