Archive for February, 2009

Typical Drinks of Spain


2009
02.07

typical drinks of spain

Mario Batali was born in Yakima, WA and raised in Seattle, in an Italian-French-Canadian family who loved cooking. He began his love affair with cooking as a child, when collecting wild berries in his uniform pants and helped his grandmother make jam and pies with them. His family moved to Spain in 1975, and Mario spent his high school years studying in Spain, then in 1978 returned to the U.S. and attended Rutgers University. He had a double major in economics and Spanish theater, and graduated in 1982.

While in college, Mario began working as a dishwasher in New Brunswick, NJ's Stuff Yer Face restaurant, but soon graduated to the pizza maker and chef. His first introduction to the culinary training was in London, Le Cordon Bleu, but was almost immediately because he wanted more practical experience. He began his apprenticeship with Marco Pierre White in Six Bells public house in Chelsea in London. He also worked in Paris Tour d'Argent, Moulin de Mougins in Provence, and Waterside Inn in London. In 1985 he became sous chef in San Francisco Four Seasons Clift, and later executive chef of La Marina in Santa Barbara. He resigned his post in 1989 and moved to the small village of Borgo Capanne in northern Italy for three years to apprentice at La Volta, where traditional Italian cuisine dominates, before returning to his native U.S., eager to start a restaurant of his own.

After working on a few hot spots in the city New York in 1998 was put on the uniforms of chef and opened Babbo, which immediately won the James Beard Foundation Best New Restaurant Award, and was given three stars by The New York Times (which won the New York Times' three stars again six years later). After Babbo 's success, Mario opened another nine restaurants in New York, and restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. In 1999, Mario was named "Man of the Year" in GQ 's chef category and in 2002 won "Best of the James Beard Foundation chef award in New York" and in 2008 its "Best Restaurateur" award.

Along with Bobby Flay and Wolfgang Puck, Mario was one of the Iron Chefs on Food Network in its battle in 2004 to the Master of the Japanese chef pants original Iron Chef Morimoto and Sakai, which became a weekly series in 2005. Mario other Food Network programs include Molto Mario, Mediterranean Mario, Mario Eats Italy, Ciao America, and Mario full boil. In 2007 Mario left the Food Network to PBS, which was featured in a series of thirteen episodes on Spanish cuisine, Spain … On the Road Again. Mario is negotiating with the travel channel in a series on Italian cuisine. In 2009, Mario announced the inauguration of the Foundation Mario Batali, whose purpose is to educate, encourage and empower children by raising funds for research on diseases of children, literacy Children and famine relief.

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Drinks Dr Pepper


2009
02.03

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Made a pot of lentil soup lately? Healthy cooking is at its best: easy, plentiful, tasty and loved by young and old. Lentils come in one pound bags of dried beans in the supermarket section. Usually you will find two types: regular-green lentils, brown, orange and lentils, which are lentils really ordinary with their skins removed. You can also find small dark green lentils called French lentils, but these are generally more expensive and can be in the gourmet or international section of the store. All cook quickly and make wonderful soups.

Here are three recipes Favorite Diana. All use chicken or vegetable broth, diced or concentrated liquid as the soup base, you can pick your favorite brand or just the use of water if you prefer.

Golden Lentil Soup

1 cup orange lentils

6 cups of broth

4 carrots, chopped

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic cloves, minced

2 teaspoons curry powder

pinch of cayenne, or to taste

Bring all ingredients to boil in a large pot and simmer for 30 minutes or until lentils are tender. Mash the lentils or puree with a blender hand. The recipe works equally well with regular (brown) lentils or peas.

4-6 servings

Italian Lentil Soup

1 cup lentils (any kind)

6 cups of broth

2 onions, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

pinch cayenne or to taste

1 teaspoon oregano

2 bay leaves

Bulgur 1 / 2 cup

1 / 2 cup chopped Italian parsley

1 28-oz Italian plum tomatoes, undrained, broken

2 10-oz bags of baby spinach leaves (or use frozen spinach)

Pepper to taste Freshly ground black

Combine all ingredients but the spinach and black pepper in a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook 30-40 minutes, or until lentils are tender and bulgur. Remove bay leaves. Stir in the spinach leaves, cover and cook 2 minutes more. Serve with ground pepper to taste.

6-8 servings

Lemony Lentil-Spinach Soup

8 cups of broth

1 onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 stalk celery, chopped

2 cups lentils (any kind)

1 medium red potatoes, cut into 1 / 2 "cubes

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground cumin

pinch pepper

1 10-oz bag spinach leaves

Juice a lemon

Freshly ground pepper

Place the chicken broth, onion, garlic, celery, lentils, potatoes and spices in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes or until lentils and potatoes are tender. Add spinach and lemon juice and cook 5 minutes more. Serve with ground pepper to taste.

6-8 servings

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