my boyfriend cooks for me

Saturday, October 10, 2009

For our second cook-off we decided to try potato gratin, i.e. we each layered potato slices and goodness in ramekins. We each made two - one to go with dinner tonight, and the other to have with breakfast tomorrow morning.

In tonight's battle:

My boyfriend's: mozzarella, pecorino, pesto and prosciutto

Mine: granny smith apple and goat cheese

Neither gratin was perfect: my boyfriend's was slightly underdone, and mine had a bit too much goat cheese. These issues aside, as in the wonton-off, using apple brought me another cook-off victory.

Stay tuned for round two tomorrow morning - it's anyone's game!

The Complete Meal:

Chicken sausage, mozzarella & tomato panini

Potato gratin

Tomato & roasted red pepper soup

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My boyfriend loves to cook and is very creative in the kitchen. Although the internet is often consulted, he doesn't use recipes. He does most (ok, just about all) of the "heavy lifting" documented here. He also happens to be an amazing artist - which may contribute to his excellent food plating and presentation - so check out his art store on Etsy (and see some samples at the bottom of the page).

I perform important tasks (mainly peeling and chopping onions) and provide ideas gleaned from hours of reading food blogs, recipes and menus online, as well as gentle suggestions (i.e. "Isn't the [ingredient] going to go bad soon? Maybe we should use [ingredient] tonight..."). I am also Head Photographer and Blogmaster.

About Our Blog

In an article in the New York Times Michael Pollan said that we spend more time watching "sport" cooking shows than we do actually cooking. And he said this like it is a bad thing. We hope that this blog proves that these shows, while not explicitly instructive, can be a wonderful inspiration.

Of course no one has the time or resources to cook like an Iron Chef all the time. Sometimes we decide to be adventurous and try more elaborate dishes, but generally we want to show that it isn't difficult to put together interesting, creative, and healthy meals any night of the week. We don't make a weekly plan, we don't decide what to make and then go get ingredients. We buy random fun and interesting things that catch our eye at the grocery store, and then figure out how we can use them.

So don't look here for recipes (for the most part the description of what we ate is all there is to it - "mashed turnip with horseradish" is mashed turnip with horseradish!), look here for everyday ideas and inspiration.

Aphorisms from the Professor: Brillat-Savarin

Saturday, October 10, 2009

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