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Corn Tortilla Soup
Donna and I spent half the day yesterday shooting the promotional video for our new book, out next month, and I figured I should ask our videographer, Cynthia Albanese, to shoot as much video as possible. So in addition to describing the book, I also roasted a chicken, made stock and made a soup from the stock to demonstrate The Generosity of a Chicken. We had fresh corn, tomatoes from the garden and everyone loves the dynamic flavor the lime juice gives this soup, the richness of the avocado, and fresh crunchy tortillas, so that's what I made. When you've got delicious stock on hand, you're five minutes away from dozens of possible meals. I could have used left over chicken and some noodles, I could have cooked ...
Posted in aromatics, Books, Chicken, Ethnic Cuisine, Recipes Also tagged mexican, recipe, tortilla soup, twenty techniques Comments closed
How To Grill Corn
Corn is in and with the hot weather, there's no better way to cook corn than to grill it. People have asked me what's the best way to do it? There are two basic ways, depending on what you're after. Corn today is so sweet and tender, it only needs to be heated through, so your decision is really one about types of heat to use, high direct heat, which will brown the corn giving it a grilled flavor, or low temperature, steamed within its wet husk.
I like both and the above corn which we ate after a day at the beach (sigh), used a little of both. I love the appearance because it tells you how it was cooked. If I want a really smoke roasted caramelized flavor, I'd shuck the ...
Posted in outdoor cooking, Recipes, Tips, Vegetables Also tagged bbq, grilled corn, ice cream, summer Comments closed
Citrus
Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
Long enamored of black and white, my wife and collaborator has been working on a series of food shots featuring not food so much as the color of food. If you like her work, let her know, spread this link on facebook or twitter, or have a look at her gallery at ruhlmanphotography.com.
This last one reflects where we've been. Florida at the height of citrus season. Great weather for the first time in a decade, excellent lunch at Cafe Morada, jaw achingly chewy conch fritters at Alabama Jack's, an excellent meal at a new place on Palm Beach (my mom's a real estate agent at Sotheby's there) at Buccan, and delicious and genuine daiquiris at Nick and Johnny's watching Duke's final win (sigh).
Back home and will resume posting Monday (thinking stock more ...
Posted in Books, Donna Turner Ruhlman Photography Also tagged chef series, citrus, Donna Turner Ruhlman, food photography, food photos, lemon, of a chef series, orange, ratio, spring break Comments closed


















