Food Blog

I got some free habaneros a week ago, and I’ve being experimenting with them (see the soup), although very conservatively. They’re brilliantly hot, but I find I can get them to just be a hint of heat and flavor by using them sparingly. I threw a minced square inch of it into a BBQ sauced […]

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Not as dangerous as it sounds.
1 small potato, diced
half of an acorn squash, seeded and cleaned out
a small onion, diced
a carrot, diced
1/4 stick of butter
1/4 cup of cream
1 cup of apple juice
a postage stamp size slice of habanero, no placenta, no ribs no seeds
ginger
nutmeg

You could roast the half a squash, but it will take […]

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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any food pictures, so here are some pictures of pretty food I took at the Chicago Botanical Garden’s Fruit and Vegetable Island

Okra flower.

Susan Goss from the West Town Tavern shows us a seedless, rindless watermelon during her presentation for the Great Chef Series. The melon is a PureHeart. Other […]

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Excellent article on Formulating Vegetarian Foods. Learn what tempeh, seitan and quorn are, and what ingredients are sometimes needed to complete a ‘meat analog”. Some of these these ‘meat simulations’ sound much worse than the real thing.
“Quorn is the processed cellular mass obtained from the filamentous fungus, Fusarium venenatum, mixed with a binder, usually […]

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I’ve tried a few attempts at baking lately. My first try is an easy one - coconut macaroons based on the recipe from Cooking for Losers called Orgasm-Inducing Coconut Macaroons. I don’t know if they quite deserve the name but they turned out pretty good. The recipe just calls for a big bag of Baker’s […]

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Sorrel is a green I haven’t ever used before. Its sour lemon tang seems like it may be overcome anything paired with it. But in this pesto, paired with lots of chives and green garlic, it adds a nice touch without being overbearingly sour. It went very well with the morels. I’m not sure why […]

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I managed to get myself up early for the first day of the Evanston farmer’s market. The variety is slim compared to what’s available later in the season, but there’s some good stuff available early. I bought a bunch of chives, some asparagus, and some morels, and some bread and crossiants from Bennison’s bakery booth. […]

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I made a nice meal of a pork loin and baked sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes were kick-ass, if I may say so myself
I recently got a subscription to Cook’s Illustrated (thanks Mom) and got inspired by something I saw in this month’s issue. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it’s the magazine of […]

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I really was going to make a pumpkin cheesecake for all of my loyal readers before thanksgiving (yea right, I was going to make it for me, and if my office was lucky, they might get some). But because of the onslaught of the laziness virus I still haven’t done it. And worse, I’ve eaten […]

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Last weekend my parents were in town, which meant I got to eat at some of the best places in town, reviews of Tru, Arun’s and North Pond to come.
After such a decadent weekend (we also had some pretty decent steaks at Pete Miller’s) I really didn’t need any food for a couple of days. […]

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