Cut & Taste (a food blog) http://cutandtaste.com fun for all: from vegetarians to cannibals! Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 The circle of bacon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/m53wJ1vyxAc/ http://cutandtaste.com/quote/the-circle-of-bacon/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:08:50 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=712

The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple. It makes bacon. The pig is turning an apple — essentially garbage — into bacon! That’s magic. Or the most successful recycling program ever.

-Jim Gaffigan on his stand-up special, King Baby

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  • Pan-roasted chicken with sherry vinegar & marsala wine sauce
  • Carrot mashed potatoes with fresh chives
  • Asparagus with crushed garlic & olive oil

The past few weeks I’ve been traveling and moving around. I just set up shop in a new place in Oakland, next to Lake Merritt & Piedmont. So this is the first meal I’ve cooked in a long while. Luckily, I had the help of my friend, Brian.

I asked Brian to drop a whole chicken in a large bowl of salt water to brine it. Well, I misjudged the capacity of the bowl and the water (or “salmonella water” as Brian would call it) spilled onto our counter (or “salmonella counter” as Brian would call it) soaking a roll of paper towels (or “salmonella paper towels”) and his clothes (or “salmonella clothes” as Brian would call it).

He showered, changed clothes and did everything short of calling for a government Hazmat team to come sanitize the kitchen.

Everything else went smoothly and the mashed potatoes have been dubbed by Brian, “The best mashed potatoes I’ve ever had… That I can remember.” So unless he’s had mashed potatoes that were so tasty that it caused memory loss, I think that’s a good review.

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]]> http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/chocolate-math/feed/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/chocolate-math/ Coffee Art http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/ijfc_vFjaYY/ http://cutandtaste.com/food-link/coffee-art/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:02:04 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=666 Caffe Latte from Bellano Coffee
Caffe Latte from Bellano Coffee in Santa Clara, CA

Jina Bolton just posted this photo I took on her new site, Art in my coffee! If you want to see how it’s done, watch this video of a barista in action. And just think of all the times their parents told them to stop playing with their food.

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]]> http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/im-from-california-obviously/feed/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/im-from-california-obviously/ “I just paid $26 for eggs.” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/4twrLsdNuDw/ http://cutandtaste.com/miscellaneous/i-just-paid-26-for-eggs/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:16:49 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=650 Had a nice, relaxing breakfast on the patio at Katy’s Place in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

Eggs benedict with smoked salmon and caviar

Eggs benedict: 3 poached eggs, smoked salmon, Hollandaise & caviar on top of an English muffin. Country potatoes. Fresh coffee.

Done.

Eggs benedict with smoked salmon and caviar. Done.

  • chris: I just paid $26 for eggs
  • brian: Knowing you, it probably came with a side of fish from outer space. “Can you make sure the fish was orbiting a moon of Jupiter?”
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A food-related catcall that doesn’t involve the word, “sausage” or “onion?” This guy is some sort of genius. Also, check out Abi’s frozen meal review site, Heat Eat Review

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Robert: Hey, ma. I told Nemo you were hurt so he threw in these breadsticks for free
 Marie: These look old
 Frank: You are what you eat
 Marie: Robbie, give your father his order of Miserable Bastard

- From an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond

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  • Chris: Well, I only got food poisoning from Denny’s
  • Annie: but weren’t you sick for only one night
  • Chris: I was sick for years
  • Chris: I just manned up and hid my pain

    • Well, I can say goodbye to that sponsorship deal…

    Maybe Annie will clue you in regarding the details of her latest battle with food poisoning. Or not. No, you probably don’t want details.

    ]]>     http://cutandtaste.com/miscellaneous/food-poisoning/feed/ http://cutandtaste.com/miscellaneous/food-poisoning/     I’m a regular Joe and I like my joe regular http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/9aOjNpMDLOY/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/im-a-regular-joe-and-i-like-my-joe-regular/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:04:55 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=616 The woes of being a regular at a coffee shop: Instead of, “Sir, your drink is ready” this morning I hear, “Chris! Get your butt over here!”

    ]]>     http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/im-a-regular-joe-and-i-like-my-joe-regular/feed/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/im-a-regular-joe-and-i-like-my-joe-regular/     Fallen french fries fail http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/0PbvAggQ-R8/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/fallen-french-fries-fail/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 12:20:20 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=601 from @vickysecret: I hate when I drop fries in my car cause I can never find them. WTF do they go? some french fry parallel universe?

    Dear Sweet Victoria, Stop scarfing down food while driving & being such a sloppy pig and you won’t have to wur’ bout it! – ♥ Chris

    ]]>     http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/fallen-french-fries-fail/feed/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/fallen-french-fries-fail/     Pan-seared poultry & peas. Prepared promptly. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/EDv3dAtsUe4/ http://cutandtaste.com/recipe/pan-seared-poultry-peas-prepared-promptly/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 08:08:36 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=591 chicken_peas_shallots_pancetta

    • All-natural, free-range chicken. Pan-seared. Olive oil, paprika, salt & pepper. (Complicated, isn’t it?)
    • Organic petite peas, nitrate-free pancetta, shallots.
    • Drizzled olive oil.
    • No butter.
    ]]>     http://cutandtaste.com/recipe/pan-seared-poultry-peas-prepared-promptly/feed/ http://cutandtaste.com/recipe/pan-seared-poultry-peas-prepared-promptly/     BBBQ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cutandtaste/~3/pVmXh8cg80I/ http://cutandtaste.com/twitter/bbbq/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 23:13:23 +0000 chris http://cutandtaste.com/?p=558 I hope the thought of me working through Memorial Day weekend adds a slight bitterness to your BBQ.

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