Bollywood Heartthrop Imran Khan
Imran Khan born Imran Pal 13 January 1983 is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.
En La Cocina Para Mi Amor (In the Kitchen for My Love)
MCCN’s long awaited Show En La Cocina Para Mi Amor puts you in the kitchen with Honduran Chef Jay Bonilla cooking for your loved one. In webisode one, Jay helps a Lupe, a wife with a fear of cooking for her semi-chef husband who loves to plate dishes. Her husband Daniel admits, “I’d be happy with a grilled cheese sandwich if she made it because I love her.” Aw, we could not resist such a story plus it is a multi-cultural marriage of Mexican-American and Lebanese American. Watch Chef Jay help Lupe. (Video en Español )
Film and Foodie Review: Cooking With Stella
Cooking with Stella is a zany film directed by the acclaimed Dilip Mehta. It is co-written with her sister. The story is a bit disjointed but the leading lady played by Seema Biswas is a delightfully mischievous character. However, the expectations of the title and what is actually delivered left me disappointed as a foodie. In films like Eat Drink Man Woman, Tortilla Soup, and even Godfather’s Three(The Gnocchi scene), the food was memomorable. This film generally falls short, there no real invitation through the cinematography devour the food with your eyes. (READ MORE)
And the Oscar Nominations Go to…
The Oscars Nominations are in, what a multi-cultural lot they are including nods for Bérénice Bejo, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Demin Bechir, Jean Dujardin, Kenneth Branagh and more .(See Listing on Nominees)
How to Poach an Egg & Eggs Florentine Recipe
The egg is cracked into a bowl of any size, and then gently slid into a pan of simmeringwater and
Eggs Florentine as variation of the Poached Egg
cooked until the egg white has mostly solidified, but the yolk remains soft. It is quite common for a small pat of butter or margarine to be added to the container for the egg, to prevent the egg sticking to its container. The ‘perfect’ poached egg has a runny yolk, with a hardening crust and no raw white remaining.
Fresh eggs will yield the best results.Broken into simmering water, the white will cling to the yolk, resulting in cooked albumen and runny yolk.
To prevent dispersion of the white of the egg, a small amount of vinegar may be added to the boiling water. Stirring the water vigorously to create a vortex may reduce dispersion. Special pans, with several small cups, allow a number of eggs to be poached at the same time. Other methods of producing poached eggs, such as using cling film to keep the egg perfectly formed have been documented.
If the eggs are at room temperature, the cooking time is 2 mins 30s to 2 mins 40s. If the eggs are taken from a refrigerator, then a longer time of about 3mins is required. Dipping the eggs into cold water for a few seconds immediately after taking them out of the boiling water helps prevent over-cooking.
Indonesian Pineapple Tart Recipe
One of my young students constantly talks about pineapple tarts. I finally got to try this tiny confection. Here is the Recipe:
- flour, 275g
- milk powder, 25g
- Pineapple, 3 ( 2 pineapple, 900g)
- rock sugar, 150g
- clove, 5
- cinnamon, 2 inches
- cake enhancer, 1 tbsp
- pinch salt
Newport Beach Restaurant Week: January 20-29
Newport Beach, Southern California’s premier dining destination, invites you to “Savor the Flavor” of the OC’s first and favorite restaurant week January 20th-29th, 2012.
Center City District Restaurant Week : January 22-27 & January 29-February 3
Every winter and fall TD Bank presents Center City District Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants offer three-course dinners for only $35* per person. In addition, many of the participating restaurants will also be offering a three-course lunch for $20*.
The next Restaurant Week will be January 22-27 & January 29-February 3, 2012.
7 Korean soups for the soul
Dongtae jjigae (동태찌개), Pollock stew
The word “soup” can have different shades of meaning in Korean. Jigae is more like a stew, and while tang and guk are similar, a guk can be put together in a day, but a tang requires more time. Whatever the case may be, a good soup requires a good base, whether it is made from a radish and dashi broth, or simmering ox bones for hours on end.
Arm yourself with one of these hale and hearty soups and you’ll be ready to brave the winter once again. (READ MORE)
Kansas City Restaurant Week: January 20-29
An exhibition of Kansas City’s finest culinary talents, Kansas City Restaurant Week will offer a variety of mouth-watering foods from top chefs across the metro area, demonstrating why the KC dining scene is among the nation’s best–and up until now, one of the best-kept foodie secrets (the Zagat Survey has called Kansas City the No. 1 dining bargain of all the major cities it reviews).
