It's been a crazy week of wine tastings, taking a break from wine tastings only to go wine tasting in Sonoma & Napa, more wine tastings over the weekend, and studying (drinking) in preparation for my Somm nailed the blind tasting thank you very much exam.
Now ... here I sit in my sweats, kicking back with a bottle of beer, and catching up on the DVRed event that I've been waiting for all year. No, not the Super Bowl go Steelers! No, not the season premiere of Bones this Thursday night!
Today I'm pairing a Rare Vos Belgian Style Amber with an equally spicy ...
This is taking food porn to a whole new level ... and I don't meanJack Hughes butchering a pig with his shirt off Michael Chiarello's ever-classic Italian-meets-Napa flavor of kitchen hunkness.
Alas, it's not the mad skills, creativity, the sweat, drama, and guts these chef personalities are throwing down, often literally, in this battle of all culinary battles. Nor is it the pork goodness on the first round plates.
It's the one-liners. Oh for Pete's sake, these are even more snicker-worthy than last year's Cupcake Quotes:
"We all know who's packing the biggest knife in this kitchen." (Alton Brown in reference to The Chairman)
"I'm the heat and you're the meat." (Chef Anne Burrell to teammate Chef Robert Irvine)
"I expect to have no fewer than 12 foodgasms during this competition." (Judy Joo, Iron Chef UK judge)
<Insert Alton Brown blushing and momentarily speechless here>
"It's going to be a knockout punch in the face of scallopness." (Chef Spike Mendelsohn)
"It had been awful nice if the peanut gallery had muzzles." (Again, thank you, Chef Spike)
"...this one's a little more rich and lusty." (Chef Symon referring to ... a scallop dish)
Speaking of rich and lusty ... my UPS guy should be here any minute ... with a shipment of some rich and lusty Cab Sauvs.
Peace, love, and pork.
Now ... here I sit in my sweats, kicking back with a bottle of beer, and catching up on the DVRed event that I've been waiting for all year. No, not the Super Bowl go Steelers! No, not the season premiere of Bones this Thursday night!
Today I'm pairing a Rare Vos Belgian Style Amber with an equally spicy ...
... duh duh duuuuhh ...
This is taking food porn to a whole new level ... and I don't mean
Alas, it's not the mad skills, creativity, the sweat, drama, and guts these chef personalities are throwing down, often literally, in this battle of all culinary battles. Nor is it the pork goodness on the first round plates.
It's the one-liners. Oh for Pete's sake, these are even more snicker-worthy than last year's Cupcake Quotes:
"We all know who's packing the biggest knife in this kitchen." (Alton Brown in reference to The Chairman)
"I'm the heat and you're the meat." (Chef Anne Burrell to teammate Chef Robert Irvine)
"I expect to have no fewer than 12 foodgasms during this competition." (Judy Joo, Iron Chef UK judge)
<Insert Alton Brown blushing and momentarily speechless here>
"It's going to be a knockout punch in the face of scallopness." (Chef Spike Mendelsohn)
"It had been awful nice if the peanut gallery had muzzles." (Again, thank you, Chef Spike)
"...this one's a little more rich and lusty." (Chef Symon referring to ... a scallop dish)
Speaking of rich and lusty ... my UPS guy should be here any minute ... with a shipment of some rich and lusty Cab Sauvs.
Peace, love, and pork.
Totally hooked on this too, can't wait for tonight's ball park challenge!
ReplyDeleteWas looking forward to it all day, but must have been exhausted after a busy weekend and idiot-infested drive back from Denver after Somm class. I passed out after a bowl of soup & a cup of tea & the last thing I remember was Alex asking for more lemonade. Will have to watch the DVR tonight - shhh - don't tell me who won't be the next Iron Chef!
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