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Dipping my toe into wanting to learn Mexican a little more, I went to the bookstore and stole a few recipes...made Salpicon De Res from The Art of Mexican Cooking tonight. came out good. I'm not making my own tortillas yet........but that's just because I haven't picked up a press. ;) Been really interested in Mexican cooking lately...if you follow my blog you might remember my Caldo de Pollo

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From THIS recipe....and they were great.

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house was too clean today, so rather than mess it up so soon, decided to cook outside. Grilled up the chicken sausage, threw some rough chopped peppers in a pan (1 yellow, 1 orange, 1 jalapeno) with some evoo and 2 cloves of garlic just smushed for flavor. Cooked on high for a few minutes, then threw in some Sherry wine and cooked on medium low for about 7 minutes, salt pepper.... while the bread

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Made sausages for the first time tonight, so just snacked on a bunch of "test patties"made chicken and sun dried tomato and then hot italiancame out well for my first time.was pretty proud of myself....no tears or nothing. <!--IBF.ATTACHMENT_1012272-->

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Had one of those nights....went for a run, came home and dinner was spot on and super simple. Preheated the grill to incinerate, which on my propane grill isn't that high (about 700) unfortunately, I'm way too lazy to charcoal it for a Tuesday night. Aside from sourcing the morel mushrooms...(which I got at Whole Foods in Princeton for 39.99/lb....5 bucks worth was more than enough for a cup of

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baked some babka coffee can style for the family for easter last night till about 1:30...yeah, my family requests the sprinkles...heh.woke up, did all the "first nice day of spring" yard work and cleaning out of the garage....for about 7 hours. backyard is grass looking good so far...Then went grocery shopping, then...for 6.25 mile run. tonight, experimented with the KA meat grinder and some

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Click the "read more" for the rest of the post/pictures...So, my birthday is never that big a deal. Never used to be...until I met Laurie, and she decided it was. last year she surprised me with a trip to Rhode Island, this year, a spectacular dinner/evening. A rundown of my evening. Came home, went for a run, showered......came out to this waiting next to the recliner with my favorite bumming

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Click the "read more link" for the rest of the pictures....Last year we had it at our house....here's the post.http://randallpmcmurphy.blogspot.com/2008/03/easter.html This year, at my parents. we made the crostini 'bar' and some loaves of bread. and a couple of magnums of some cheap italian wine.most people opted for herring and rye bread over our stuff.....such is life. Although my parents gave

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Been on a beet kick lately....Still on the beet kick.At least I can laugh at myself...hahaget it?The other night, I batched-up and froze from beet ravioli filled with goat cheese and ricotta.....and had to test out a few.yeah, i messed around with 2 different ravioli "tools" I like freehand or the bear-trap ones best.baked some bread from Artisan breads in 5 minutes a day. It's only the second

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Yep, that's what it translates to. Puttanesca. Made some fresh pasta (4 xl eggs, 3.5c flour, should have used some semonila, but didn't have any, natch) Tossed some garlic in a pan, I think about 4 cloves, and some dried chilis....because I had them. I'm sure you can use some pepper flakes. Sauteed for a minute or 2, enough that I didn't burn the garlic, then threw in 2 cans of fire-roasted

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Craving lamb today, I asked Laurie to pick up some rib chops (I initially wanted loin chops, but, well, you don't wanna hear my butcher rant). She threw some new red potatoes with some garlic, evoo, and rosemary in the oven. When they were done, I, trimmed, and S&P the chops, quick hot sear in the pan on both sides, and removed them. I had some garlic butter in the fridge left-over from some

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Well, haven't posted in a while. Work's been busy, life's been busier. Rest assured I'm still cooking up a storm. Saw Watchmen this weekend, it was real good, but I'm a comic geek. Here are a few meals we cooked as of late. If anyone want's a recipe, just let me know. Nothing is too groundbreaking, really.REQUESTI'm looking for a good source of meats in NJ...just kind of a single source. I can

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Thai Curry Chicken and (non-Thai)Udon noodlesTurkey Tortilla SoupFilet and Spicy Roasted Sweet potatoes

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Curry Chicken Brown Rice and a pineapple, pepper, salsa/relishCame out awesome. Stole and modified the recipe from a cuisine at home book/magazine.

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Went shopping in the freezer and pulled out 2 "eh" duck breasts I had in there. Usually I'd just render them in a pan all crispy and mid-rare, but these cuts were not very good quality. So, I figured I'd mask them in a flavorful marinade. Duck satay's in a orange ginger marinade and a marinade+cashew sauce, some jasmine rice and a pork bun.

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Been too busy worrying about loosing my job to really worry about anything else as of late. Went to NYC before x-mas, that was nice...and went to LA after new years for work...that was nice because of the weather, but mainly spent time in the office. As far as motorcycles are concerned, I've passed on racing in the Sandblast rally this year, my head just isn't in it. I might go down to help out

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http://restaurantguyschocolate.com/I believe you can even get a free sample....

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In case you haven't gotten me anything yet1. CIA (culinary institute) bootcamp (and subsequent time off work) 2. All expense paid and subsequent reservations to El Bulli3. A new pen4. Handcrafted, hand tooled, leather portfolio, not black.5. Limo to take me to the city for a nice shave (art of shaving perhaps)6. Unlimited bar/food tab at Catherine Lombardi or Nicholas7. To see the movie "The

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...of duck confit, and a new foodsaver. Crisped up the duck confit that I made over Thanksgiving, and made some risotto with the duck stock I had from the process...best. comfort. food. ever. Used the foodsaver and the free supermarket butterball to sous-vide a leg with some duck fat, herbs, and butter....amazing.

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Here are some of my pics from my Eric Ripert Cocktail Party..Click the read more for more pics...Everything turned out great but my aioli...but I'm going to give it another try. The menu was:Seared Beef Lettuce RollsMediterranean Platter with Hummus, Roasted Pepper-Walnut Spread and Zaatar Chorizo Stuffed ShrimpPortobello "Fries" Truffled AioliSpicy Parmesan Cheese StrawsDeviled Eggs with Smoked

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We also made a time-lapse video of us putting up the tree (with some antics thrown in!) It's just as long as the song...so might be boring for you, but at least it's a great christmas song!Christmas Extravaganza 2008 from Robert Timko on Vimeo.Click the "read more" for some more pictures...

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And god-bless the new food saver! 24$ for 7 filets, a roast, and a nice scrap to use for apps. Sure, it's not USDA prime or Wagyu, but at 3$ a steak, you can put it between 2 pieces of wonderbread and not feel guilty!

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Click the read more...For part 1, click here...Take the duck legs out of the salt...and what we did was vaccum seal 2 at a time in a bag with a couple of big spoonfuls of rendered duck fat (from the fridge). It was MUCH easier to do it while the fat was cold...it doesn't matter where/how the fat is because when you throw it into a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil, everything magically

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