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Tag Archives: cooking
The Wait
As I exited Hell’s Judgment Room, I was told “You should hear from us in a day or two.” That was on Sunday the 10th. The next day, I got a call from Boston Casting, asking if I indeed had … Continue reading
The Audition
I completed my application on the Saturday evening before the casting call, making a copy to keep on file (at the insistence of She Who Must Be Obeyed). After a good night’s sleep, I was up at 8 AM to … Continue reading
The Application
Having a killer signature dish, I realized, was only half of the game. I had to nail the application as well. Although I had “applied” for many jobs over the years, in actuality the process had never been more than … Continue reading
The Signature Dish
What dish would I bring to the audition? What was my “signature dish”? I had never thought about it before, and now I had to choose something that I thought was representative of my cooking. After a two weeks of … Continue reading
Seekrit Project Revealed
Okay, enough of my playing coy and talking about my “sooper seekrit cooking project.” Time to come clean with the truth: I auditioned for a cooking show. In mid-December, my neighbor sent me this email, a forward from the Boston … Continue reading
Taking Stock
I‘ve been away from here for a week, working furiously on a “super seekrit cooking project” that I alluded to on Facebook. While I’m not quite at liberty to divulge the nature of the project, I can tell you that … Continue reading
My Best of 2009
Now that I’ve been at this blogging thing for a year, I get to reward myself by engaging in that most self-indulgent of online activities (apart from the self indulgence inherent in the very act of blogging), the end-of-the-year list … Continue reading
Poutine
I made a discovery while surveying the leftovers-filled fridge yesterday: This (leftover fries from Five Guys Burgers and Fries — who can eat a whole side of these?) plus this (Trader Joe’s Wisconsin cheddar cheese curds) and this (beef gravy … Continue reading
Lardo
It’s not a pre-New Year’s motivational insult, it’s Italian cured pork fat. I had three pounds of pork fatback that was a gift from my CSA, so I looked for something to do with it. My choices came down to … Continue reading
Gnocchi a la Parisienne
Having successfully survived cooking Easter dinner for twenty five family members, Mom promoted me to chef for the family Xmas Eve dinner this year. Since I would be cooking for only eleven people the menu should have been easier to … Continue reading