–Lindsay Blatt, photographer This recipe, which I got from here, is a favorite. And, the leftovers can be used as faux sausage patties in the morning. Ingredients: 4 tbsp olive oil, divided 1 1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced 1/2 finely chopped onion 4 cloves minced garlic 2/3 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan [...]
Archive for April, 2012
Amuse-Bouche: Fruit
April 27th, 2012 | by adminpith | published in Amuse Bouche, Essays & Explorations, Featured
amuse-bouche (uh-MYUZ-boosh) noun Similar to but not to be confused with hors d’oeuvre. This is a tidbit, often tiny, served as a free extra to keep you happy while you are waiting for your first course to come. It gives you an idea of the chef’s approach to cooking and the restaurant’s attention to your [...]
Sopes
April 26th, 2012 | by adminpith | published in Recipe Compendium
–Brian Taylor, interdisciplinary artist It’s August, I’m in California, and I am hungry. At least for this moment, my answer is to make sopes. You should know I’m not a sope expert, but I am done with the guilt of not being a sope expert. You know, that confession along the [...]
Huguenot Torte from the 1930s
April 19th, 2012 | by adminpith | published in Recipe Compendium
–Sarah Lohman, artist and historic gastronomist To read Sarah’s detailed introduction to this recipe, along with fascinating historical information, check out her post on Four Pounds Flour. Ingredients taken from The First Ladies’ Cookbook (1965) 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup peeled and chopped tart cooking apples 1 cup coarsely chopped [...]
The Time Traveler’s Kitchen
April 18th, 2012 | by adminpith | published in Featured, Interviews & Intersections
An interview with Sarah Lohman Victorian beef tongue stew, seven hour hardboiled eggs, handmade chicken-flavored peeps and marmite soup. Sarah Lohman will cook it, all in the name of history. As a self-described historic gastronomist, Lohman uses the past to enrich the way we think about food today. In 2005, at the [...]
Refrigerator Pickled Red Onions
April 11th, 2012 | by adminpith | published in Recipe Compendium
—Alexandra Barao, visual artist This past summer, I began experimenting with different food preservation processes. After a few initial setbacks and failures (overly salted kimchi and fermented carrots, lacking necessary equipment for proper pickling, paranoia caused by reading too much about botulism) I set out to find a solution that was a bit more [...]
Pola Negri
April 6th, 2012 | by adminpith | published in Recipe Compendium
– Victoria Howe, interdisciplinary artist In the summertime my drink of choice is Campari, topped off with soda and a orange twist. But when I’m feeling fancy or am hosting a dinner I cook up a batch of rosemary syrup and make this drink for myself and my friends. Pola Negri Ingredients: [...]
