Oscar Winning Menu
I feel like Cinderella at the Governor's Ball...
Have you seen the menu for the Governor's ball that follows the 78th annual Academy Awards March 5th? Wolfgang Puck is in charge and it's going to be dazzling!
Apparently the dinner will feature an entree of chicken and black truffle risotto. For those of you that speak my food language...this black truffle isn't the type you buy at a chocolate store. I'll be honest, I've seen these black truffles at high priced markets and delis but I've never actually cooked with them. Puck purchased 30 pounds of black truffles (a type of flavorful fungus I believe) for the low, low price of...drum roll please...$30,000. At the price of $1,000 per pound, no wonder I've never used them in my recipes. But I have made risotto and I've never tasted a risotto I didn't like. So, great choice Wolfgang!
Also on the fancy food list for the ball is smoked salmon pizza with caviar. The price tag on this evenings supply of caviar? I'll give you a hint... it's more than the black truffles...$40,000! Wolfgang's people specify "Osetra" caviar. I suppose if I lived among and cooked for the rich and famous, the name "Osetra caviar" would mean something to me. But alas, just the name "caviar" doesn't even mean anything to me.
I'll tell you what does mean something to me though...each guest at the ball goes home with a gold-dusted chocolate Oscar made with Valrhona chocolate. Okay Mr. Puck! now you have gotten my attention. Now you are speaking my language.
What will I be doing the night of the Academy Awards and the Governor's Ball? I'll be watching snippets of the celebrities making their acceptance speeches while I fold laundry, do the dinner dishes, and help my daughters with homework. But probably right about the time they're handing out those chocolate Oscars at the Governor's ball...maybe, just maybe, I'll be curled up on the couch enjoying a Girl Scout cookie or two with my cup of green tea. Total cost? 50 cents.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Celebrity Diets, Fitness For Couch Potatoes
Technorati Tags: academyawards, governorsball, wolfgangpuck, caviar, truffles, chocolate, girlscoutcookies
Have you seen the menu for the Governor's ball that follows the 78th annual Academy Awards March 5th? Wolfgang Puck is in charge and it's going to be dazzling!
Apparently the dinner will feature an entree of chicken and black truffle risotto. For those of you that speak my food language...this black truffle isn't the type you buy at a chocolate store. I'll be honest, I've seen these black truffles at high priced markets and delis but I've never actually cooked with them. Puck purchased 30 pounds of black truffles (a type of flavorful fungus I believe) for the low, low price of...drum roll please...$30,000. At the price of $1,000 per pound, no wonder I've never used them in my recipes. But I have made risotto and I've never tasted a risotto I didn't like. So, great choice Wolfgang!
Also on the fancy food list for the ball is smoked salmon pizza with caviar. The price tag on this evenings supply of caviar? I'll give you a hint... it's more than the black truffles...$40,000! Wolfgang's people specify "Osetra" caviar. I suppose if I lived among and cooked for the rich and famous, the name "Osetra caviar" would mean something to me. But alas, just the name "caviar" doesn't even mean anything to me.
I'll tell you what does mean something to me though...each guest at the ball goes home with a gold-dusted chocolate Oscar made with Valrhona chocolate. Okay Mr. Puck! now you have gotten my attention. Now you are speaking my language.
What will I be doing the night of the Academy Awards and the Governor's Ball? I'll be watching snippets of the celebrities making their acceptance speeches while I fold laundry, do the dinner dishes, and help my daughters with homework. But probably right about the time they're handing out those chocolate Oscars at the Governor's ball...maybe, just maybe, I'll be curled up on the couch enjoying a Girl Scout cookie or two with my cup of green tea. Total cost? 50 cents.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Celebrity Diets, Fitness For Couch Potatoes
Technorati Tags: academyawards, governorsball, wolfgangpuck, caviar, truffles, chocolate, girlscoutcookies
3 Comments:
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United States guidelines tell us to include dairy products in our diet for calcium and protein. Chiropractors say that the body cannot absorb the calcium from dairy products. In fact, they say dairy products are void of any nutrition! Please address this issue...who is right?
Chiropractors are *never* right. They have no real medical training (though a lot of psuedo-scientific training).
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