Food porn:
My fave thing in fall is bagna cauda, and we wait till the first local cardoons arrive at the green market in November and serendipitously white truffles arrive from Piemonte in Italy. We make the warm garlic anchovy bath and serve it like fondue in a terra-cotta bowl over a little candle heater. Then we dip the raw cardoons along with fennel, raw pumpkin slices, celery, the last radishes and thin pieces of raw cabbage in over and over again until the bagna cauda is almost gone. Then we crack a couple of eggs in the dregs of the bowl and cook till softly scrambled and shave white truffles over the eggs and eat them on little crostini drizzled with new olive oil. Yeow.
MARIO BATALI
Chef and restaurateur
Food porn:
Damn. And here I thought only Nigella could make bagna cauda sound like porn.
Damn. And here I thought only Nigella could make bagna cauda sound like porn.
I've never even heard of it before! Now I want it for lunch.
Levi Johnston speaks.
Hurray! Another high school dropout.
Happy birthday, Matt!
Happy birthday, Cashmere!
Happy birthday, megan walker!
Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians!
Happy Sukkot to those who celebrate! (I didn't know anything about Sukkot until I worked at the Jewish high school a few years ago, and I fell in love with the holiday then.)
YAY HAPPY DAY ALL AROUND!
Allyson, I'm glad Kat was able to give you alternate directions to Pasadena. I haven't checked b.org all morning or I'd have chimed in earlier.
In meme news, one of my colleagues has had a bit of a mental breakdown (it's been weeks in the making, but we kept hoping the meds were helping), and now I'm basically teaching two more classes on top of my normal course load (her other courses are being covered by other teachers). Argh. I'm glad to help her out, but I do not have time for this right now.
In meme news, one of my colleagues has had a bit of a mental breakdown (it's been weeks in the making, but we kept hoping the meds were helping)
Was this the young, perfectionist teacher, Kristin?
Barb, yep, that's the one. Love her to pieces, but...yeah. She's out today and will probably be out tomorrow and who knows how long after that. I was only supposed to teach periods 1, 5, and 6 today; instead, I'm teaching 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 and making up lesson plans on the fly.
Oh, ugh. You know, I have to wonder what's going on with these young teachers. That girl who had a breakdown and went missing in NY for a couple of weeks was also a young teacher as well. Are they just not getting enough practical experience before being thrown into the mix?
That girl who had a breakdown and went missing in NY for a couple of weeks was also a young teacher as well.
Oh! Has she been found?
ION, my taco al pastor from the tortilleria in my work neighborhood is the yum! I wish I had more of them!!!
