http://www.feedingfashionistas.com Dinner Party Records presents: The urban gourmand's guide to gourmet cooking with flair Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:49:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just got done cooking a batch of candied golden beets. Ever since one of my pals cooked some candied parsnips for me around thanksgiving time, I have been HOOKED on dousing root vegetables in inordinate amounts of fat, sugar, and salt. Thanks for the love handles, Matt! ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/174 This past week I had the chance to meet up with my friend Jordan Gray, also known as Starpause, over dinner. I've been wanting to shift formats for a while on this blog and coincidentally, he was leaving on tour over the weekend so we thought it was a perfect ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/152 I tried a little experiment this week, based on a tip-off I got from George. He never leads me astray. At a dinner party at his house I was cooking up some lamb in a pan when I needed a bit of oil or grease. He handed me a container of ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/148 Can you suss out what each of these beloved kitchen tools are? Leave a comment, smarty pantses*. * What's the proper tense to use when addressing more than one smarty-pants? Leave a comment on that, too. http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/145 I decided to stay in tonight and whip up what I expected to be a mess of a date night dinner. Turns out I proved myself wrong, and that it was actually post-worthy. Delicious, in fact. It's one of those days when the groceries are dwindling and I had to dig ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/143 That's right... This onion/poblano pepper/seitan/roquefort omelet and breathtaking heirloom tomato were breakfast today, and my first post in a LONG time to my beloved FF (sustained by the expert hand of Patrice while I was away) is on deck for this weekend. Don't say you weren't warned. ProTip: One ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/134 We knew we were onto something when we first started Dinner Party. Our idea to host weekly dinner parties in various locales was nothing novel, but rather part of an increasingly popular trend of taking food out of the restaurants and into the streets. This article outlines the ways in which ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/125 After major neglect of this blog I'm pushing through all the half-started drafts that were formulating in my head. I cook every day. I eat every day and I'd wager George and I have a good dinner party about once a week, but not enough of it is making it ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/122 There is a little gem of a restaurant in San Francisco that I found out about when I was 18. It's tucked away in the furthest corner of the Mission and serves something I LOVE that most people have never heard of. It's called Zantes and they make: INDIAN PIZZA. ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/120 My CSA box is out to get me. They scouted my kitchen and peered into my soul to see what I have the most disdain for eating, and then they deliver bags and bags of it to me every week. It's like a well-meaning parent pushing a plate of broccoli ... http://www.feedingfashionistas.com/archives/115