Angus
So Fond Of The Saffron
...The result was outstanding, with the saffron, usually a nuanced flavor in most other dishes, partnering quite nicely with the tender, juicy, and flavorful meat. The pasta absorbed the residual juices and remained a toothsome base for the flavors to dance on, while the scallion's slightly pungent yet very aromatic herbaceousness kept the luscious beef and sauce for becoming overly rich.... [Full Post]
Five Four Sixty Six, Two
...The pommes frites were less a second banana and more of a co-star, bringing back waves of nostalgia—for me at least—piercing crispy-on-the-outside shoestrings of airy potato that might be the only thing that ketchup was really made for.... [Full post]
Flavor for a Favor
...My very good friend, Lauren, had been asking to be my dinner date for quite some time, and she would now have the opportunity as she had earlier in the week offered to buy me a steak dinner as a return favor for a previous charity I had given her. I believe that charity was in the form of several glasses of red wine (over a number of evenings).... [Full post]
Kale & Hearty
...I like my eggs both with set or runny yolks, and I discovered a year ago how to get the both of both worlds. I started to poached an egg, and once the whites of the egg had start to full set, I transferred the egg to a preheated skillet with some butter. I break the yolk and let it run to the eggs, cooking as it does. Meanwhile, a nice pool of warm, runny yolk remains in the middle.... [cont.]
The Therapy of Dinner
...Angus Beef Ribeye Steak, which would get a dry rub of of salt, pepper, chili powder, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper, the skillet grilled and served over some leftover fettucuni in a bacon- and scallion- oiled garlic-blue cheese cream sauce and served with red wine-sautéed baby Portobellos and Oyster mushrooms.... [cont.]
Steak & Eggscellence
...Most of the stuff I would need to make this were already at home; the only things I bought were a can of baby shrimp ($4, to scramble with my eggs), scallions ($2, likewise, for the eggs), and—here's the good part!—an Angus boneless ribeye steak (only $9!). The rest of the stuff I would need I already had at home, so here is roughly what I started with.... [cont.]
