3-Lentil 8-Vegetable Curried Soup
The spices that Mary Irene bought in India from her chef Shashi. The weird ones: the bright-red chili powder, the oregano seeds in the middle, and the mango powder, just below the chili powder.
Batch 2 of fried okra: this had a little sugar, cumin, chili powder & cayenne in the cornmeal. YUM!
Fried okra!
Fried okra, smiling at me.
Barley, wild rice, mahogany rice & steel-cut oats hot cereal.
Caramel-apple spice cupcakes, with penuche & topping.
Cooking class at Cook's of Crocus Hill.
Tenderloin, awaiting foie gras.
Quick-cured Sake Salmon with Quinoa.
Brown Rice Bowl with Lemongrass, Tofu, and Cashews. Plus Kale.
Brown Rice Bowl with Lemongrass, Tofu, and Cashews. And Kale.
Chickpeas Romesco!
Potato pakora with mango chutney, and coriander chutney.
Preparation of chapati and naan doughs.
Foreground: pakora batter, background: pakora a-fry!
More dough prep.
Chapati, cooking. And palau, under the glass lid.
Hillary enjoys some pakora.
Clockwise from top left: pakora, basmati rice, eggplant masala, and vegetable palau.
Naan and chapati.
Makeup macaroons: I burned the cantucci, last evening.
Mexican Chocolate Flan with Kahlua.
Sweet potato, a-simmerin in curry.
SO much prep. SO worth it.
Clockwise from top left: Aromatic Asparagus and Sweet Potato Curry (cilantro about to arrive), Yellow Basmati Rice, and Saag Tofu.
Curry dinner with Bell's Oberon. Did I really drink Bud when we were in Salt Lake for the Olympics?
Damn Fine Chicken, and White Wine-Simmered Collard Greens with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Root Vegetables "Anna" plus Chipotle Braised Pork.
Apple bars with peanut butter caramel topping.
