Playing With My Food ~
A journal about food, thought, travel, and life; by Chef & Raconteur Chaz French.

Archives for October 2007

Behold my giant purple cauliflower.

This thing is huge, the cutting board it’s sitting on is 12 inches across. I only need to feed two, so half of that is getting mashed (thanks for the idea Merlene), and the other half will be roasted. For those who haven’t seen a purple one before, they taste the same, but it will […]

Fast Spinach Curry

Really easy curry, but with a note… I never use broth or coconut milk fast enough so I freeze them into ice cubes. I’m estimating approximately 1oz per cube* and converting back to ounces. 8 ounces (8 frozen cubes) of Vegetable Broth 4 ounces (4 frozen cubes) of coconut milk 1 Tablespoon red curry paste […]

Four Bean Salad

Needs to be made day ahead. Ingredients: 2 ounces of shallots (2 small) peeled and quartered 2 cloves of garlic peeled 2 teaspoons herbs de Provence 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano Dash of red pepper flakes (couple of shakes) 1/8 cup red wine vinegar 1/8 cup […]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

Turn and face the strange (Ch-ch-Changes) Things may look a little wonky for a bit while the layout is revamped. My webmistress is currently whipping an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of computers to get this done and done right this time. Charles Tweet