Obsessed With: Le Creuset Caribbean Braiser…

August 28, 2008 By 6 Comments

LCBraiser Carribean Obsessed With: Le Creuset Caribbean Braiser...

One of the best used pieces of cook­ware in my kitchen is my Le Creuset Braiser. I bought it 2 years ago and it just is a work­horse in my kitchen. I bought it in the sassy red at the time because there was no such thing as Caribbean line. As Teal IS my favorite color, I really am start­ing to con­vert my kitchen to shades of teal and choco­late (with the occa­sional sassy red from my ini­tial LC purchases).

How­ever, lately I’ve been want­ing to add more to my LC Caribbean col­lec­tion and I encoun­tered this 3.5 qt. braiser in Caribbean. I’m think­ing, it might be good to have two, no. I use it much like a fry pan as well.

What do you think – should I add a new addi­tion to the household?
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Save The Date: Barefoot Contessa’s Back To Basics To Be Released

August 23, 2008 By 2 Comments

BFC BacktoBasicsCkbk Save The Date: Barefoot Contessas Back To Basics To Be ReleasedYou can tell the hol­i­day shop­ping sea­son is approach­ing by the num­ber of things becom­ing avail­able for pre-order.

One thing that is sure to be a hit this sea­son is the lat­est offer­ing from Ina Garten aka the Bare­foot Con­tessa. Her new book, Bare­foot Con­tessa Back to Basics: How To Get Great Fla­vors From Sim­ple Ingre­di­ents, will be avail­able for sale on Oct. 28, 2008. Not a bad idea for a hol­i­day gift for that per­son that adores cook­books or even yourself.

When it comes to fab­u­lous dishes made from sim­ple ingre­di­ents, Ina Garten has it down pat. I adore watch­ing her show on the Food Net­work and think that some of her tips have def­i­nitely helped me with my cook­ing prowess over the years. You know I’ll be hav­ing this shipped to me as soon as it’s available.

[Pic cour­tesy of BN.com]

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G. Garvin’s Website Relaunches…

August 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment

GGarvin G. Garvins Website Relaunches...

If y’all watch Turn Up The Heat’s G. Garvin as much as I do, you know he is one of those chefs that will make you pay atten­tion. His cook­books are a sta­ple on my shelf and he just makes cook­ing seem simple.

I was sad when his web­site went down but, per his offi­cial blog, it’s back and brand new and shiny.

Check it out at www.chefgarvin.com

Wel­come back Chef!
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Wishful Thinking: All Clad Slow Cooker

August 21, 2008 By 2 Comments

AllCladSlowCooker Wishful Thinking: All Clad Slow Cooker I’m a gal who wants a gor­geous kitchen with­out the Bill Cosby gad­get clut­ter as much as the next gal and this All Clad Slow Cooker is scream­ing my name.

How­ever, at $249.95, the price tells me “Hold up. Wait a minute!” and I back away slowly.

How­ever, much like me on the hunt for a rockin’ stiletto at Neimans, the price doesn’t stop me from fondling when­ever I’m in Williams Sonoma. The cool stain­less steel look, the remov­able braiser that can go on the stove top – heaven for a cook­ing diva, no? Sadly, my lit­tle slow cooker doesn’t go stove­top to slow cooker.

Ahhh well, a gal can at least look, right?

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(Another) Night At The Bourbon…

August 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
While I was in Philadel­phia last week­end, plans were made to have din­ner at one of our fave spots, Bour­bon Blue. I encoun­tered this spot first in April and it’s one of those spots that just sticks in your mem­ory. See, while the Bour­bon is great for cock­tails and catch­ing up with friends, one can’t ignore the fact that the cui­sine there is top notch. IMO, their exec­u­tive chef, Mark Ziebis, is a culi­nary wiz. My friends know that when I’m in town, that a night at the Bour­bon is on the agenda somehow.

Of course we started again with the Black­ened Chicken Que­sadil­las with the cilantro sour cream and salsa fresca. For entrees, Meowmix was pre­dictable with her favorite Parme­san & Corn­meal Encrusted Scal­lops while at the expert advice of our server, I opted for the Black­ened Tilapia with Pecan But­ter Sauce. Of course, it was futile to even TRY to resist the Espresso Mar­ti­nis that Heather whipped up nor the Blue­beri Stoli Lemon­ade that Anthony plied us with that evening. After din­ner, you must check out the down­stairs club as the DJ rocks, there’s live bands on Sat­ur­days and, as a mat­ter of course, the bar­tenders will always take care of you.

Now, I didn’t paparazzo much as I lost the pics in the Black­berry Crash heard ’round Philadel­phia (and I’m still in mourn­ing) but Meowmix was smart enough to snag a shot of not only her Scal­lops (check out that pre­sen­ta­tion) but also the Corn­bread and the infa­mous Cre­ole Butter.

BB Scallops (Another) Night At The Bourbon...Parme­san & Corn­meal Encrusted Scal­lops with Veg­etable Orzo

For the record, the last time I went, I begged, whined and pleaded with our server, Mark, to get me the recipe from the chef for their Cre­ole But­ter. Believe me when I say it was TO. DIE. FOR. Mark took heed of my whin­ing and told me 3 lit­tle ingre­di­ents. I came home and tried like mad to repli­cate it. It was close, but not quite. I hit frus­tra­tion level because while my attempt was good, it just didn’t have that za-za-zuu. In stiletto speak, it’s like want­ing Jimmy Choo and get­ting 9West. Nice but just not IT. You see my point? And y’all know I refuse to settle.

Well, this time I was deter­mined that if I had to bribe a sen­a­tor to get that recipe, I would. Thank­fully, the pow­ers that be at the Bour­bon took pity on a gal and kindly relin­quished the hold on this recipe. We’ll call it an early birth­day present.

Many thanks to the crew at the Bour­bon Blue for their fab­u­lous ser­vice and always lookin’ out. If you are headed out the Philadel­phia way, check them out at 2 Rec­tor Street, Man­ayunk, PA 19127; (215) 508‑3360; www.bourbonblue.com

BB Butter (Another) Night At The Bourbon...

Bour­bon Blue’s Corn­bread and Cre­ole Butter

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Obsessed With: Williams Sonoma Foulard Tablecloths

August 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment

WS FoulardTablecloth Obsessed With: Williams Sonoma Foulard TableclothsI’m in love, peo­ple – with a table­cloth. Yes, I know – this is the sec­ond table­cloth obses­sion in a year.

I’m wait­ing on pins and nee­dles for the fall Williams Sonoma cat­a­log but I hap­pened to catch this on their web­site: Foulard Table­cloths in Gray.

It looks so lovely for a fall table.
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Save the Date: Giada’s Kitchen Set For Release

August 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

GiadasKitchen Save the Date: Giadas Kitchen Set For ReleaseNow THIS is some news… Sep­tem­ber 30, 2008 guess where your gal will be? She’ll be leaf­ing through the lat­est cook­book from Giada de Lau­ren­tiis – Giada’s Kitchen: New Ital­ian Favorites.

You can pre-order it from Barnes & Noble and, if you really are adven­tur­ous, com­bine it with any coupons and cash back for that lit­tle extra somethin’.

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