good on-line recipies...

[C_squared]

I'm cooking dinner for someone tonight and was looking to see if anyone had a good source for recipes and shit... looking to make a spicy shrimp linguini. I googled of course, but there's so many sites to chose from... maybe I can get a bit more help from someone that knows of a really good site. thx

[Jen-E-03]

i find all of my recipes here http://allrecipes.com/

[C_squared]

hmm thx! there's one for a shimp lemon peper linguini that sounds really good.

now that goes with a white wine right? hehe

[mekim]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/ has lots of good recipes. find a show that does cajun style cooking and go from there. do a jambalaya with that shit if you want spicy.

[Jen-E-03]

yuppers!! seafood and chicken go with white wine and red meats go with red wine. Goodluck on the dinner :)

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by mekim

http://www.foodnetwork.com/ has lots of good recipes. find a show that does cajun style cooking and go from there. do a jambalaya with that shit if you want spicy.

why didn't i think of that...

http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/tools...n-with-google/

You type in whats in your fridge, and it spits out a list of recipes for dishes you can make with those ingredients.

[frogprincess]

www.epicurious.com

[PwInCeSs]

http://homecooking.about.com/

[fable]

Originally Posted by Jen-E-03

yuppers!! seafood and chicken go with white wine and red meats go with red wine. Goodluck on the dinner :)

Very old school train of thought thats been reletively forgotten over the last 8-10 years.

Reds have been increasingly been served with fish/shellfish at the most talked about tables the world over, and this experimentation in the top kitchens, and amongst experimental chefs/wine makers has translated into regular consumers being more adventuresome when it comes to their wine pairings.

Some easy/less risque pairings could include:

_ medium bodied merlots, on the lighter end of the tanin scale, served alongside fattier/meatier seafood such as monkfish (braised), marlin (spicy marinade/ grilled or whole roasted loin), mackeral (pan seared finished in the over with a tart vinaigrette)

_ a sharp chardonnay served with a roasted pork loin, perhaps stuffed with caramelized fennel and orange

_pinot gris served alongside a good ol fashioned cajun DEEPFRIED WHOLE TURKEY!

If you want to get the most out of your wine pairing experiences, ditch the 70's mindset, and think contrasting flavours. Try employing ethnic influences; street food, rural farm fair, to dictate how you want to work such contrast. For example in Provence, lavender and fennel where often used with pork, quail and such, so in turn the similair flavour profiles where attractive when selecting a wine, leading towards perhaps a bourdeaux or even a reisling.

Have fun_

[fable]

Originally Posted by frogprincess

www.epicurious.com

FUCK YES!

[fable]

Originally Posted by C_squared

I'm cooking dinner for someone tonight and was looking to see if anyone had a good source for recipes and shit... looking to make a spicy shrimp linguini. I googled of course, but there's so many sites to chose from... maybe I can get a bit more help from someone that knows of a really good site. thx

_Head to a chapters or Barbara Joe's Books for Cooks in yaletown, bring a small note pad and a pen and copy away.

_Walk down chinatown, with NO notepad, and let what the vendors and the storefronts dictate whats on the menu.

_Hit up a coldbeer wine store with knowledgeable staff and base the menu on thier suggestions

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by fable

_Head to a chapters or Barbara Joe's Books for Cooks in yaletown, bring a small note pad and a pen and copy away.

_Walk down chinatown, with NO notepad, and let what the vendors and the storefronts dictate whats on the menu.

_Hit up a coldbeer wine store with knowledgeable staff and base the menu on thier suggestions

thx shak... but I don't have that much time. great suggestions though. big ups.

fashioned cajun DEEPFRIED WHOLE TURKEY!

Holly shit!!

[fable]

Originally Posted by Junglist

Holly shit!!

An old chef friend almost burned his house down trying to do it up! Nontheless it was killer!

[fable]

Originally Posted by C_squared

thx shak... but I don't have that much time. great suggestions though. big ups.

Spicy prawn linguini is always a fave, adding mussels and chorizo sausage is a classic stylee. Throw it some fresh itallan flat leaf parsley in the end, served with some crusty ass bread, and a zinfandel, and BOOYAH!

enjoy yo'self though, dont stress on the food, and get that special person involved in the cooking - things get interesting quite fast. Hell it may get all "9 1/2 weeks" even!!

;)

[thechix0r]

You can always try martha, sounds stupid but she has some good recipes

[wishbone]

worthwhile to buy some cookbooks and start building a library :)

[brokencrayon]

Originally Posted by Junglist

Holly shit!!

nah, deep fried turkey doesn't sound as good as that amazing supper you surprised me with last week. Y'know the spinahce stuffed sole fish with lemon chive sauce. Fuck was it ever tasty, looked so classy too hehe. Cooking for your special someone especially when they aren't expecting it totally earns you a lot of brownie points! :)