December 2010
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20 Great TED Talks for Total Foodies →
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Ahhh Success: Catering for The Gift of Jazz
Wow. So, Robert and I had our first catering experience together on Sunday and it was… ridiculously sublime. We spent Friday night and Saturday preparing, where lot’s of fun, laughter, and predicaments presented themselves.
I know I covered some of this in my last post, but how’d it go, exactly? Friday night: Utter fun. Lot’s of wine, laughter and creating. Made...
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The Big Day! The Gift of Jazz Luncheon!
Well today’s the big day: my first professional cooking event and Robert’s first cooking event with a sous chef! We are catering for the Gift of Jazz, “a Colorado Non-Profit organization formed in 1995 to support the past, present, and the future of Jazz in the Rocky Mountain Region.”
Had you told me earlier this year after starting my silly little blog that I would...
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Eggplant-Walnut-Pumpkin Seed Pâté
I finally started my new research stint at the University of Denver! This is especially exciting because I am bridging my food with my science; I’m studying the neurobiology of taste! How perfect is that? Now being busy at science after a lovely and much needed hiatus, I find myself very much missing our beloved kitchen, so I was more than thrilled when a short work day allowed me to...
“All sorrows are less with bread.”
– Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
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Black Beans Mole Waffles (Moleffles)
One of my recent grand ideas is to take Robert’s recipes and make waffles out of them, not only for fun, but as a creative way to combine our different styles. He recently made his über delicious Black Beans Mole and there were magical leftovers, soooo woo-hoo…waffle potential numero uno! I decided to try two different ways, being a researcher and all: waffling his incredible...
“’Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”
– William Shakespeare
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Brasserie Felix & New Job, à la Denver
Wow. I’ve been here in Denver a little over three weeks. It feels like a lot longer—in a good way. A very good way. Time has slowed considerably, and even seems to cease at times. What a three weeks it has been…brimming with a plethora of emotion, fun, learning, organizing, playing in the kitchen, food, wine and love. I have SO enjoyed playing in the kitchen all day,...