I have an obsession. I love buying cookbooks. And not just the easy-to-make weeknight recipe books but super hard and complicated cookbooks produced by amazing chefs that have some of the best restaurants in the nation (some of them ~ the world). When I buy these cookbooks I read through them with post-it notes flagging countless recipes I want to cook. But I rarely cook them. I’m not even a very good cook. I also have run out of space for them on my bookshelf. So before the cookbooks take over my house I think I should use them… cook with them.
So here’s my project: to cook every recipe in my fancy-smancy cookbooks. And to document them here, as I hope my blog obsession will force me to actually cook these recipes so that I can blog about them.
April 6, 2009
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Crazy Oscar Dinner
Since I love the Oscars like most men love the Superbowl, I decided to go all out with an all day gorge-fest since I planned to be around the TV all day watching the events leading up to the awards show… the red carpet, the interviews, etc.
So here is my crazy menu for the gorge-fest:
Yummers from a cooking class I took when I was in elementary school, I just found the cookbook when I was cleaning out my room this past Christmas
Rustic bread with dark chocolate, olive oil and salt from Jose Andres’s Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America
Gazpacho with Balsamic Glaze from Thomas Keller’s French Laundry
Grilled Cheese and Foie Gras Sandwich from Alan Wong’s New Wave Luau
The New Wave
OpihiMango Shooter from Alan Wong’s New Wave LuauCaesar Salad in Crispy Cheese Baskets from Alan Wong’s New Wave Luau
Creamy Oriental Dressing from Sam Choy and the Makaha Sons’ A Hawaiian Luau
Blue Cheese Foam with Port Wine Reduction from Rick Tramonto’s Amuse-Bouche
Caramel Popcorn, Liquified from Grant Achatz’s Alinea
Portobello Mushroom Sandwiches with Roasted Garlic and Basil Mayonnaise from Gourmet Magazine
