Artichoke season! Which doesn't apply to me because for the life of me I cannot ever cook these pain-in-the-butt vegetables properly.
More important and fun, it's melon time and T. and I have been dining out on the same cassaba melon for about two weeks. He's on a smoothie kick and we have been getting our 4 servings or whatever in liquid form. Throw in some white nectarines (see background) and you're in smoothie heaven.
We've also been going nuts on heirloom tomatoes and the last of the season's basil, as in these two pictures, taken from Friday's dinner party with visiting family:
This is a local Bulgarian feta that I bought at the new New Leaf in Half Moon Bay, and it's accompanying TWENTY DOLLARS worth of heirlooms, bought to feed a party of eight. We'd done a similar dish the weekend before when Cousin Baby Momma visited and we made our own pesto to go on top.
Besides that, nothing interestingly foodie to report, really. I'm going to have to try and put something up soon or there won't be anything to give away for the holidays....
Thursday, October 2, 2008
sparse notes from a busy week (or three)
Posted by Kyla at 8:48 PM
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3 comments:
Glad to know I'm not the only one who can't prepare an artichoke to save my life!
How goes your food studies class?
Food studies is awesome! I love teaching this class, it's totally joyful, and Pomona students are a real privilege to teach. Loving your blog, by the way: awesome that you attempted a souffle!
Have you tried a pressure cooker for the artichokes? That's what I do - about an inch of water at the bottom for about 45-1 hr on med/low depending on the size of the artichoke. If I want it to cook faster I usually cut the artichoke in half, although this does risk over-drying.
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