tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post1813820151636126789..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: The 55th Circle Time: The Show and Tell Weekly ThreadLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-85483124605510466632009-06-08T09:32:20.299-04:002009-06-08T09:32:20.299-04:00Way to go figuring out the "secret" step...Way to go figuring out the "secret" step to the recipe!<br /><br />Sounds yummy!Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890079014330244123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-9873921833780484462009-06-08T04:24:48.996-04:002009-06-08T04:24:48.996-04:00I've never heard of Otto but it sounds good.I've never heard of Otto but it sounds good.battynursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240029154165501340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-17133802711847769142009-06-07T23:45:02.383-04:002009-06-07T23:45:02.383-04:00So the real lesson is: Good chefs aren't alway...So the real lesson is: Good chefs aren't always good at writing explicit recipes.<br /><br />I can't imagine that anyone would try to make a bad cookbook, because cookbook revenue for a TV chef is probably far higher than any increased revenue that the restaurants would see. Plus, maybe some people will skip the restaurant if the cookbook is bad enough, which might offset any increased business.<br /><br />I'm sure a Lollipop Goldstein cookbook would be perfectly accurate and explicit.Baby Smiling In Back Seathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483533946303787478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-84920034433290614702009-06-07T19:29:00.194-04:002009-06-07T19:29:00.194-04:00How cool! That is one of those things that makes ...How cool! That is one of those things that makes you shake your head and think, "What are the chances."<br /><br />I think your dead-on on your cookbook theory. If I could make all that stuff at home, I wouldn't go out as often either!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509124764568535676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-67663975884052489752009-06-07T18:04:40.469-04:002009-06-07T18:04:40.469-04:00WOW! I am compleetly jelous of your meeting Mario ...WOW! I am compleetly jelous of your meeting Mario Batali! I am a total food network junkie and that so awesome!! <br /><br />I think that the reason the food tastes so good in the resteraunts is the quality of the ingedients.jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889981239632091750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-77815075746303930482009-06-07T13:14:14.063-04:002009-06-07T13:14:14.063-04:00I've often wondered the same thing! Are resta...I've often wondered the same thing! Are restaurant recipes in the cookbook the same as what the chefs do in the actual restaurant? I mean, I know that the chefs have far more training and experience than I do (though I'm certainly no slouch in the kitchen), but I so rarely have good results when trying to replicate restaurant recipes at home. <br /><br />It's so cool that you were able to figure out the secret (and that you got to meet, however briefly, Mario Batali!).katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056463808792013011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-61886310588961749812009-06-07T00:33:01.288-04:002009-06-07T00:33:01.288-04:00Very cool! Otto is actually on my list for when w...Very cool! Otto is actually on my list for when we go to new york in the fall. I don't think I could be as brave as you tho... I'd clam right up if I saw him on the street.Mrs. Gamgeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351339333625358960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-11224732583560348942009-06-06T23:33:31.739-04:002009-06-06T23:33:31.739-04:00Wow, how wonderfully random! Glad you had a good l...Wow, how wonderfully random! Glad you had a good lunch and were able to figure out the sauce. :)The Steadfast Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974289349468760667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-80885577952424294802009-06-06T23:22:10.065-04:002009-06-06T23:22:10.065-04:00Most of the time it's unlikely that I would re...Most of the time it's unlikely that I would recognize my own mother in the street, because I don't pay much attention while walking along. I'm impressed that you could process all the clues to recognize someone quickly enough to speak with him!<br /><br />My method of duplicating restaurant food requires tasting it first, and then reading all the recipes I can find to see if I can find one that looks like it will taste like the restaurant version. If I don't taste it first, I can't duplicate it. It's the same way I play piano - if I don't hear the music first, I'll never figure out the tempo just by reading the music. Even though it's all right there.areyoukiddingmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-74660124931075947052009-06-06T22:36:14.611-04:002009-06-06T22:36:14.611-04:00That's an odd encounter, but so cool! Good wor...That's an odd encounter, but so cool! Good work on the sauce. And you got a bonus pizza sauce. Way to go YOU!<br />*HUGS*Beautiful Messhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425541240465474148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-51960541242807884762009-06-06T21:33:08.765-04:002009-06-06T21:33:08.765-04:00This is v. timely: I'm currently in the middl...This is v. timely: I'm currently in the middle of "Heat" (by Bill Buford) about a newspaper reporter who spends a year in Mario's kitchen at Babbo. FASCINATING. He sorta intersperses chapters re: the Babbo kitchen w/chapters on Mario's background, and his own delving into Italian cooking and finding the source of certain recipes and meals (and by source, I'm talking church writings from the 12th century). It's v. well written. You might enjoy it.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-78489839596074179712009-06-06T20:41:12.310-04:002009-06-06T20:41:12.310-04:00That is so cool! I love the picture of LJ with Fr...That is so cool! I love the picture of LJ with Fred.Delennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567889031642608101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-48359674442798613972009-06-06T20:21:35.537-04:002009-06-06T20:21:35.537-04:00You can't make this shit up, it was just steps...You can't make this shit up, it was just steps from the restaurant, and we we really were talking about chefs leaving out essential parts of their written recipes. It was pretty freaking awesome.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398924875071245573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-11185839754168967582009-06-06T20:15:48.068-04:002009-06-06T20:15:48.068-04:00Neat coincidence!Neat coincidence!one-hit_wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392238740961497297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-16356175195692254902009-06-06T19:47:31.199-04:002009-06-06T19:47:31.199-04:00Oui - to the make it like they do - dillemma.
I w...Oui - to the make it like they do - dillemma.<br /><br />I worked in a nice Italian resturant for years carrying the food at eye and nose level.<br /><br />I COULD NOT duplicate at home. Even with chef cooperation. *sigh*Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878937591945134056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-40493451542779282072009-06-06T19:09:37.077-04:002009-06-06T19:09:37.077-04:00That's so cool that you figured it out!
And a...That's so cool that you figured it out!<br /><br />And also that you found yourself talking to him. It's good to be impulsive when opportunity strikes.<br /><br />Lindsay wears Fred well.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.com