Serious.

Basically.

the pantry.

Cool little flash site.

The Omnivore’s Hundred:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (…what?)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (???)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (no, but I’ve had lunch at Le Bernardin)85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

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Two thoughts.

Different is not always good.
Take the ketchup off of my nachos.

seal the deal.

The Govenor General of Canada eats raw seal, at a ritual in Northern Canada.




Apparently this has been starting various restaurants actually serving seal on the menu. A trend which seems to be more specific to Montreal.
You can read about it here. All I'm saying is when is the last time people got death threats for using controversial products?

Tomato.

Go See It.

Open.

What I've Seen.

Sneaky.

What time is it?

Its been a while since I've done a seasonal Vegatable listing, in fact it feels like forever and a day. However, finally its spring, and Ontario Produce is finally starting to come around. Not -all produce listed is from Ontario.

-Ramps (baby wild leeks)
-Morel mushrooms
-Asparagus
-White asparagus
-Cardoons
-English Peas (still early)
-Fava Beans (still early)


I can not wait for summer.

Guidelines.

The following are guidelines for creating dishes taken from Michael Laiskonis, the pastry chef from Le Bernardin

"From Conception to Realization I spontaneously wrote:

Consider the end before the means; then make sure the means will get you there.

Focus on no more than three flavors or ingredients at the outset, and keep in mind the balance and proportion.

Consider the range of tastes (sweet, salt, acid, bitter, etc).
Place near equal importance on textures.
Consider the functionality of the dish, both as its own entity, but also as part of a greater vision.

Make sure that there is a focal point; the remaining aspects must support rather than compete.

Work within your own knowledge and experience and fully flesh out the process, plus possible contingencies.

Begin with "what will make it familiar?" before addressing "what will make it different?"

Work with a subtractive attitude; pare away the unnecessary.

Consider how well it 'eats', and how to make it delicious."

I noticed I like it...

see da muffin

For the Classy Bougie Hood Chick

Nonetheless.

An older post. Still a great one.

Some Inspiration

Places and Spaces...

Make it nice, Make it happen...

I Wish It Was Canned.

United We Eat.

One of the best blogs ever.

"Go home and review yourself"

HMMMM...

Susur Lee after making a much antisipated move to New York City, is getting some pretty dismal press.

Lately I've Been Thinking...

Observe.

"I think you should"

The Question.

I Wonder Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"

I Need One.

Noodle Fan.

Birth of Cool.

In May, 1886, Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. The name was a suggestion given by John Pemberton's bookkeeper Frank Robinson.

Eye Candy.

In Defence of...

Think.

kinda long-- but interesting.

Don't Eat It.

A new study suggests that up to one billion frogs are captured from the wild for consumption every year.

With one third of amphibians being on the endangered species watch list, there is most definitely a problem. We need the proper research for such crucial matters.

Wunder(ful) Boner

Big Ups

http://fxcuisine.com/

Alice

Iconic Chef Alice Waters wrote an open letter to Barack Obama, in attempt to help choose the chef for such an influential man. You can read the full letter here published by Gourmet magazine.

Gummy-Dummy

The worlds largest Gummy Bears can be purchased here.

Sacrifice.

Burger King has started a new program for FaceBook where if you sacrifice ten of your friends you will get a free Whopper.

Kinda dumb.

"Slap Chop"

"we are going to make America skinny again, one slap at a time..."

Seasonal.

Winter isn't all bad. We're lucky to live in a time in which trade exists. Although there are several negative aspects, there also several good aspects, including some of the following in season fruits and vegetables. I am going to separate the local from the imported.


Potatoes
Parsnips
Celery Root
Beets
Cabbage
Squash
Carrots
Turnips
Rutabaga

Meyer Lemons
Grapefruit
Oranges
Blood Oranges
Tangerine
Pineapple
Cranberries
Kiwi Fruit
Persimmon
pomegranate

Gettin Some Head.

The guys over at Upper Playground cooking some pig's head.

Biz Markie vs. Jerry Seinfield

Who's got more props?

Oh Wow.

Creeper.

Quite possibly one of the creepiest websites I've seen as of recently, has to be this one. Its dedicated to what is requested by prisoners for their last meals before they are electrocuted. Oddly enough there seems to be a lot of fried chicken.

What would you eat?

You Hear That?

Flied Chicken

Words.

"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."

-- Mark Twain

Its a new day.

make the most of it.
happy new year. Hopefully this year is filled with more resolution than conflict.

Peace.