I bring a camera to the fucking TABLE! (What did you cook last night?)

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cigaw: Sep 13, 2012

I've been cooking birthday lunches for my Dad for a few years now. This past Sunday was this year's (belated) birthday lunch and I managed to snap a few pictures.

My apologies in advance for the pictures, since I am not only bad at picture-taking, but I also had hungry relatives to feed in a hurry.

Main was Beef Wellington (which was tasty but overcooked since I underestimated carry-over heat).

With Braised Leeks (which were unfortunately a little undercooked).

And Roasted Brussels Sprouts.

Berry tart for dessert.

Not pictured: Greek salad by my girlfriend and Red Velvet Cake by my mom.

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cigaw: Sep 13, 2012

bosko posted:

Beautiful. I've never thought to braise leeks because I grew up mostly making leek soup (where browning on the leek = bad). Summary of how you made em? Looks like there's lots of garlic!

paraquat posted:

I've only just learned about braised leeks, didn't care for leeks before that (I'm not a soup person)
Think those are hazelnuts?

would like the recipe/"making of" as well

I was on the leeks-must-remain-white-camp before I came across this method. Also, those are indeed toasted and smashed hazelnuts.

It's a really easy recipe from Gordon Ramsay, although I did use only about half of the listed amount for hazelnuts. Links: Recipe/Video

sharkattack posted:

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Your dad is a very lucky guy! This all looks fantastic! (Also your photos are great)

Ohmygodthankyou! This made my day! I've been drooling over your recipes and gorgeous pictures for ages now and I must admit that I tried to use your photo editing guide to get my pictures to look more lively. I still have a lot to learn, especially about composition, though.

franco posted:

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That tart is pretty as a picture - lucky dad, indeed!

I had a Greek salad moment (apparently I'm really getting into summery dishes in winter...) thinking "I LOVE Greek salad, why do I never make it? It's simple and clean and fresh and not really cooking at all!" - so bro(sephine) fist to your gf:

Oh goodness, I'm not much of a pork chop fan but I think you just turned me. If they all looked like that....wow that's an attractive plate of food!

Something from budgetbytes was mentioned in (I think) the po' food thread a short while back and I was a: starving and b: had all the ingredients on hand. So Dragon Noodles:

The perils of not specifying which kind of soy sauce in a recipe! I've always been (for the most part) "light as an ingredient and dark as a condiment" but some recent discussion here says that should be the other way round. So I trusted that and went dark...yeah. The colour should be a complete giveaway that she used light. No matter - was quick and tasty as hell. What's a difference of colour between friends?

Thanks for the comment on the tart! I have a new-found respect for bakers who have to decorate tarts and pastries on a daily basis. I must have spent about 15-20min standing around and trying to figure out how to decorate that freaking thing.

Love the look of the salad :respek:

and the dragon noodles are making my mouth water.

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