The recipe for these spiced poached pears with ginger crème anglaise and chocolate sauce comes from Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication by Jean Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman. I got this book out of the library, did not make nearly enough out of it before returning it and now I need it back. What that means for me is a trip to the library. What that means for you is that there’s no recipe today and instead I’m subjecting you to Random Musings…
- Just because I can complete Jessie’s Girl on expert on Guitar Hero does not mean I can play the guitar. Nor does it make me particularly good at the rest of the songs on GH.
- Snow would be so much more awesome if it weren’t so damn cold.
- I like using wooden spoons in the kitchen, especially homemade ones. Substitutions for wooden spoons are always inadequate.
- Backhanded compliments make me angry.
- No matter how good I am at tennis I will never be as good as a wall. (Ok, so that one belongs to Mitch Hedberg, but you can’t help but agree with him).
- Sometimes I like to drop random comments into conversation just to see if people are paying attention.
- Ice cream should totally be marketed as a breakfast food, especially if there’s fruit in it. Who doesn’t need a serving of dairy and fruit to start their day?
- I don’t always tell people I have a food blog because I don’t want to think about censoring my writing based on who I know is reading.
- Poached pears are surprisingly good. I will make them again. Maybe with red wine next time.
The floor is open, any thoughts?
The recipe for these spiced poached pears with ginger crème anglaise and chocolate sauce comes from Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication by Jean Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman. I got this book out of the library, did not make nearly enough out of it before returning it and now I need it back. What that means for me is a trip to the library. What that means for you is that there’s no recipe today and instead I’m subjecting you to Random Musings…
7 comments:
these look good. I ve never made them but pears poached in red wine look so nice and festive I bet they would be great.
you know what's worse than snow? freezing rain. especially freezing rain that wakes you up at 4:30 and then you can't go back to sleep.
I've never tried poached pears w/creme anglaise--that'll go on the to-do list. And pssh, snow being cold is the best part! ;-)
Sometimes I like to drop random comments into conversation just to see if people are paying attention
Turns out they were and now think you're nuts! :P
I remember an old episode of The Apprentice, where they make Donut Gelato which actually won over Raspberry-White Chocolate! They marketed it as "breakfast ice cream," heh :)
Ha! I love your random musings! Ice Cream should totally totally be marketed as breakfast food.
I have been meaning to make poached pears; sounds awesome. OKAY I mean I have been meaning to have a pear themed party and poached pears would be perfect. LOVED the musings:) I agree, snow would be better if it wasn't so darn cold:).
I haven't actually poached pears in red wine; I've always used sweet white wine. I'll def look into Jean Georges and Mark (how could one go wrong) but I also just found a great looking poached pear recipe from Simon Hopkinson's brand new book, posted here: http://www.oneforthetable.com/oftt/stories/poached-pears.html. Thanks for the inspiration tp pear-hunt!
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