I need to bring a veggie dish to a pot luck

this is what I did...Jamon Iberico de Belotta with figs.

 

make a vegetable paella.

 

roasted brussel sprouts...top with shaved parmesan.

 

just be an asshole and do some molecular gastronomy shit. :MARIS61:

 

Back from store, doing the asparagus dish.

 

grill them.

 

I thought about that, I have a multi million dollar lab at my disposal. I have liquid nitrogen, I have an autoclave, water baths, and all the bunsen burners and syringes a cook could use. M

 

sous vide portobello mushrooms with spherical garlic foam!

 

I might not be able to eat that after I kicked my ass for being too pretentious.

 

I once made a tomato water and basil sorbet, that's about as far as I can go.

 

It'd be even better if you took a blow torch and seared it all in front of everyone to order.

 

yeah, my bro got the PolyScience Sous Vide...pretty crazy... he says he uses it alot and its pretty good.

 

there was some bobby flay show where they had home cooks in LA compete. one couple had a sous vide machine and did their whole meal and failed miserably...it was pretty comical.

 

Eggplant. It's cheap, and if you slice it right, the drunks will think they're eating roast beef.

 

I am going to try and get a hemoglobin centerfuge that I expect to be discarded when a certain lab closes next year. It out of date, but would be great for certain kitchen uses.

 

There is a start-up in Seattle the is taking 'deconstruction' literally, and is able to put "meals" into liquid form that taste exactly like the meal.

 

http://modernistcuisine.com/ Modernist Cuisine: The Art And Science Of Cooking, is a molecular gastronomy 5 book series that I would love to have, but it costs about $600. A little steep for a cookbook.

 

there's the Modernist Cuisine @ Home Edition. About $100-130.

 

Still spendy, but much more in the realm of something I could do. Have you seen it?

 

no. my brother bought it though. I know there is a cheaper one that supposed to be a good basic primer on this stuff. i'll have to remember what its called.