The TOP CHEF Cookbook
I have mentioned before that my son, Jeff, is a connoisseur of fine foods; he likes to eat good food and cook good food. And he loved watching Top Chef. Well, last year he bought me the top chef cook book for my birthday. He happens to have one too and we were talking on the phone one night and started talking about some of the recipes in the book. We both pulled it out and mentioned the things that looked especially good. I laughed and said, "maybe we should blog our way through the cook book like on the movie, Julie and Julia." We decided that the mother/son aspect would make us famous.
Well, Jeff came for dinner today (along with two of his buddies) and we prepared our first recipe from the book--fennel crusted pork chops with apple-fennel salad.
Let's be honest here...I made most of it before I went to church. However, when I got home, Jeff was making the crepe batter and Zane was peeling potatoes. And Jeff put it all on the plate.
It made a pretty presentation and tasted divine.
The consensus from the 4 of us was that it was DELICIOUS.
Let's be honest here...I made most of it before I went to church. However, when I got home, Jeff was making the crepe batter and Zane was peeling potatoes. And Jeff put it all on the plate.
It made a pretty presentation and tasted divine.
The consensus from the 4 of us was that it was DELICIOUS.
And for dessert, crepes with peaches and almond cream drizzled with raspberry sauce. I have to admit, it all tasted pretty fabulous.
Don't worry, we won't be making or blogging about every recipe in the book...some of the things in there look disgusting.
8 comments:
I've got to say, I love to watch top chef. But I don't really understand that level of cooking or really the ingredients of a lot of it. But your photos looked delicious!! You should do more posts on occassion.
Sounds delish! I love Top Chef too. What line of work is Jeff in? Is he interested in the culinary arts?
After seeing Julie Julia, I too thought about cooking my way through a book like hers. What fun that would be for the people who get to eat it!!!
I think you should totally do the whole cook book! You should start your own blog and become famous!! The meal you made last night looks amazing!
How fun! Looks wonderfully delicous!
There are always those recipes though that do look pretty disgusting.
Sounds like a great cook book. Might be a good one for my hubby the family chef...he loves to cook and come up with new recipes and creations. Thanks for sharing. Your post made me hungry!
Looks delicious! I think you its great that you and Jeff blog your way through the cookbook!
Fabulous! Your presentation looks as good as one of those pricey little meals we had in NYC not long ago. I think you and Jeff could become famous, wouldn't that be fun??
So how do you make this profitable?
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