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October 6, 2010
How To Make A Caesar Salad
I make Caesar salads all the time and whenever I do, I forget to take pictures. Maybe it's because it's such a loosey-goosey process--how much garlic, how much anchovy, how much Parmesan & lemon is all a matter of taste--but, still, my Caesar salad is very good (as evidenced by this post). So, instead of waiting for the next opportunity to take pictures, I thought I would illustrate the process for you with a program I just downloaded called Paintbrush. Prepare to be amazed by my illustrious illustrating skills!
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How To Make A Caesar Salad
I make Caesar salads all the time and whenever I do, I forget to take pictures. Maybe it's because it's such a loosey-goosey process--how much garlic, how much anchovy, how much Parmesan & lemon is all a matter of taste--but, still, my Caesar salad is very good (as evidenced by this post). So, instead of waiting for the next opportunity to take pictures, I thought I would illustrate the process for you with a program I just downloaded called Paintbrush. Prepare to be amazed by my illustrious illustrating skills!
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October 5, 2010
The Tables Have Turned
The Tables Have Turned
October 4, 2010
It Gets Better (Cooking for My Boyfriend & Our Families)
When I told my friend Alex that I was cooking a dinner for my parents and Craig's parents at the end of last week, Alex (who knew me in college) said to me: "Did you ever think, 10 years ago, that this would ever happen? That you'd cook a dinner one day for your parents and your boyfriend and his parents?" The answer to that question was most definitely: "No."
It's hard to get back into the headspace where that dinner would've seemed impossible. But in recent weeks, there've been so many tragic gay suicides--13 year-old Seth Walsh, 15 year-old Billy Lucas, 13 year-old Asher Brown and, perhaps the most publicized case, Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, who jumped off a bridge after his roommate broadcast his sexual encounter with another man online--that getting back into that headspace seems important. And so, inspired by Dan Savage and his "It Gets Better" campaign (in which openly gay men and women tell their stories to encourage suicidal gay teens that it, indeed, gets better) I'd like to tell you how I got from that world of impossibility to the dinner I cooked on Friday night.
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It Gets Better (Cooking for My Boyfriend & Our Families)
When I told my friend Alex that I was cooking a dinner for my parents and Craig's parents at the end of last week, Alex (who knew me in college) said to me: "Did you ever think, 10 years ago, that this would ever happen? That you'd cook a dinner one day for your parents and your boyfriend and his parents?" The answer to that question was most definitely: "No."
It's hard to get back into the headspace where that dinner would've seemed impossible. But in recent weeks, there've been so many tragic gay suicides--13 year-old Seth Walsh, 15 year-old Billy Lucas, 13 year-old Asher Brown and, perhaps the most publicized case, Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, who jumped off a bridge after his roommate broadcast his sexual encounter with another man online--that getting back into that headspace seems important. And so, inspired by Dan Savage and his "It Gets Better" campaign (in which openly gay men and women tell their stories to encourage suicidal gay teens that it, indeed, gets better) I'd like to tell you how I got from that world of impossibility to the dinner I cooked on Friday night.
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September 29, 2010
Salsa Verde
So the other day, when I was live-streaming my dinner preparations from my kitchen (making history! see here) I was surprised not only by how many people turned out (including impressive folks like Dan Saltzstein and Kelsey Nixon (who has her own show launching soon on Cooking Channel!)) but how useful it is to have 48 people watching you as you cook, offering their tips and suggestions. And one of those suggestions (and I apologize, I forget who it came from) was to make a salsa verde to go with the spatchcocked chicken I was making.
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Salsa Verde
So the other day, when I was live-streaming my dinner preparations from my kitchen (making history! see here) I was surprised not only by how many people turned out (including impressive folks like Dan Saltzstein and Kelsey Nixon (who has her own show launching soon on Cooking Channel!)) but how useful it is to have 48 people watching you as you cook, offering their tips and suggestions. And one of those suggestions (and I apologize, I forget who it came from) was to make a salsa verde to go with the spatchcocked chicken I was making.
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September 28, 2010
Skyline Chili & Graeter's Ice Cream
For as long as I've known my friend Lisa (and I've known her for over 10 years (see the Lisa A.G. archive)) she's been singing the praises of her hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio. There were many times where she tried to convince me to visit her and her family there, and there were many excuses why I couldn't go; but this past weekend, Lisa got married in the Natti and I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
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September 23, 2010
Watch Me Cook Dinner LIVE (Tonight: 5 PM)
Hey readers, I'm cooking dinner for some friends tonight (an appetizer, an entree, a side dish and dessert) and I thought to myself: "Wouldn't it be cool if I live-streamed the cooking process, so people can see me pull it off in real time?" So that's exactly what I'm doing. Check back here at 5 PM EST (that's less than 2 hours away) to watch me cook live; or click this link and join the chat room where you can ask me questions as I go.
UPDATE: Yesterday's live cooking show went great...
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