Christian Bowers of Bola Pizza and the Austin Food Journal
I have been pan-frying the Trout I caught at the coast, but since I was grilling a mix of squashes that we bought at the farmers market, I thought I would try grilling the fish as well. I did a semi-blackened treatment to the fish. The dinner received ‘two thumbs-up’ from my official taster.
Traveling for work last week to NYC, I went by Les Halles. This is Anthony Bourdain’s restaurant. He is the tall, wiry guy, who has the food show about traveling the word and tasting it’s culinary cultures (while continuously smoking and drinking). The restaurant was busy on a Tuesday night, but I got a quick seat at a two-top in the front window (must have been my slick big-city duds). I didn’t expect to be blown away by the food, being that this is a touristy, celeb-chef place, but was pleasantly surprised. The food is French bistro and it lived up to that. I had the Frisée aux Lardons (frisée, bacon, roquefort, croûtons) and the Onglet à l’Échalote (hanger steak, shallot sauce).
I have been making pizza dough for a while now. And, for some reason, I decided to look up a few recipes and try how other people are making it. Well, the dough sucked. Not sure what the moral of this story would be besides, “don’t mess with a good thing”.
Arugula and tomato salad. Good on some crusty bread.
There was a little cookie baking emergency at my casa the other night. Some of my pantry items were past their prime, so the first round didn’t come out as expected. A trip to the store, fresh ingredients at hand, the job was done in the early A.M.
The downtown farmers’ market location has never really done it for me. A little too static. But, now they have a new location at the Triangle in central Austin. Set in the greenspace of this new mixed-use development, the farmers’ booths line the winding sidewalk through the park. Kids running around, people talking, eating and drinking. What could be better?