Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burner in New York, Hanoi,Tel Aviv, and Paris by Lauren Shockey This book highlights a year in the life of Chef Lauren Shockey as she performs unpaid stages(like internships) in four separate distinctive restaurants, in four different culturally rich cities, located in four starkly individual countries. …
Summer Vegetable + Bacon Pie
I cannot wait until summer. I was going through old pics and came across these from last summer. I wonder why I never wrote about this masterpiece before. Probably because I am not entirely sure about every single ingredient that went into it, or the amount of each ingredient that went into it. I…
Mini Muffin Quiches
Every once in a while I will throw something together that does not turn out well. Like these weird little mini muffin quiche things. Although, I do have to say that they did turn out pretty. They “look” good enough to eat, but they aren’t. All is not lost, though, because I still am partial…
Eggplant Fiesta?
I can’t figure eggplant out. Was it simply created by the Supreme Being, as a meat substitute, only to appease vegetarians and vegans? Or was it invented so that dieters had something they could eat in limitless quantities. It has a crazy texture, bordering on slimy, depending on how…
Apple Jack Toast
See what I mean, beautiful! I am always trying to come up with different ways to prepare fruit because I do not like it very much but I know that it is an important group of food. And I know it can actually be really wonderful if treated right. Of course, you can always take the sugar…
Safety First!
1st 2nd 3rd I was listening to the radio on my way home from work today. Between songs there was a short news report. A report of burglaries on my side of town earlier this week. No one has been apprehended. No leads. No suspects. I was tired and really needed to get some sleep. I am horribly paranoid…