The Urban Foodie: My kitchen audience...

Thursday, 8 March 2007

My kitchen audience...

Some of my 'friends' collected from my travels here and there.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: I really admire your style of cooking but moreover your apparent stubbornness in remaining true to your own style. You come across very well on MCGL. After seeing you work so well with Hannah, some of us have been hoping that you will both embark on a gastro affair and open an eatery in which we can sample your culinary delights!

Well done and good luck for the future.; 9 March 2007 at 20:03
Steve Wallis said...: Dear Sherbertdab,
Thanks so much for your great comments and support. It is really touching to know that you find what I do (albeit, sometimes to the detriment of my progress) worthy of admiration. I'm a firm believer in being true to your own style and to refine that as much as possible.
The idea of Hannah and myself co-running a gastro business would be my idea of heaven. She really is utterly fabulous, not just as a cook but also as a treasured friend. Everything she has ever cooked has tasted amazing, and that's not even including her tremendous flair for baking and creating the most sublime confections.
Hopefully I can persuade her one day for us to join forces, so watch this space.
Steven.; 9 March 2007 at 23:56
Hannah said...: Joining forces eh! Now that would be a force to be reckoned with!
Love always
Hannah
xxxx; 12 March 2007 at 09:20
Anonymous said...: Woohoo! You little stars!! How fabulous that you both shone so brightly for the michelin chefs. Nail-biting stuff watching you both, I can only imagine how fast your adrenalin must have been pumping. You both deserve to win MC2007!; 15 March 2007 at 03:10
Steve Wallis said...: Thanks Sherbert!!!
Both Hannah and I were together last night to watch last night shows. We both had tears rolling down our eyes as we reconnected with the same emotions we through on both tasks. I cannot say enough how monumental they both were, not just as cooking challenges - but a test of nerve, strength and self-belief. I don't feel ashamed one bit to have lost my nerve and cracked, all I know is I had no choice but to turn the whole thing around and just cook my heart out.

I have to say that the true star was Hannah that night, who just totally outshone us all with her blinding talent.; 15 March 2007 at 09:55
Anonymous said...: Congratulations Steven, absolutely brilliant! You and your tastebuds must be jumping for joy!

Not only have you gained the title of master-chef, you have gained a life-long friend in Hannah, I am sure.

....remember, we are waiting for that gastro affair to produce something quite wonderful!; 15 March 2007 at 21:12

MUSINGS AND QUOTES ON FOOD

"My weaknesses have always been food and men, in that order."

Dolly Parton

"Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine."

Polish Proverb

"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do."

P.J. O'Rourke

"An empty belly is the best cook."

Estonian Proverb

"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch."

James Beard

"The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us...."
Marcel Proust

"When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries."
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs."
Unknown

"Scallops are expensive, so they should be treated with some class. But then, I suppose that every creature that gives his life for our table should be treated with class."
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"Never eat more than you can lift.."
Miss Piggy, Diva.

"The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one. "
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste