So since today’s a weekend, I’ve got a lot of time on my hands.. Who am I kidding? I’m unemployed right now so I always have a lot of time.
Anyways, lately I’ve been pretty into cooking, probably because of the addictive effect of both Chef’s Table and The Final Table; both on Netflix. Also in part due to my desire to try making a lot of things I was to exposed to in my 9 month Latin America trip.
To that end, I recently bought two cookbooks from the Aussies of Final Table. The one that’s arrived so far is Mark Best’s. Even though it’s designed to be able to recreate at home, I didn’t have all the ingredients and was unwilling to go shopping since it was already 12:30 and I hadn’t eaten anything.
After some browsing, I picked something I couldn’t make and recreated it and we’ll see how that turns out.
After prepping that, i realized I was hungry so I tried to do something a tad faster. What happened may turn into a mini-series of itself — me trying to cook and share my disasters. What I make tastes good but always looks pretty mediocre. Anyways, I want to get better at plating so maybe that will leak into this blog.
Today’s dish is titled “A Dusty Day in the Southwest”. It’s roasted broccoli w/ spices + chicken/mexican chorizo/corn cooked in the pan w/ olive oil then topped and served with heirloom tomato. Then I garnished it with rosemary, to look like a bush, and peppercorn, to look like dust; cheesy, just like my jokes.
There’s a pic — hopefully these start to improve.
Ok, that’s it for today. I promise I’ll start adding thoughts on news, tech, etc.. and not just do me cooking. I’d rather you come over and try it than read about it.
Cheers.
