As my work week grows more hectic, I find myself really revelling in doing very little onthe weekend. I tend to be excited to find out that we have no actual plans for the weekend, and I can instead spend it cleaning and catching up on laundry.
And watching the Food Network.
Ahhh yes, glorious cooking shows. One of my favorites is actually broadcast on BBC America, not The Food Network. It features Gordon Ramsay, a chef known in the states for the series "Hell's Kitchen", where he goes around yelling and cursing at the chefs competing for their own restaurant. His BBC series "The F Word" (F as in food...) is much milder and humorous. I have especially enjoyed following the storyline of raising his own turkeys for holiday dinner, and teaching his children that these turkeys are going to be eaten. Cute, yet slightly disturbing moment, when his kids say "hello" to Anthony, a turkey that they have helped feed a raise who is now roasting in the oven. Classy.
As a result of watching close to the equivalent of a day of cooking, I have declared that all future gifts bestowed upon me must involve something culinary. A mezzaluna, a mandoline, a dutch oven; I'd prefer any of these over jewelry or flowers. (I have also, as of this moment, decided that there needs to be a wikipedia exclusively created for cooking terminology).
The bad thing about taking in so much cooking in short period of time? I spend a lot more on my weekly groceries. Suddenly I feel compelled to purchase pancetta and prosciutto to make my meat sauce, rather than cheap Italian sausage. I purchase fresh cranberries and leeks, feeling that, if Iron Chef can make so much out of a simple ingredient, why can't I?
Sometimes I wish I could just cook for a living...but then I remember I would hate the hours and pressures of being a chef. The risk of that ruining my love of cooking is just not worth it.
So instead, my friends will just have to suffer through my culinary experimentation. Any volunteers?
Current Listening to: Last Girl on Earth by Supreme Beings of Leisure via Pandora.com - If you have not tried Pandora.com, it is AWESOME. You must try it. You'll love it. Trust me.
Current Mood: Excited about the impending visit of my brother and sis-in-law
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Did you say food? Count me in!
Count me in too!
Especially if you'll let me take pictures of the cooking and the food... :)
Hmmm...perhaps we'll have to plan a little cooking when you are in town seadragon :)
...and J, next time you are in Florida... ;)
ahh--nice to read you again! you should start a wikipedia-entry on cooking terminology!
Pancetta rocks.
(and you should 'experiment' with something from 'the book' S and I recently sent...i'm sure your family would 'enjoy' the results...)
oh welcome to the world of foodies...my mom should have her own cooking show. Its the only kitchen I know that regularly has pine nuts, mascarpone cream, vietnamese ingredients, etc. oh btw, I was just in florida for 2 weeks. I texted you but never got a reply, did you chg your phone #?
Dee
food! and Food TV! two of my favorite things. I discovered that the cooking process is Very Very Theraputic. Today I was surfing around looking for recipes for Saturday's dinner. I'm truly looking forward to hours of chopping and basting. My latest purchase... a mortar and pestal. So Cool!
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