Monthly Archives: July 2012
… a not so brief hiatus, Sauce Week: Day 5, and the coolest cake EVER
It’s been a while. I know. I was off to sunny (HUMID) Florida for some much needed family time. While there, I was able to show off some of my fancy-pants cooking skills and continue the Sauce Week tradition with … Continue reading
Soup and Coercion: Sauce Week Continues After This Small Break
The Story: (co-worker approaches my desk, forlorn looking) Tony: Look guys, I have soup!! *holds aloft a can of progresso chicken noodle soup LIGHT* Me: Eww. That stuff is terrible. It’s nothing but mushy! Tony: I am gonna put some … Continue reading
Day 4: Aurore Sauce
This is undiscovered country for me. I plucked a sauce out of Julia Child, then … true to form.. modified it to make it tastier. Take 2 cups of well seasoned bechamel sauce.. add 1/4 cup tomato paste.. and a … Continue reading
Viva la Sauce Week!!
After what could only be considered one of the crappiest days that I’ve had in a long while, I decided that the only thing that could rejuvenate my spirits was mac-n-cheese with homemade bacon bits in it. Good thing that: … Continue reading
Sauce Week: The Continuing Saga
While wracking my brain to come up with various (not already done to death) sauces for Sauce Week, and I decided that.. in order to keep myself interested, I would need somewhat broaden my definition of sauce.. otherwise I’d find … Continue reading
Sauce Week: Pork Loin in Raspberry Merlot Reduction
Day 1 down.. 6 more to go. I stopped off at the somewhat jenky market near my place because I was too lazy to go into a real grocery store. You can already tell this post is going places, right? … Continue reading
A Very Confluent Retrospective..
This being (ever so slightly past) my 100th post, I thought it would be a prudent time to reflect.. look back.. see what worked about my experiments, what didn’t.. what I could be doing more of.. less of.. So I … Continue reading
The Confluent Kitchen 