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The Random Gourmet: July 2009
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Friday, July 31, 2009. A Whole Lotta Love. In the first post. Of this blog I talked about my friends Steve and Kolet. Steve read the blog and shared this thought:. Recipes are the documentation of someone else's. Reminded me about that time that you house sat for us in Fresno, and all you asked for was a box of cereal and a pot of bacon chili. When we returned home the box was partially full, but the pot of bacon chili was gone. God, I want some pastrami right now. But happi...
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The Random Gourmet: Duck and Cover
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. After days of torrential rain the monsoons let up and I could finally fire up the grill for the duck I had waiting patiently in the fridge. That old favorite, alas, endured one monsoon too many. After replacing many internal parts, proving the adage that rust never sleeps, all the innards eventually collapsed into a rusty heap, and to my dismay I discovered that the grill model was discontinued. Here we have our patient duck perched on a beer-can st...
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The Random Gourmet: August 2009
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Friday, August 28, 2009. A careless shepherd makes an excellent dinner for a wolf. What is it that is making me crave the warm, satisfying foods of fall and winter all of a sudden, rather than light, cool summer foods? Maybe celebrating 90 days of the 2009 Coastal Humidity Festival is starting to become a little tiresome, and I'm looking forward to a crisp change in the weather. That sounds good.). When I saw the extra uncooked ground lamb left from the recent lamb tourtiere.
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The Random Gourmet: Couched Potato
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Monday, August 17, 2009. Several weeks ago I was reading an old Harold McGee article. About how pots and pans deliver heat to food and then release the food when we want it to. He made several dozen potato galettes to test the properties of different pans. I had never made a galette, and a couple of days later as I was figuring out how to incorporate a lone sweet potato into a dish with kingklip. I have since successfully flipped an onion-and-mushroom-topped galette, using t...
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The Random Gourmet: Fungus Among Us
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Friday, August 28, 2009. We so enjoyed the papardelle that we served with our branzino. The other night, that I decided to use those long and wide but whisper-thin egg noodles as the bed for a mushroom stroganoff. I armed myself with the standard wild mushrooms available at our local market - crimini, shitake and oyster. While originally intended to feature mushrooms only, I decided to add a little, well, beefiness with a couple ounces of slivered sirloin. Looks delicious, i...
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The Random Gourmet: September 2009
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Sunday, September 13, 2009. Notes From the Underground. Our friend Richard went clamming. Without me) and found a sweet spot in the reeds. He harvested about 120 clams - too many even for Richard. He shared some with us, and we enjoyed them roasted from the grill with lemon and garlic butter. Approaching that will require its own entry on our related blog. We may be dormant for several weeks, please check back occasionally. There is a lot going on below the surface. We've be...
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The Random Gourmet: Careless Shepherd Pie
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Friday, August 28, 2009. A careless shepherd makes an excellent dinner for a wolf. What is it that is making me crave the warm, satisfying foods of fall and winter all of a sudden, rather than light, cool summer foods? Maybe celebrating 90 days of the 2009 Coastal Humidity Festival is starting to become a little tiresome, and I'm looking forward to a crisp change in the weather. That sounds good.). When I saw the extra uncooked ground lamb left from the recent lamb tourtiere.
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The Random Gourmet: August 2011
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Sunday, August 14, 2011. This is the view through the window of the Old Fort Pub where we had Cynthia's birthday dinner. It is a stone's throw from our house. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The Random Gourmet: Branzino!
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Sunday, August 23, 2009. Branzino, aka European and Mediterranean seabass, is a beautiful, succulent fish. It was simple as can be to grill whole. Purchased cleaned and scaled from our fishmonger, I had only to clip the sharp pectoral and dorsal fins, rinse and dry, and rub the fish with salt and pepper. It was grilled on medium high heat for 5 minutes on each side. August 25, 2009 at 12:56 AM. Fishits my favorite,anytime! It looks so yummy! August 25, 2009 at 11:30 AM.
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The Random Gourmet: Puff Piece
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Life Is Too Short to Measure. Saturday, August 22, 2009. We were invited to a birthday party tonight and wanted to bring something festive. Several years ago on the original Japanese Iron Chef. I watched a challenger make what was his signature meat pie. I don't have any memory of what went into it, only it's distinctive shell: a warm, sunburst pastry crust. Last night I attempted a replica for a lamb tourtiere. Using a large mixing bowl as a template, I placed the bowl over the pie and cut a circle in b...
