Butter Boy’s vegan adventure
28 May 2010 – 1:00 pm | 2 Comments

I will start by stating for the record that my favorite vegan meal consists of foie gras. So there.
This post is about Butter Boy, but for one of the few times on this blog, it actually isn’t …

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Making chicken stock
16 January 2010 – 2:06 pm | No Comment
Making chicken stock

What you see in this lead photo is a stock pot containing 69 chicken and 3 capon carcasses (and 17 chicken feet). And while it resembles a scene from a variety of episodes of CSI, …

Field test: Spicy coconut-glazed winter vegetables
9 January 2010 – 11:57 pm | 2 Comments
Field test: Spicy coconut-glazed winter vegetables

My friend Amy put up a recipe for spicy coconut-glazed winter vegetables on her blog as she has this idea to cut back on the wine while eating vegetables. WTF? Cut back on the sweet sweet booze? …

(sort-of) Quickie: poached capon pot-au-feu
7 January 2010 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
(sort-of) Quickie: poached capon pot-au-feu

Pot-au-feu (trans. “pot on the fire“) is another classic French stew which essentially consists of boiled meat and vegetables. Like garbure and cassoulet, there are many, many variations but it comes down to meat, vegetables, …

Radish jello and butter nuggets
28 December 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Radish jello and butter nuggets

My most recent amuse-bouche demo generated a little bit of buzz among the participants and the basic “recipes” I handed out afterwards were not deemed to be satisfactory. Ergo, an expansion on the original post …

Quickie: pasta with arugula and mushrooms
27 December 2009 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Quickie: pasta with arugula and mushrooms

The start of the XMas break brought along a noticeable decrease in the number of vehicles due to the school holiday shutdown, but the commute didn’t shorten as others somehow still managed to make the …

Radishes, butter and Nutella
22 December 2009 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
Radishes, butter and Nutella

One of these days, I’m going to get an invitation from the nice people on the third floor to go and explain why I’m flashing blades and imposing weirdness in the nice shiny cafeteria. It’s …