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Making spicy scrambled eggs with sardines

21 February 2010 · 0 Comments

Another one of my wacky culinary experiments. Some strong flavors to get your day started right. Scrambled eggs + fishy fish + curry = the breakfast of champions.

Videography and off-camera commentary by Kris Hartley.

Cooking · Cuisine · Recipe


Sweet Potato Gnocchi Gratin

31 October 2009 · 1 Comment

I improvised this sweet potato gnocchi gratin for a night in with Elizabeth and Catherine.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of milk
1 teaspoon of herbes de Provence
1/4 teaspoon of pimentón (smoked Spanish paprika)
1 heaping tablespoon of white miso
1 half package of Neufchatel or cream cheese
2 handfuls of grated Gruyère
1 egg, beaten
Olive oil
1 onion, [...]

Cooking · Cuisine · Food · Recipe


Instant Messenger Iron Chef: Turkey & Rice Stuffed Yellow Squash

23 September 2009 · 2 Comments

My friend Sophia IM’ed me the other night while I was at school. She asked me for some cooking advice based on the ingredients she had in her kitchen.  It turned into a game of IM Iron Chef or Stump the Cook from The Splendid Table.   Here is a log of our chat (edited [...]

Cooking · Cuisine · Food · Fun · Recipe


Mussels in Curry Cider Cream Sauce

26 August 2009 · 1 Comment

Normandy meets the Pondicherry of my post-post-colonial imagination in this improvised dish I made last night.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons of butter
1 small onion, chopped
1 shallot, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, minced
2 inch piece of fresh ginger, minced
1 teaspoon of minced jalapeño
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 pinch of saffron (optional, I just couldn’t help myself)
1/2 teaspoon coarsely-ground coriander [...]

Cooking · Cuisine · Food · France · Recipe


Spanish-Style Braised Hake

25 August 2009 · 0 Comments

Ingredients
1 pound of hake, filleted and cut into 4 inch chunks (or substitute cod, pollack or similar flaky white fish)
1 onion, thinly sliced
4 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
1 roasted red bell pepper, sliced
1 handful of green olives
1/2 teaspoon of pimentón (Spanish smoked paprika)
1 cup of dry white wine
1/4 teaspoon of saffron, soaked in the white [...]

Cooking · Cuisine · Food · Recipe · Spain