Archive for May, 2010

- Tony reveals a crush while we talk about The Girl in the Cafe... and it's not on a girl!
- Yes, Fantastic Mr. Fox is pretty fantastic!
- Generally time-lapse photography is meant to speed things up, but we talk about how it seems to slow things down in Chronos
- Michael Douglas may be the King of California, but he's also pretty creepy... and maybe that's a good thing?
- Steph insults Asians everywhere (and Tony) while discussing facial hair and Infernal Affairs
- We rag on Gwyneth Paltrow so bad while talking about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow that she may have to whine on Goop about us
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A few weeks ago, Tony and I took our dear friend Trisha out to dinner to celebrate her birthday. We went to a restaurant called, Marché, that specializes in simple – but delicious – French dishes. That evening, Trisha ordered the halibut and risotto combo, which really captured my imagination. I decided I wanted to try to recreate it (with my own twists, naturally) at home.
Ingredients (serves 4, generously) For the Risotto- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cups of diced mushrooms
- ½ onion, finely minced
- 4 cloves of garlic, finely minced
- 1 cup Arborio rice
- 1 cup dry white wine (we used a Bogle sauvignon blanc that was wonderful)
- 2 – 3 cups of chicken broth
- 1 cup of frozen peas, thawed
- zest from ½ a lemon
- salt & pepper
- 4 4-ounce pieces of halibut (or another firm, white fish)
- 2 tbsp butter
- salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme
- juice from ½ lemon
- Much to Steph's chagrin, all the puns in the world aren't enough to make Running Man a good movie
- I Heart Huckabees? More like I ZZZZ Huckabees...
- Our discussion of Rosemary's Baby devolves into what makes a movie scary... Also, Tony tells you all the ways in which you are stupid
- We get passionate about education and inner-city school kids (who knew?!) while discussing the documentary Pressure Cooker
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Warning, this one's a doozy, folks. Plenty of banter and grousing!This week has been ridiculously long, so I sent an email out yesterday afternoon to some friends suggesting a casual get together of cocktails and a light dinner. I thought it would be nice to catch up in a low-stress setting. Now, the weather here in Nashville has been kind of wonky – chilly and brisk one day, only to be muggy and gross the next – and yesterday was definitely a case of the latter. So I had to come up with a dinner that would be satisfying but not heavy and overly rich. So, I came up with this spicy pasta dish, and it wound up being a huge hit. As you can see from the pictures, it looks quite elegant and fancy schmancy if you plate it on a platter and serve it family style, but I promise it’s super simple. Ingredients (serves 6)
- 1 lb of skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- ground coriander seeds
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and thinly sliced (not minced)
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced into rounds
- 2 small red peppers, seeded and sliced into matchsticks
- 3 large tomatoes, peeled and roughly seeded, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 16 oz can of garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 16 oz can of artichoke hearts, drained, rinsed and roughly chopped
- ½ tbsp of smoked paprika
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/8 cup of vodka
- zest and juice from ½ lemon
- feta cheese
- fresh basil
- salt and pepper
- spaghetti noodles (or other noodle of your choice)