August 2010
25 posts
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural...”
– Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly)
Fear and Loathing in the Kitchen
The following is a transcript of a recording made between Matthew Caldicott and Aaron Harvie as they attempt to cook a three-course dinner…
… (RUSTLING SOUND)… (CLUNK)…
Aaron: Oops I dropped it… is it on?
Matt: Yeah, it’s recording.
Aaron: No, I don’t think it is. Look, it’s not doing anything. I think I need to press this button…
(RECORDING STOPS)…. (CLUNK)
Matt: …ook it’s recording… stop...
“We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking.”
– Steve Elbert
I want that Fish Cake Recipe in Charlestown
Okay for those of you that requested the Fish Cake recipe in Charlestown here it is….
Ingredients
225g Salmon Fillet Pin boned
1 Tbsp Red Curry Paste
40ml Fish Sauce
50g Coriander Leaves
2 Cloves Garlic
¼ Red Onion
60 g Ginger
8 Red Chillies
100 g Flour
300 ml Peanut Oil
40ml Soy Sauce
Sweet Chili Sauce
Chop up garlic,...
Preview Matt & Aaron 3 Course Dinner
A little sneak peak at the entree for the 3-course dinner Matthew and I cooked last night… Seared Scallops with Carrot Mousse Roe and Blackberry Caviar…. more next week.
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
“This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time.”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 3
“If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works...”
– Albert Camus
“Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.”
– Kenny Powers Eastbound & Down
“…your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
– Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly)
“Photos get posted on blogs, when the idiots that write them figure out how to do...”
– Aaron Harvie- Responsing to posts requesting food photos
Purple Rain... the dish not the song!
In 1984 I was 11 years old.
I was about a year away from a meal that would change my life and ignite a lifetime love of food.
But something happened in 1984 that started another life long love affair… the release of the sixth studio album by Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain.
Now I already had a healthy appreciation for music at this point, but there was something about this record, maybe...
“Disappear here”
– Bret Easton Ellis (Less Than Zero)
“I feel bad, and I’ve felt worse
I’m a creep, yeah, I’m a...”
– Mudhoney, Touch Me I’m Sick
HANGOVER FOOD PART 1
The old saying goes… Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his boots. In other words, don’t criticize another person’s work until you’ve tried to do it yourself. Don’t judge another person’s life until you’ve been forced to live it.
How could I write about hangover food and not heed this insightful saying. How could I write about good hangover food...
Hangover Food
I like being hungover but hate being drunk…
But when I am hungover I love to eat so my next little foray will be my ultimate hangover sandwich… hey it beats takeaway!
Coming your way tomorrow… just in time for the weekend!
“I say, f#*k hearts…
Let’s just break bottles and talk trivial.”
– Chicks Who Love Guns, Vomit on the Dancefloor
Soft Flour Tortillas with Chipotle Pork, Red Onion...
Okay here we go…. Tortilla
3 Cups Flour
Splash of Vegetable Oil
Salt
Water- you are going to have to use common sense here people… will explain!!!!
Red Onion & Tomato Salsa
2 Tomatoes cored & seeded
¼ Red Onion
Big Handful of Coriander Finely Diced
1 Lemon Cheek
1 Serious Splash Tobassco Sauce
Salt & Pepper
Chipotle Pork
500 g Pork Loin Cubed
1 litre Chicken Stock
1 Tin Whole Peeled...
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Hmmmm.....
Making a list of all the songs I know you could theme a dish to…. dont know how well I am doing but I must say it is fun trying
“Rock On”
Penne with Chorizo & Chilli
Penne with Chorizo & Chilli
Ingredients
4oog Penne Pasta
2 Large Chorizo Sausages
4 Birdseye Chillis
70 g Black Olives Pitted
½ Red Onion
2 Tins Whole Peeled Tomatoes Mashed
1 tbsp Dried Oregano
2 Cloves Garlic
100g Parmesan Cheese
50 ml Olive Oil
2 Tblsp Raw Brown Sugar
Salt Pepper
Equipment Needed I Large Fry Pan I Large Saucepan 1 Large Bowl
Method ...
