my boyfriend cooks for me: team work

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

team work

My boyfriend decided to make a ham/cabbage/radish hash for dinner tonight, but we couldn't decide what to have with it. My boyfriend initially wanted either beans or rice, but those were the last things I wanted after having a burrito for lunch. We talked about grits as a possibility for a while, but then it came to me - we had weird sesame pancakes from K & S in our freezer (seriously, if you go to a vaguely sketchy international market like K & S and don't buy random weird things to try, you are doing something wrong).

I absolutely loooooved these pancakes. We didn't get them as puffy as the picture on the packaging, but they had that wonderful chewy quality that I associate with dim sum while still being crispy on the outside. I will probably dream of these pancakes tonight, and in that dream they will be lightly dusted with powdered sugar, with maybe a drizzle of dark chocolate.....mmmmmmmm.....

Ham steak, cabbage, radish and banana pepper hash served on a fried sesame pancake

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VelvaApril 16, 2010 at 7:51 PM
This looks like a creative and delightful meal. It's definitely healthy. I really like the addition of the sesame pancakes-nice.
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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.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

team work

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