Apologies for the dearth of posts over the past month. The Faux Gourmet has been a busy bee . . . and on the road in Australia & New Zealand. It was a lovely vacation, and to all of you I met along the way who may peek in here from time to time, cheers! Thanks for making my visit memorable & for taking time to see What's in the Pot? To the rest of you . . . I wish you could have come with me! I had many an unparalleled delight, such as a dozen raw oysters, like butter in the mouth . . .
And tastes of some of the best wine I've ever had.
I can't wait to post about it, and hope to begin doing so soon!
In the mean time, I direct your attention to my column on Airfield Estates Winery's website, where I'm the guest chef. There you'll find my first recipe, a lovely sauce made by deglazing meat in a pan, and very soon, my next two recipes, both of which I've made well over a dozen times and continue to enjoy. What you have to look forward to:
Airfield Estates is a family run winery in my hometown making some great wines. They don't pay me to say that. :)
To those of you who find this page because of past New York Restaurant-Week reviews (Park Avenue (Insert season); Mercer Kitchen; and Kittichai), and to those who sample upcoming NY Restaurant Week offerings, please do leave a comment and let us know where you went, what you ate, and how it was! I can't wait to hear!
As a preview of Australia:
Throwing another shrimp on the barbie . . . I couldn't resist the classic Aussie cliche. Cliche doesn't stop something from being tasty!
Kangaroo sausages- good for you & the environment (if a little tough & gamey):
The full spread: delicious, and the beachside setting didn't hurt!
2 comments:
Ok, I'm jealous...I gave blood yesterday and on the question where they ask if you have been out of the country in the past 3 years, I answered no. It was sad to realize it has been 3 whole years since I went to China. I think I'm due for a trip to Argentina or Norway (those are kinda our top priorities at this point). So I am jealous of your travels. I guess it is sort of the whole "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" deal. Anyway, I'm glad you have taken advantage of these oppurtunites to travel before you start working full time and make big bucks with no time to travel. Well, a trip to Seattle is always an option. I've got a lot of new restaurants I'm looking forward to trying. Perhaps I could do a guest blog post on all of them.
Three years! Wow. I can never give blood. :( (Not that I'm too sad about that, to be honest.) Hope my posts from Down Under give you some vicarious travel enjoyment! Would love a guest post from Seattle!
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