I’ve been playing a lot with tube like presentations. A couple
of weeks ago I had to make some cheese blintzes for a bar
mitzvah reception. I got the idea of using a crepe as a structural
“exoskeleton” that allows you to give shape to creamy like
foods leaving you with a beautiful crispy exterior.

From icecream crepe

The [...]

Sometimes I just want to scream about something I just learned.
Sometimes I just want to share my ideas on a new ingredient.
This blog is my release. The Control of my passion. The Consensus
of my thoughts.
This small blog has led me to write about my thoughts over these
past few months. I dream and [...]

Brandade is a really cool fish preparation.  The garlicky goodness
that is perfect to eat on a nice crusty piece of toasted baguette
really screams for a nice robust white wine and some good
conversation.

From Hake Brandade

I find brandade extremely versatile.   You can make fritters from it,
souffle it, eat is as a dip, use it as a sauce.  [...]

Can someone please loan me 50 bucks so I can get the Alinea
cookbook.  It looks spectacular!

Not because it ends with my last name…This is
a spectacular fruit. Mark twain stated that the
cherimoya is “the most delicious fruit on earth”.

From cherimoya icecream

Wikipedia describes this fruit as a mix between banana, pineapple
and strawberry and while that is a pretty good
analysis of the flavor, there is a world more of
nuance and finish in [...]

My grandmothers rice pudding is still, to this day, my
favorite dessert. It is not at all a ‘good’ rice pudding.
she uses long grain rice and cooks it in way too much
milk. She adds citrus peels which I can’t staaand in
rice pudding. I want to taste the purity of the milk
and the delicate [...]

This is my first Portuguese wine. Well other than Port.
I’ve heard that they are really coming into the limelight
these days. I don’t know much about this wine but here
are the tasting notes.
I really should come up with some kind of shorthand for
some of these notes in order to make it quicker to upload
and [...]

I’ve been craving some nice homemade cornbread lately. That
fragrant and muffin like bread that is just sweet enough to
satisfy your sweet tooth but savory enough to go with
supper. To me, cornbread is like cheating and eating dessert
with dinner.

From Blue Corn bread

I got some cool blue cornmeal a couple of weeks ago but
hadn’t any [...]