Bunched

For four portions 4 large scallops, trimmed. 1 small head napa cabbbage 3 meyer lemons 4 Tbsp capers 1 Tbsp caper brine 1 cup plus approximately 3 tbsp Olive oil 1 egg 1 Tbsp butter Salt & pepper About one hour before service, place capers in a small bowl with brine. Zest 2 of the lemons into the capers. Set aside. Juice lemons. Add juice to bowl of food processor or blender. Add egg...

Egg Shell

Streusel Topping

Flour, butter, sugar...kneaded together....the warmth of my hands softening the butter as I went. Diced pears, brown sugar, amaretto liquer, salt, ground star anise in a baking dish topped with the above. Baked at 300 until the streusel browns. Drizzled with bitter sweet chocolate sauce after dinner with new friends.

Beet Soup

Roasted Beet Soup 24 oz diced and peeled beets 1/8 cup orange juice 1/8 cup olive oil 1 ½ tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper Salt to taste 3 oz white mushrooms 1 tsp olive oil 1 tsp butter 3 cups chicken stock 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon bacon fat 1 tablespoon chicken fat 3 tablespoon AP flour 1 green scallion finely sliced 1...

Beets

A couple of weeks ago I bought three large beets at Rainbow Market. The first I ate right away. I've been trying to think of what to do with the other two. Meanwhile.....they've had ideas of their own.

The meme to end all memes

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Gravy failure

Last night for dinner I made roasted chicken and veggies. Those turned out quite delicious (thanks to the recipe/technique posted by kitchenbeard posted here a few months ago). However, the gravy I made from the drippings failed. It's been over a year since I made a gravy/sauce so I suspect I've lost my touch(in case you don't remember my other posts I've been without a stove since December 22nd ...

Other people's snapshots -- and facial hair

kitchenbeard informs us that Portland may be the nation's beardiest city. There's a nice slide show with the article , but I decided to do my own data mining -- here's the best beards from the 979 hits you get at flickr searching under "portland beard". See if you can spot the cameo appearance by a fellow LJer!...

Ho! Ho! HO!

... soup, but I could not figure out the logistics for such of an endeavour. Maybe next year. As soon as Morgan gets stirring, we will be off to the city to deliver them and then hit kitchenbeard 's party at 2. We have to come back to east nowhere after that so I can get ready to do crowd control usher at Grace Cathedral for the midnight service. Since the aforementioned stirring will take ...