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Having lots of fun cooking last Friday

Seafood Red Curry Vermouth Bouillabaisse

Raspberry Créme Brûlée Napoleon with Green Tea Anglaise and Peach Juice Reduction

Slaved all day back and forth from the kitchen to the piano since 5:30 in the morning yesterday throwing a big party after performing at the IKIF last night, and there is not one single picture to show for it… UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! None of my usual girls could make it to the party, so no one was there to remind me to take pictures… hah, I really feel like whining for the rest of the century… Guess I have to throw the same party again… =P

But kisses to new friend and Georgian pretty baby Rusi for staying in the 500 degree kitchen with me for all those late night hours helping out and sharing my secret stash of some really fabulous bubbly that is for the “kitchen crew” only

Here is the menu (my attempt in continuing the tradition of serving pizza at the after event receptions at the festival founder Rose’s, just these were not delivery pizza, but my handmade brick oven thin crust pizza ):

White Bean Hummus, Caramelized Onion, Arugula, and Asiago Pizza
(Todd English’s award winning recipe that paid for his son’s summer camp during a financial difficult time — love the story…)

Classic Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato, Basil, and Parmesan Pizza

Red and White Sangria, and Lemongrass Pineapple Saketini for drinks

Made 9 trays of 6 different kinds of pizza, only have empty trays, and dirty glasses to show the head count…

Can’t believe I made Miya grilled porterhouse with ground porcini mushroom dry rub after I had just seen the documentary “Food Inc” at the Film Forum 2 weeks ago… well, this was per request… hah, smelled like very animal-ie flesh and bloody thing-ie to me =P

Miya and her porterhouse.

A pitcher of fruity sangria for her and a very big glass of PLAIN OLD BORING WATER for me

thought this looks a bit MOMA-esque modern-ish strange

another gorgeous night up in the roof garden

Stumbled upon takoyaki making videos on YouTube, couldn’t help myself but ordered an electric takoyaki grill from Japan!

Takoyaki & Okonomiyaki, and Moto’s Guinness

bff Celine’s baby girl is due next month! HAPPY

Moto, a fab composer, Celine’s hubby Robert’s bff since college!

Fun night making lots of Japanese food on the pre-4th of July weekend

raw agave rum raisin & raw honey white wine fresh strawberry 6 hour “pickle”

made yummy Okonomiyaki (aka Japanese pizza) for Miya, you can see my fav food — raw broccoli on the bottom of the photo

Strawberry honey pickle in bubbly

YUMMY COCKTAIL POPSICLES!!!
Blue Lagoon Pops ~ maraschino cherries, vodka, blue curaçao, raw agave, lemon juice

Tequila Sunrise Pops ~ orange juice, tequila, campari

home made Red Bean Soy Milk Ice Cream ~ love my soy milk machine )

beautiful night in my roof garden…

Making the famed Taiwanese snack 茶葉蛋 (tea stewed eggs) at this odd hour — caught a cooking bug lately

Wondering who I am able to feed this to after it is done in an hour…? LOL

For no reason at all, I baked some heart shaped raisin scones for the first time (they were fabulous btw!!), a fresh loaf of 12 grain bread, and cooked up a big pot of vege soup this afternoon. Facebooked bff Linda over and she just came — after her busy day treating patients! — she makes me happy We had the loveliest time on my roof garden, the day was beautiful…

 

love her!!! 

Making dinner at bff Linda’s last night. Had mover packed up all my books — didn’t have enough time nor resources to sketch up a more complexed menu… But it was still a tasty dinner, well, I assume, and as I was told since I didn’t eat any of the food — on the 4th day of my raw vege juice fast — trying to regain my health. 

Chilled Yellow Tomato Soup with Avocado Sorbet (my fav soup in the world)

Arugula and Watercress Salad with Vanilla Bean and Cracked Pepper Dressing

Pappardelle Bolognese (one of my favorite things to make, love making pasta from scratch and Mario Batali’s Bolognese recipe is to die for…)

Espresso Torrone with Drunken Cherries

Went off to hear my dear friend Jed‘s jazz piano performance after at Cafe Vivaldi, the lady singing in the clip actually works at the cafe bar… Enjoyed it very much, fun night

OK… I am in one of those moods…

I actually don’t eat any of these things I make (lucky friends I have ) Having a big jug of raw vege juice for breakfast for real…

Making Shredded Daikon Cake 蘿蔔絲餅 7 am this morning, another popular Taiwanese street item.

First step is to salt the shredded daikon and then squeeze out as much liquid as possible…

Salt + peppery raw daikon was sooo PAINFUL to the sensitive skin… did I say OUCH!!!!!!

Hard to imagine how much liquid that little daikon gave out!

Wrapped the filling (shredded daikon, salt & white pepper, scallion, sesame oil) in simple hot-water-flour-dough then fry them on the stove… they smell really good…

what do you think? yum