food stuffs

Ok I got bored working on Patent law so…for your viewing gastronomic pleasure….here are a few pictures of my latest culinary adventures. I’ve been taken pictures of these things do to both shameless selfish pride as well as a way to remember I made them and to add then to “the book”. If I had been prepared to put this online I would have added a picture of the book, which is titled “food porn” and has a suggestive picture of a large pair or lips eating a shrimp...it is me after all

From the top:
1. this is roast chicken which I stuffed with two limes. Chris loved it, and especially liked how I spiced the skin, which because I am M F ing awesome was crispy as a chip
2. This is a warm potato, soy bean, arugula salad with balsamic vinaigrette..nom
3. This is steak pasta salad with spinach. A Giada recipe, in this serving with whole wheat pasta, and the steak is rubbed with herb de province, garlic, and the dressing is a mustard vinaigrette similar to the kind my dad makes. Marilou and I made this one and it was very very good..though I may justrub herb de province on all my steak now cause DAMN
4. this is my ambitious sushi dinner. The picture is poor but your looking at salmon, veggie, and sweet potato tempura sushi rolls, cha su bow, tempura (green beans were ok, onion and sweet potato life changing) edemmame, wine…yeah it was awesome and for considerably less an investment by all my guests then a night out for the same spread
5. chicken again….apparently I liked it because I accidentally put it on here twice and am not tech savvy enough to figure out where its line of code ends and the next begins to erase it.
6. this was a blackbean corn dip I made in my mini le creuset dish that I loved and made up the recipe for the purpose of using it. (it was black beans, tough of cheese on top, red pepper flakes, corn…etc) and home made tortilla chip. not too bad though I feel it needs a little more umph