Kitchen Butterfly

March 9th, 2010

Spice up your life with citrus dust

This weekend’s treasure hunt in the world of deliciousness (aka catching up with blog reading) led me to Debi’s supercool Meyer Lemon dust: no reference to sweeping lemons off the street either.

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March 7th, 2010

Cuban strawberries with Meringue Ice-cream

So, I want to clear up a few things before I get to the heart of the matter:

I know strawberries are not in ’season’ according to the traditional food calenders.
I am also very aware that there is nothing Cuban about strawberries. Don’t believe me? Well, go ahead, type Cuban strawberries in Google and see what you get!
The combination notwithstanding is AMAZING. Leading me a bit tipsy when taking these photos yesterday afternoon! If you are a purist, please wait till the summer to make this. But make it…..please.

And for more on the ‘Cuban’ ingredients….read on.

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March 5th, 2010

Cooking with fruit: Tomatoes....

….’cause technically speaking, tommies are fruit!

Anyhow, since I heard these lines a few weeks ago, I’ve been itching to share them!

‘Measure with a micrometer,
Mark with chalk,
Cut with an axe.’

Carl Zwanzig Ray’s Rule of Precision….works well for Passata too! In food terms this would be:

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March 2nd, 2010

Haiti, Friendship and Tasty Tasot Cabrit

We love each other…..very much I dare say.

We’ve always been there for each other too, more or less. In all this time, we’ve come to a joint conclusion, one that we reached at a Chinese restaurant many months ago.

If ever there was a thing to destroy this friendship, …

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February 28th, 2010

Chocolate-filled Plantain Gnocchi, with chillies for Dessert

My personal challenge this year, is to recreate foods of my country, Nigeria. As I’m learning, this is a whole sea of opportunity. So when I saw Kerstin of Cake, Batter & Bowl’s dessert gnocchi with chocolate centres,…I was seriously impressed!

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February 27th, 2010

Paul Van Waarden restaurant, Oud-Rijswijk

Can you guess where I’ve been?

Well, I haven’t gone to Barbados yet…….though I am seriously counting down!

So, I haven’t been on holiday.

I’ll give you some clues

#1 – Twinkle, twinkle, little……

#2 – Very French, very fine dining connotations….and a ’round’ man

#3 – My desire as a gourmand has been to visit one!

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February 23rd, 2010

Feasting on Art, with Pumpkin icecream and Lemonettes

Nostalgia:
A bittersweet yearning

For days gone by…

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February 21st, 2010

Jamaican Jerk Fish, Creole sauce and....

…Rice n Peas

I love Jamaica. Though I’ve never been, I’ve felt kinship with people from the Caribbean most of my life.

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February 18th, 2010

Colombian Pan De Banano....

….aka Banana bread, with white chocolate chips and pecans!

It took me a while to figure out what to make for this stop of our Culinary Tour 2010, hosted by Joan of Foodalogue.. Eventually, I stumbled upon recipe after recipe for Banana bread…., and then it became very clear and apparent what exactly I had to do. Namely, make some.

See, I have tried it once before, sort of…..

Actually, my friend, S made the bread (she is a BBE: Banana Bread Expert, churning loaf after loaf, of exportable commodity. Yes her BB has travelled from Europe to the States….., though not for me). While she worked hard, I stood by taking loads of photos and learning all her tips and tricks.