still here, don't worry!

I am sorry for the lack of posting this week. I have been doing a bit of cooking, but everything had the added ingredient of FAIL it seems. Even this seemingly simple Bittman recipe didn't work out for me. I tried it a couple times, and both times they were denser than I anticipated, and had a strange bitterness. I don't know if the fact that I found "chick pea and fava bean flour" instead of "garbonzo flour" made a difference? I mean they were edible and not bad at all, just not right, I don't think. So I got nuthin for you.

Fear not, though. I have lots of new cookbooks to inspire me, including one dedicated to fat, one dedicated to terrines, and one about making bread! Also, for my birthday I got a bunch more vintage cookbooks for my collection. So ironstef readers should have plenty to look forward to.

In the meantime, did you all see Jim Gaffigan's new special, "King Baby?" It was hysterical, and mostly about food. Here's a clip:

Cashew Curry

Last night I was in the mood for curry. I had del.icio.us'ed 101 Cookbook's Cashew Curry a while back, so I decided now was the time to try it out. After a couple weeks of going out and eating all manner of not-so-healthy foods, it felt good to get all these vegetables in my tummy. Not necessarily a low-fat dish or anything, this curry gets lots of flavor from whole coconut and toasted cashews. It's totally nutritious, though, especially since you don't cook the vegetables that long at all. This also makes for a quick weeknight dinner! The only way I differed from Heidi's recipe was that I used more of everything...a whole head of cauliflower, a whole can of coconut milk, a whole block of tofu, etc. I can't use just part of an item, because the rest of it will end up sitting in the fridge for weeks then getting thrown away. I can, however, tear up some leftovers.