Food, glorious fooooood!
When I was in "Oliver!" I played Mrs. Corney, the evil keeper of the orphans, who made life hell for those cute little boys. When poor orphan Oliver asked me for more food I simply freaked out. This reaction came from a place deep in my heart: I am not good at sharing food. I love food. This love of food comes from my mother, often dubbed "the vacuum" cleaner. Not in the gross way.
So, on to the important stuff, last night my adoring mom and I strolled over the the Spertus Museum for an awesome kosher cooking demonstration for the high holidays. The chef, Laura Frankel, was absolutely awesome with respect to the recipes, explaining the background of the holiday traditions, as well as articulating important distinctions between expensive and cheap olive oils, honeys, and cinnamons!
It was really an outstanding class. Not only did I learn alot but it was a realistic recipe I look forward to making soon. It was completely seasonal, so I could use all of the yummy fresh foods I can find on Tuesdays across the street from my work at the farmers market. Creamy (but parve!) cold corn and potato soup, fresh and succulent heirloom tomato and roasted beat salad with an apple cider-honey dressing, sweet and savory beef/rasin/rice/cranberry stuffed chicken, with a pesto oil and fig compote garnish, and an AMAZINGLY EASY apple cake to bring it all together. It may have been the three glasses of wine, but I truly enjoyed the menu as well as the company, and look forward to seeing Laura again. I also bought one of her cookbooks, which she kindly signed. Buying a kosher cook book is one of life's little pleasures for me, because I can literally make every recipe in the book without modifying or skipping it over. Since I keep kosher (I use this term loosely; I don't mix dairy and meat, eat pork or shellfish, etc.), most cook books are not used the way they should be. I have a great assortment of my favorite chefs (Tal Ronnen, Bourdain, etc), but I find I have to get creative with recipes or skip them all together because they simply can't take a kosher-kick in the ass.
SO, I am thoroughly looking forward to trying Laura's recipes, in addition to having a private class with her soon! (She offers all sorts of fun classes!) Check out her blog here: http://www.lauraskosher.com/. Check out the museum here: http://www.spertus.edu/museum/.
I hope you can enjoy some of Laura's recipes as much as I did, and maybe even join me at her next event!
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