Monday, March 8, 2010

Family of Killer Piccata Cooks

Another piccata recipe!  But this one is ritzy people.  My Mom and Aunt Barb are in Ecuador living it up, as you can see.

"Hola Angel,
Micki and I are sitting here after enjoying another sumptuous meal at Casa Michele at Hacienda San Joaquin! We're sending a pic for you to post! We named it Twisted Sister Piccata. It's simply chicken piccata with the added benefit of aji, cilantro and red onion.

Be sure to enjoy with a fine bottle of a white Chilean wine ONLY if you don't have  a bottle of DC Cellars Killer Chardonnay!

HUGS,
Aunt Barb and MOM"



By the way, "aji" is a hot pepper native to South America well known to be awesome.  Feel free to reference me on Wikipedia. 


Piccata de Ecuador

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Mmmmm soup

So a few months ago I was on the phone with Lindsay and she was telling me about this amazing blender called a Vitamix.  Dude, she was so excited about this blender.  It could puree and blend and even cook the soup while blending, it was so powerful.  Culinary schools everywhere use them and you're food could never taste as good without it.  It is also pricey, like "WHOA - HOW MUCH?" pricey. I was skeptical, but since they bought it they've made soups that make my mouth water from 1300 miles away - soups like the one below.  So maybe I'll wait until I have a job to pick one up, but pricey or not, I'm sold.  


"Josh picked up this awesome cookbook for us after our friends had us over for a Vitamix soup party. After tasting this soup I had to have the recipe, it's so unique, I've tasted nothing like it before!  My spoon never feels like the right way to eat this soup, I sometimes drink it out of the bowl when I'm alone, THAT'S how much I like it.  Since I made it all pretty for dinner I used my spoon, which I thought about upgrading with my big chinese soup spoon after the first bite. Basically I can't get enough of it, nor can I eat it fast enough.  If I could jump in my bowl and swim with the ribbons of paprika oil and creme fraiche I would."




Da Cookbook 



Ha, best of luck to you Nui! 



The heralded Vitamix



Ok, so maybe it's worth the cash. 



Right after they photographed this Linds and Josh beer-bonged the rest.  True story. 


By the way, if anyone wants recipes for any of these dishes, shoot me a message.