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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

quips

"Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity." ~ Voltaire

"Why garlic? Garlic don't need a reason" ~ Alton Brown

"Potatoes, those earthy yet heavenly, those bits of mother nature's love, which tastes just as great with a little simple salt, or loaded with half of the refrigerator, which wish so much to be cooked and savoured that they will happily accept whatever vessel you may have.

Yes, I do love potatoes ;)"

"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." ~ Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story

"
If God had intended us to follow recipes,
He wouldn't have given us grandmothers."
~Linda Henley

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food." ~George Bernard Shaw, "The Revolutionist's Handbook," Man and Superman

"He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise." ~Henry David Thoreau

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." ~Mark Twain

"Cutting stalks at noontime. Perspiration drips to the earth. Know you that your bowl of rice each grain from hardship comes?" ~Chang Chan-Pao

"Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts!" ~James Beard

"If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?"

"Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward." ~Jasmine Heiler

"The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor." ~Chinese Proverb

"You know how I feel about tacos. It's the only food shaped like a smile. A beef smile." ~Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and Michael Pennie, My Name is Earl

"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do." ~P.J. O'Rourke

"Oil and potatoes both grow underground so french fries may have eventually produced themselves, had they not been invented." ~A.J. Esther

"A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it." ~Aldous Huxley

"There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves." ~Thomas Wolfe

"Don't forget that the flavors of wine and cheese depend upon the types of infecting microörganisms." ~Martin H. Fischer

"There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Bread and butter, devoid of charm in the drawing-room, is ambrosia eaten under a tree." ~Elizabeth Russell

"Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt." ~Judith Olney

"Chocolate is ground from the beans of happiness." ~Alexis F. Hope

"Mothers are those wonderful people who can get up in the morning before the smell of coffee"

"Coffee, the finest organic suspension ever devised." ~Star Trek: Voyager

"Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee." ~Stephanie Piro

"Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat." ~Alex Levine

"What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others." ~Lucretius. 95-55 B. C.

"To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content."
~Confucius

"Coarse rice for food, water to drink, and the bended arm for a pillow - happiness may be enjoyed even in these."
~Confucius

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you want and let the food fight it out inside."
~Mark Twain

"Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food."
~Hippocrates

"Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love and to celebrate the good days." ~Egyptian proverb

When speaking, use a grain of sugar; when listening, use a grain of salt.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Liquid Garlic Love


Roasted garlic for the compound butter in which to saute the musrooms!




Want to go to bed assured that you will not be attacked by fictitiously stereotypical vampires? Well this is the soup for you! Warm, garlicky, and delicious, the light browning of the garlic softens the flavour in this dish. Based on The Christopher's Garlic Soup recipe from the Garlic Lover's cookbook.

Try it with yolks as the original recipe calls for, or go the frugal route and just use whole eggs. The end product with yolks only is creamier, whereas the softly cooked egg whites in the latter may remind one of egg drop soup. Work with what you have as always!

8 Cups Beef Broth [any broth will due really]
14 Cloves Garlic [I just use a whole head, which varies from 12-20 cloves]
2 Tablespoons Butter
2 Tablespoons Minced Parsley
1 Tablespoon Flour
1/4 Teaspoon Pepper
3 Eggs, beaten, or 6 egg yolks

Mince garlic, and brown very lightly in butter with minced parsley stirring constantly.

Add flour and lighty brown.

Slowly add broth and pepper while stirring, and simmer 30-60 minutes.

Temper yolks, and add to soup, or just crack the whole eggs in and stir.



Here is the soup served with sauteed mushrooms, sourdough bread, and Oaxaca cheese