Still going. Since I’ve had a number of friends ask me about the recipe, I’ll try to write up what I’ve been doing to reach the near perfection I felt I have achieved after about four straight months of compulsive macaron baking. Coming soon!
Below – sesame white chocolate, green tea chocolate ganache, orange blossom chocolate ganache, ginger with ginger vanilla buttercream, ginger with green tea buttercream, and pistachio with white chocolate ganache.
Hi everyone! We’ve been a little MIA for a while, but never fear, we’ve been up to some fun foodie stuff. Namely:
A) The undeniably obsessive baking of macarons. Ask anyone in the house, it’s gotten a little out of hand. I’ve read countless blogs with insane amounts of information that has led to a once, twice, or sometimes even thrice-daily macaron bake. I’ve purchased enormous boxes of almond flour and gone through at least 10-12 pounds of butter in this month-long quest. It’s led to some macaron disasters, but also some things of beauty…
B) Over-the-top Thanksgiving cooking!
We visited 3 Massachusetts farms and bought 2 turkeys, 2 pork shoulders, 5 hunks of smoked bacon ends, a ginormous bag of short ribs, and 150 pounds of fall vegetables. Whew. Check out our happy food faces:
So much food we jump for joy. It was an epic 30-person, 14-dishes and 8-desserts night of eating madness. The very best holiday of the year. And now for the big excitement…
C) We’re starting a sibling food business! Along with our awesome big brother Andy, we’re working on a very exciting venture and hope to hit the streets of Boston within the next few months. Keep your eyes peeled for more information soon…
After two and a half amazing years in London, it’s time to move on. Although I’m sad to be leaving the amazing bounteous international feasting of this fantastic city, I’m incredibly excited to head back to Boston to spend some quality time with my family and start some food adventures! We’ve got big foodie things planned, so stay tuned.
Until then, I’m spending my final few weeks in London eating everything I’ve always wanted to eat and haven’t or what I know I’ll miss when I leave.
An obvious first move on the bucket list: fish&chips! Specifically from George’s on Portobello – Jamie Oliver’s favourite. Wrapped up in a cone of newspaper and sprinkled with salt and vinegar, it’s a beautiful flower bouquet of battered deliciousness.
I’ll miss the delights of the chippie for sure….
It’s only been 3 days since I got to Tel Aviv and I’m sunburnt and footsore and absolutely stuffed full of hummus and pita. I’m visiting my friend Dan in TLV and we’ve walked from Center City to Jaffa to Neve Tzedek and back, all in the name of seeing and eating the best the city has to offer. And sample the best we certainly did, starting with a morning pilgrimage to what is generally acknowledged to be the best hummus place in Tel Aviv if not Israel or the entire world, Abu Hassan. You might think your hummus or your friend’s hummus is the best in the world but take a look at the picture above for some visual proof – can’t really argue with that, can you?
I am SO excited.
We’ve cooked in old train depots and darkened car parks and city centre squats and sprawling warehouses. Last week, Rambling Restaurant added a soon-to-be demolished 1960′s North London housing estate to the list of odd and unusual venues, swooping in just ahead of the wrecking balls. In the amazing Market Estate Project, artists from around the world took over empty flats to create imaginative, engaging, thought-provoking and awe-inducing installations ranging from short films to death-defying performance art to covering entire apartments in building plans or blue plastic. We were honored to be a part of the day by cooking up all sorts of meals and snacks for people involved with the project.
Sarah and foodrambler conjured up massive pots of beef rendang and aubergine and sweet potato coconut curry with rice and creamy cool banana chutney to fill up the many volunteers before their very very cold outdoor shifts.
Once people began trickling in, we Rambling Restaurateurs turned our attention to making canapes for visitors and staff and lucky wanderers. Homemade chickpea and beetroot hummus on crackers, carrot and cumin dip on crispbreads, mini onion quiches, and Michelle’s famous fried-on-the-spot fish and chips.
In between dishing up cute little newspaper cones and assembling sandwiches for staff sustenance, we found some time to explore the incredible and inspiring works of art. Like an entire flat – bedroom, living room, bathroom, balcony and all – transformed into an enormous blue plastic balloon:
And another apartment entirely papered over, top to bottom, in building plans:
More art photos and some thoroughly inauthentic banh mi sandwiches after the jump…
Here’s what I’ve been reading this week. Lots of good stuff.
Most Fast-Food Per Person and Other Food Facts [Daily Yonder] – some cool maps of eating habits across the U.S.
How Eating Grass-Fed Beef Could Help Fight Climate Change [TIME] – that’s as self-explanatory a title as you can get.
Behind the Organic Pasture Rule at the USDA [Chewswise] – a blog by the author of Organic, Inc.
The Great Grocery Smackdown [The Atlantic] – on buying organic at…Walmart? Plus a blind cookoff between Walmart and Whole Foods. Some interesting results…
The Spotless Garden [New York Times] – a great article about backyard and basement aquaponics systems and the ‘otherworldly yields’ from this type of growing. ‘It is either a glimpse into the future of food growing or a very strange hobby — possibly both.’
More photos and cool stuff here. All credits to NYTimes.
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