Yikes!! It's been quite awhile since my first post.... oops. The truth is, I didn't want to spring for the shipping cost on the cookbook, so it took more than a week for it to come from amazon.com. I got the book on Wednesday and have been trying to wrap my head around it ever since -- quite a daunting task.
100 major recipes, dozens of minor recipes (stocks, salts, syrups, etc., etc.,etc.)...
First - I freaked out.
Then - I made an Excel spreadsheet to get organized (no comments please).
All of Thomas Keller's food is extraordinarily seasonal. Some of the recipes in this book can literally be made for about 2 weeks out of the year, so it was important that I make a plan of action. It took me about two days but I am DONE! And ready to get started. I've decided to start out with a couple of the simpler dishes, and then move on to some of the more complicated and challenging (butchering a pig's head??) ones. Unfortunately, some of the dishes that I'm most excited about are also ridiculously expensive to make and include some of my favorite ingredients -- foie gras, beluga caviar, white truffles!!! **dies**
Anyywaayyy... tomorrow is Sunday which means FOOTBALL! I'll be making two of the 'snackier' items: Gruyere Gougeres and Parmigiano-Reggiano Crisps with Goat Cheese Mousse. Do you think the mousse would look unappetizing if I dyed it green? Go Jets!
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