Comments on: RC in the house – episode #1 – pork belly

By: annie

annie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:15:15 +0000

Oh my dear Lord. The man. The pork. The kitchen. That dish is like the most extravagant, adult nursery food I can imagine. Comforting, sexy, all good.

By: mari

mari — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:10:56 +0000

Don’t be flaunting the fact RC is single to me! You’re just trying to tempt me to Nashville, aren’t you?!

By: fluffernutter

fluffernutter — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:54:43 +0000

I love Rob Cox — he’s not just hawt, he’s hawt AND he cooks. But you didn’t say whether you survived this excessive gastronomic experience. I nearly perished from cholesterol just reading about it.

By: Traci @ Soup of The Day

Traci @ Soup of The Day — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:15:26 +0000

Baked eggs are one of my favorites! I haven’t made them for a while either. I usually just do fresh herbs, but I like the truffle butter idea too.

By: claudia

claudia — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:14:39 +0000

julie – it was my only skin-on option!!! i swear!!!

robin – i did go and it was awesome!

michelle – sounds like a plan. and then we will die and be dead.

demo – my guess is you’d get some sweet lady over there to cook on that one burner for/with you… as for the book, i am inundated with books right now but one of these days…

nina – welcome! hope to see you drop by again!!!

melissa – that sounds out of this world!

ts – isn’t that thing cool? just google batali wind-up…

klinde – it was all totally drool worthy – no doubt.

jessica – fancy shmancy. it’s all in the plating!

lucy – no pork? ever? wow. the pig is the best animal to eat. it just is… i could make a believer out of you…

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:16:19 +0000

I have to admire a woman who’s so inspired by a conversation about pork bellies that she goes an orders a whole 8-lb slab of it.

By: robin (caviar and codfish)

robin (caviar and codfish) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:36:28 +0000

God damn, those dishes look good! And I’m so jealous that you got to read that MPW cookbook!

If you like pork belly, next time you go to NYC you have to have the pork belly steamed bun sandwiches from MomoFuko if you haven’t ever had them. Oh pork belly, I love you so!

By: michelle @ TNS

michelle @ TNS — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:55:04 +0000

now i’m even more pissed that i couldn’t find any pork belly when i was searching for it a few weeks back. damn it all to hell!

i think you should visit me and we’ll order pounds and pounds of pork belly and have my CIA-grad, bobby flay sommelier brother-in-law come over and cook us dish after dish of delicious, delicious bacon.

By: democommie

democommie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:09:19 +0000

Claudia:

Do you think that if I got some pork belly I could lure one of those nice lady cooks to my house–when I have a little more than a single burner hot plate to work with? It would just be for the food, honest!!

That book I mentioned a while back, “The Last Chinese Chef” has a whole thing going on about pork fat. I think you would enjoy it.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:05:06 +0000

My first visit to your blog and even just a few seconds, I have gained a few pounds by just looking at your beautiful food.Mmmmm.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:14:29 +0000

oh man, pork belly. oddly enough, I just had it for the first time a few weeks ago. in ramen! authentic, real tokyo (transplanted to socal) ramen. I had no idea what REAL ramen was until now. but the pork belly. you can pay a few extra bucks and get braised pork belly tonkotsu ramen. oh.my.lord. heaven.

By: ts

ts — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:47:22 +0000

Speaking of pork bellies, where did you get the Mario toy?! I want one! =D

By: Klinde

Klinde — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:27:25 +0000

Must. Quit. Drooling.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:23:05 +0000

That looks great! So fancy too!

By: lucy

lucy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:07:54 +0000

so you’ll hate me for this, but i’m not a big pork fan. i know; i’m sorry. however, those baked eggs look so good i wish i would wake up tomorrow to find them sitting on my breakfast table. yum yum.

By: ntsc

ntsc — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:02:23 +0000

I have no idea how I found this place, but I’m not leaving.

Don’t have a pork belly currently in the fridge, but there is about 3 lbs of bacon and 3 lbs of pancetta in the freezer from the last one.

I also have what started as an 18 lb fresh ham hanging in the basement, but that won’t be ready for a long time (I hope).

By: claudia

claudia — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:45:21 +0000

mari – pork belly is unfreakinbelievable stuff. hit the gym before indulging. and after. as for rob, if i were 15 years younger and single i’d attack him. he’s cute, funny and SMART. and the man can cook… nice combo!

and ladies – he’s SINGLE

pony – eggs were fabbo. no crunch but sheer deliciousness.

jennifer – just you wait…

robert – i hate to disappoint you but it’s a smoke free belly

amy – pray tell!!!

donald – this was just the beginning. but it tasted GREAT. rich and meaty and the cure flavor is amazing. but again – just wait and see what’s coming!

mary – back atcha girlfriend!

diana – better in theory than practice. unless we run like you do each day. for bacon everyday – you gotta exercise HARD.

dan – so so nice of you to say… really. thank you. really.

By: Mari

Mari — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:25:59 +0000

Thank you for finally enlightening us ladies as to how one lures hot young chefs into our kitchens!!!

Pork belly, eh? There’s no turning back now!

By: Ponyboat

Ponyboat — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:59:35 +0000

Mmm, this veg not sold on Babe’s belly, but the salad looks Mi-T-Fine. And those eggs! I am going to dream about those eggs like I have been dreaming about the damn truffle popcorn! So hot! So crunchy! So lubricated!

By: Jennifer Hess

Jennifer Hess — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:22:15 +0000

Wow, that is some SEXY belly.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:19:41 +0000

Fret,

Somehow those smoke molecules found the pork, you cant fight this, just let it flow………

There still may be time for the other 7 1/2 pounds.

By: amy @ minimally invasive

amy @ minimally invasive — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:18:38 +0000

This is great. Love it. Wonder if the guy at the local pizza joint would consider cooking in my kitchen?

I made pork belly over the weekend, too. My first time and I’ll tell ya, it won’t be my last, especially with this post as inspiration!

By: Donald

Donald — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:49:06 +0000

Wow…just, just, wow!

You had a chef in your kitchen making belly and suggestive inuendo?

We’re not worthy.

Wow. Tell us more on how it tasted!

Thanks for sharing!

By: Mary Coleman

Mary Coleman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:26:31 +0000

You never cease to amaze me!

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:03:35 +0000

I hereby declare the fourth meal of the day… BACON! (Hey Mom, what’s for bacon?) But final pic = my fave.