Figs, muscovado sugar, cloves, cinnamon
Figs, before a long hot bath
Tag: figs
Splattered not far from Manhattan
Black Mission Fig
Moods around a reduced fig
The figs were bought for the fact that they are figs. What to do with them, and how to prepare them, that was secondary. A couple of days ago they were on my plate as a contrast to the polish sausage, after being in a long heat bath with spices until the vodka was reduced.… Continue reading Moods around a reduced fig
Cuban, Polish, and Mine
Plantains are familiar to me in the Cuban context. The wish to relive the tastes of my childhood is often not enough, though. I cook them every so often, always combining the taste I know, with the taste I want. Although non-existent in my childhood, I like the wide array of taste in meats. Today… Continue reading Cuban, Polish, and Mine
Before a lengthy heated situation which is to bring reduction and enhancement
Black Mission Figs
Fig Time, again
Good Morning!
Coffee and cornbread with figs
Everywhere Figs
Cornbread with figs, accompanied by pesto with figs
Fig Pesto in Mortar
Where figs were
Fig Cornbread Up
(upside up)
Yesterday, a sudden marriage occurred in my mind, while sitting riding the train
Basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, as first ingredients in the mortar, in the making of a fig pesto
Mission Figs
(in a Japanese bowl)
Sun-Dried
fig
Reduction Plan
Figs, blueberries, orange peel, spices...
Mortar and Pestle, with cinnamon, juniper, cloves, star anise, lavender
Spices for a Cabernet Sauvignon reduction, with figs, plums, navel peel, and blueberries.
Cornbread with Wined Figs and Plums
Cornbread with lavender, plums and figs in Chardonnay and spices
Love Ingrained (some Breads)
Arepa (South America) Bagel (Polish, Jewish) Baguette (France) Biscotti (Italy) Brioche (France) Cornbread (American continent) Cornbread with Figs Crêpe (France) Croissant (France) Croutons (France) Dampfnudeln (Germany) Injera (Ethiopia, Eritrea) Matzo (Jewish) Muffin (United Kingdom) Panettone (Italy) Pita (Greece, Middle East) Pizza (Italy) Pretzel (Germany) Pumpernickel (Germany) Sangak (Iran) Scone (United Kingdom) Semmel/Brötchen (Germany) Waffle (Belgium)… Continue reading Love Ingrained (some Breads)
Red Drunken Figs and Blueberries
Blueberries, figs and spices in red wine for a couple of hours
Olive Oiled Figs in Cornbread
Corn — Pure and Enhanced
Three variables dictate what I do in the kitchen ninety-five percent of the time: what I do or wish to understand, what I want, and what I am interested in discovering or merely trying. The prevalence of the latter is high, since perfection is an illusion — completion never happens, and any finish line is… Continue reading Corn — Pure and Enhanced
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