In celebration of the Brazilian victory in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, our host (Ben’s Dad) demonstrates how to make your own caipirinha. Caipirinha is a popular brazilian cocktail made with lime juice, cachaça, and sugar. U.S. fans will want to watch to, as this recipe will surely make you forget the tragic loss!
Click on the photo for the full recipe.
Alright you all. This post is decidedly anti “zone diet“. Don’t get me wrong, I adore protein and delicious meat, but this post and page is all about the carbs. Last month, I went back to the Bay for the holidays and came back to NYC bearing a very special gift. The gift of sourdough starter bequeathed to me so generously from Matt aka Dumpling King (though now I would also dub him The Earl of Sourdough). And since then, it’s fair to say I’ve been a little bit obsessed – obsessed with maintaining and tending the starter and baking the perfect sourdough loaf. I’m happy to say the maintenance of the starter is going pretty well, because I’m a nurturing kind of guy. The bread? Well I’m still working on that. Click on the image below for the full story behind the starter and my obsession with sourdough.
this is how much Matt loves his starter
And we’re back and with a recipe to boot! It has been a while. I know. Right now winter is quickly descending upon us in the northern hemisphere and for those of us who live in areas like NYC that means, winter jackets, hats, gloves and lots of roasted root vegetables, soups and if you’re me, heavy meaty stew type dishes. Well here’s a dish that will take you back to summer with it’s light vibrant flavors and fresh ingredients. Also, I shot this video a few months ago when it was summer. All good things taken time. Isn’t that what they say? So really, it’s not so much a seasonal dish so much as a delicious one. If you can get eggplant, you can make baigan burtha. This is Shefali’s take on it. By the way, this is also Shef’s delicioustings debut as a contributing cook – she’s been seen as a contributing eater several times. So, I hope you enjoy the full video and the recipe.
Shef cooks up burtha
Ok, for my first recipe video I thought I would go with something really basic. That way I thought it would be easier to shoot, edit and hopefully to follow if you’re watching. I guess proof is in the pudding huh? Or in this case the hummus. Alright that being said, click on the photo and watch how I transform this can of garbanzo beans into a sumptuous and complex hummus. (Alright it’s pretty basic but maybe, just maybe you’ll learn something – or at least find it amusing.)
