Nov
25

Pumpkin Shepherd’s Pie

I am on a mission to prove the New York Times wrong. Oh, I agree that the majority of culture thinks pumpkin is a fruit to be beaten into submission with sugar and spice, or simply semantically magicked into your tastebuds without actually being an ingredient in that so-called “pumpkin spice latte”.

But despite the general opinion of the candy-crazed masses, the true flavor of fresh roasted pumpkin makes for a solid basis of a variety of savory dishes, like pumpkin curry, roast pumpkin soup, or — my new favorite — pumpkin shepherd’s pie.

Pumpkin Shepherd's Pie pacman

I challenge you to not cut your pumpkin shepherd’s pie into a Pacman eating a power pellet.

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Jun
28

Gordon Ramsay’s Eggs are Crap, but…

Check out what Ramsay does with his tomatoes and mushrooms.

Since watching this video about a year ago, I’ve used this technique dozens of times to cook everything from tomatoes on the vine to tiny cherry tomatoes. And mushrooms of all sizes work out well too, as long as they are fresh and fully intact. You don’t want to be scraping up the burnt bits that eroded off of old tattered mushrooms.

Again, I think his scrambled egg approach is absolutely wrong (eggs should be thick and stacked, so you can take big chewy mouthfuls of them!).  Plus the whole bread thing is pointless, at least for our purposes.

But you can always stand to learn a few good tricks even from people you think are wrong about a few things.

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