This is it what it takes to take it from good to OH MY GOD!!!
I’m A Cancer Survivor , I was asked to speak at the Relay for Life, thii is my speech…my first speech of my not so short life. My father has been in the hospital and really sick the past few weeks. Last week the rest of the family got sick so it was me and him. I practiced my speech using the chair as my podium. What a week!! But I gave the speech and here it is..what do you think?
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Flu-1 Yogichef-0
I was suppose to be landing in Oakland about now to celebrate the Gals birthday. We are the same age but she would kill me if I neglected to mention she is 3 months younger, but you can barley tell. Woke up yesterday with a 102 degree fever, and I had gotten a flu shot. Well nothing will change your plans quicker than the flu. It has been years and now I will have years more to go without the dreaded flu.
So happy birthday to you Gal! I will celebrate over a hot bowl of chicken noodle soup. And here
is a picture of a yummy pie I could have made had I made it. So happy birthday!!!! Love you Gal!
FILL ME UP..
I posted this photo before but never spilled what to do with it. You make spicy tuna sashimi and fill these cones up. This is a Spago recipe, never seen it there? Sorry, you must not be a Spago VIP. You make these cones on a Silicone pad and form them hot out of the oven. It is most helpful to have asbestos fingers. They are always a show stopper, great with champagne. John and Jill so graciously brought a bottle of Krug. CHEERS!!
POST PARTY WRAP UP
I have been grossly negligent about posting our post part y wrap-up! The party was spectacular, I am just sayin, you can ask anyone who was here. This was our first course. here is a link to recipe you can use as a guide to this amazing tart.
I use the base of this recipe, Puff Pastry, Fresh Ricotta, Creme Fraiche and Olive Oil to make all sorts of savory tarts. Don’t be afraid, it is only food, worst case order a pizza!
AFTER
BEFORE
Chocolate Carmel Tart with Fleur de Sal
It’s a yummy chocolatey carmely perfectly delicous dessert! Don’t you wish you where coming over?? I mean really!
My Mise is in Place
My Sucre Dough has had enough rest. I took her out and let her warm up, just a little. I then roll it out. I still use flour. It makes it very easy to peel off the to layer and place into the tart pan. Now my pastry dough is in the fridge getting another well deserved rest. Sleep tight Mi Cherie.
I am making lamb shanks. They benefit with a couple days in the fridge to meld their flavors. Last night I made a rub, of crushed garlic, rosemary, thyme, pepper and lemon zest. I poured in a few Tablespoons on Olive Oil, then slathered the shanks with the rub. Then I covered them and put them into the fridge to, yes you guessed it, rest until I was ready for them today. I let them sit out for about 30 minutes before I am going to cook them. I rub some kosher salt on them right before I am going to sear them. Since I am making about 15 pounds of shanks I will let you in on my latest, greatest idea. I turn on my grill to hot a blazes, then I seer them all at once. While I am doing that I am sauteing onions, fennel, carrots, celery and garlic. Once that is all nice and soft I added a couple bottles of Bordeaux. That reduced for about 10 minutes then I put in veal and chicken stock. Toss in a bunch of bay leaves, thyme sprigs and parsley and I am now ready to add my seared shanks. I cover the pan with professional grade plastic wrap, then foil. I put it all in the oven at 325 degrees . They are going to cook 2-1/2-3 hours. It smells amazing in here. I need to keep my voice down because I have so much food resting in the fridge.
Splish Splash Will I Ever Take A Bath?
This is it!! Isn’t she a beauty? If all goes according to plans she will be moving into our new bathroom very soon. We have lived in our house for 20 years and been remodeling for 20 years. Well that is not really true, we save, we remodel, we save we remodel… WE have added on , done the kitchen, have you seen the video of the kitchen?, redone the yard a couple of times. It is all good, we love our house. But our bathroom, this is our holy grail of remodels. We have been working with an architect since November. I love what is planned but the process is painful. Our architect is sooooooo slooooow. Brilliant, but slow. My family thinks we have lost our minds that we are still working with someone who is so slow. But I love the plans, and well look at her, she is a thing of beauty. I cannot wait to plan a party to welcome her. You’ll be invited, bring bubbles.
