Archive for November, 2009

Nov 27 2009

Betty Draper World Continues

Categorized under Food and Drink

It seems this fascination with all things Mad Men (or at least Mad Men era) continues. Dinner a few nights ago was right out of Good Housekeeping, circa 1963. (Actually, it was from Christine Cushing circa 2009, but we’re talking influence here.)
Main course: baked orzo with butternut squash and mushrooms, gussied up by me with [...]

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Nov 16 2009

Make Your Own Instant Bacon

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Well, “instant” may be overstating it, but here’s a method that will let you have nicely cooked bacon whenever you want, within a matter of seconds. You just have to do a bit of work up front.
I’m offering this as an alternative to store-bought “ready cooked” bacon — you know, that stuff that needs no [...]

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Nov 09 2009

Smoked Trout Soufflé

Categorized under Food and Drink, Fun, Moi

All this Mad Men stuff has gone too far. First it was the Halloween costumes:

I think we should dress like this all the time

And now we’re making soufflé! Which is to say, Martine is making soufflé (with smoked trout from that smoked fish place at the Jean-Talon market).

Om nom nom nom (Big food porn version [...]

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