my boyfriend cooks for me

Monday, October 26, 2009

Lobster ravioli with a white wine butter sauce and grated parmesean

Tomato and mozzarella slices with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegrette

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AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Did you make that pasta? It looks devine.
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meganOctober 27, 2009 at 4:05 PM
this looks so fancy! I have a table setting problem...I just don't do it. It's just me and my husband, and dinner is always hurriedly eaten sitting on the kitchen stools at the counter. I should work on that - thanks for the inspiration
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jennOctober 27, 2009 at 5:52 PM
cookingupaphd: I *wish* I could say that we made the pasta, but in truth it was courtesy of Trader Joes. We do have plans to attempt making our own ravioli (to use up some of our squash) later this week, so stay tuned...

megan: you definitely eat with your eyes before any food reaches your mouth, so we like to have fun with presentation. Sure we devour the meal in about 5 minutes, but that's why I take pictures - so we can remember how beautiful it all looked!
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Fresh Local and BestOctober 31, 2009 at 11:48 AM
This looks like quite a feast! The white wine butter sauce over the ravioli looks wonderful!
Thanks for stopping by FLB!
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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.

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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.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

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