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Well, we will have such a prologue
The IntroFor my birthday this year, my brother got me a cookbook - Shakespeare's Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook, by Francine Segan. I've been trying to do more cooking recently,...
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Where are the vile beginners of this fray?
To start this blog off with a bang (ye olde bange, as it would have been called), I decided to kick off this past Sunday with not one but two recipes from Shakespeare's Kitchen. Actually, that's a bit...
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Hath turn'd his balls to gun-stones
Excelsior, true believers!I wanted to start this entry by thanking everyone who's shown an interest in the project. It's extremely heartening to realize that people I don't already know are checking in...
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Flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified
On Sunday, my girlfriend Michelle came over to pick something from Shakespeare's Kitchen for me to cook for her. It was kind of like Iron Chef, but with a whole recipe.Eventually, we settled on...
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And much fool may you find in you
In case you missed me flipping out about it via FB and Twitter, on Tuesday Playing The Cook was featured briefly on the 92nd St Y's blog. What's really crazy about this is that they found out about my...
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Red, master; red as blood
If you've never heard of Mark Bittman, you should change that fact. He does a lot of food writing, most famously for the New York Times, which is where I first encountered him. The recipes in that...
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To make midnight mushrooms
This past week, I had a thought. "I've never roasted a chicken," the thought went, "and I should do that." "Good idea, Thought," I, uh, said. "I could really go for some roast chicken." Sadly, I had...
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Poll: What's in a name?
Four are the number of obstacles routinely thrown in the way of my epic cooking quest.1) Renaissance Stock2) Renaissance Dough3) "place the ingredients in a small food processor"4) "using a hand mixer...
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And that's a good root
Buying groceries is complicated. This should not be the case! There are only two real options for groceries in my neighborhood: Safeway and Whole Foods. Safeway is cheaper, and has standard brands...
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As rheumatic as two dry toasts
The fix is in! With a stunning 33% lead over the nearest competitors (i.e., one additional vote), Caliban and Ariel have swept the Poll results! In case anyone was confused, the food processor is now...
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No more cakes and ale
I remember when rock was young; me and Suzie had so much fun, and I never missed updates or messed with classic songs so they didn't scan correctly anymore and what's up with that? In way of apology, I...
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Since Pompey's Feast
Did you miss me? Apologies for the enormous delay between posts. I mostly blame this on a spring break trip up to NYC. While I got to see friends and family, and eat some amazing food, I did very...
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Much Like A Cheese
This past Saturday was St. Patrick's Day, but by spreading out my pub visits I managed to invent St. Patrick's Day weekend. You're welcome. Here's the story of how some cooking fit in there.But first,...
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Does The World Go Round?
I finally got around to making the Inside-out Pie, thus completing my delayed attempt at celebrating a Renaissancey version of Pie Day. But since a pie isn't technically a meal, I needed something to...
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Let The Sky Rain Potatoes
I went into work today only to discover that, when your employing institution considers Easter to be SRS BZNS, everything is closed on Thursday and you can't actually hold your office hours. And so, in...
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This mini-entry comes as an apology for the lack of recent updates. I've gone into end-of-semester panic mode, where food exists entirely as a form of unacceptable procrastination and blogging is right...
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A Rose By Any Other Name
...would taste mostly like honey, as it turns out. TRUE FACT!It's less than a week to my first finals due date, which means that I have to be on my A-game. In regards to procrastination, that is. And...
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Give Us Your Hands
My dear friends! Have you missed me? I have missed you!I did some cooking in secret. Let me show you.I finally made the Renaissance Stock.That enabled me to make some delicious Italian Pea Pottage with...
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