"No need to ask...." A broadcast dedicated to food and the music it inspires. Each episode I'll call on a different person to share a recipe, restaurant, or some other food experience with us. Join in and listen to Food Operator - a virtual bottomless pit of possibilities!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Dana's Cabbage Rolls

"The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, seasoned with vinegar, before dinner, and likewise after dinner eat some half-dozen leaves. It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like." - Cato

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Dana in Madrid shows us how to make yummy cabbage rolls. 
 
 
Dana's Cabbage Rolls
Cabbage
Ground meat
Rice
Tomato sauce
Worcestershire sauce
Egg
Bread crumbs
Magical spices
 
Setlist

Cabbage Alley The Meters
(Bile 'em Cabbage The Hillbillly Gypsies)
Dirty Hands Galactic Cowboys
(Cabbage Town Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band)
The Lid Swamp Cabbage
(Stew, Cabbage & Galactic Beans Lenny White)
Boiling Water (feat. Sam Frank) Magnetic Man
(Cabbage Venetian Snares)
Fascination (Fascination) Feed God Cabbage
(The Cabbage Teenage Fanclub)
Cabbage Patch Theme Tom Chapin and Steven Chapin

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Guillermo's Spanish Omelette

Oliver Douglas: "It looks like a boa constrictor with lumps."
Lisa Douglas: "That's the last time I cook you a Spanish omelette."
- "Green Acres"


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Guillermo in Madrid teaches us how to make a Spanish Omelette. Visit his blog Al Pan, Pan y al Vino, Vino. 
 
 
Spanish Omelette

(serves 4)
4-5 potatoes
5 eggs
half an onion
salt
olive oil
 
Setlist

(Tortilla The Bomboras)
Potato Patch (With Jerry "Boogie" McCain) Kenny Wayne Shepherd
(My Sweet Potato Booker T & The MGs)
The Onion Song Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Potato Cheryl Wheeler
(I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Fred Astaire)
Scrambled Eggs Nat Adderley
(Eggs Alexandre Desplat)
(The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing Joe Satriani)

Friday, May 14, 2010

Suzan's Mediterranean Chicken




“An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.”
- Nancy Mitford


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Suzan in Sunnyvale introduces us to Mediterranean Chicken 
 
 
Mediterranean chicken

4-5 chicken breasts
4 oz goat cheese (in small pieces or crumbled)
5 oz fresh baby spinach leaves
1 red pepper, diced
2 green onions, chopped
2 eggs
3 Tbl water
8 oz seasoned bread crumbs
l jar of pasta sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
8 baby red potatoes, halved
 
Setlist

(Hene Hene Kou Aka Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)
(Rock-A-Hula Baby Elvis Presley)
Dust Bowl 10,000 Maniacs
(Greens at the Chicken Shack Roy Hargrove Quintet)
Feeling Just The Way I Do (Over You) Cecilio & Kapono
(Mediterraneo Joan Manuel Serrat)
Airplane Indigo Girls

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Amelia tries to make Spotted Skate Wing with Braised Red Cabbage and Mustard Sauce

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

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Carol Blymire from Alineaathome.com knows how to make this recipe (see photo to right); Amelia does not (see photo below) 
 
 
Spotted Skate Wing with Braised Red Cabbage and Mustard Sauce
red cabbage
red wine
butter
red onion
apples
russet potatos
wildflower honey
salt and pepper
yellow and black (or brown) mustard seeds
carrot, leek, mushrooms
canola oil
vegetable stock
butter
cream
chives
skate or halibut
 
Setlist
Honey White Morphine
Cream (NPG Mix) Prince
Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day Jethro Tull

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Dr. Biggles' Arrosto Di Maiale Al Latte

"Pig roast! It's my favorite meal
Pig roast! Let's hear you squeal
Pig roast! It's a hell of a deal"
-Quincy Punx


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Dr. Biggles teaches us all about pork! Visit his tasty website, MeatHenge!! 
 
 
Arrosto Di Maiale Al Latte
2 to 3 lb pork roast
butter
s&p
whole milk
garlic
water
 
Setlist
Hot-Buttered Soul Corey Glover
Heart Beat, Pig Meat Pink Floyd
Milk Kings of Leon
Barbra is Like Butter "Coffee Talk" "Saturday Night Live"
Piggies The Beatles

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Pam's Black Beans and Rice

"Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice."
- Pam Grier


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Pam in York, Pennsylvania cooks up a hearty winter meal! 
 
 
Black Beans & Rice
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 cup diced green onion
1/4 cup red pepper
2 cloves minced garlic
1 15 oz can undrained black beans
2-3 smoked turkey legs
1 tsp oregano
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 cup water
 
Setlist
Smoke Ohio Players
Beans and Rice Schoolhouse Rock
A Los Frijoles Caballeros Conjunto Artemiseño
Down By Law Beans
The End Justifies the Beans Into The Woods
Workingman's Blues #2 Bob Dylan

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Kristine's Three-cheese Elbo Macaroni and Cheese

"I like cooking - I make a good stir-fry and the family likes it when I make stewed chicken and macaroni and cheese."
- Marion Jones


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Kristine shows us how to properly prepare macaroni and cheese - for adults! 
 
 
Three-cheese Elbo Macaroni and Cheese
1pkg. elbo macaroni
1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. seasoned bread crumbs
12 oz. cottage cheese
3 c. cheddar cheese
2 c. milk
1/2 c. parmesan cheese
2 eggs
serves 3-4 people
 
Setlist
Squeeze Me Macaroni Mr. Bungle
Seas of Cheese Primus
"Macaroni and Cheese" Kids in the Hall
Macaroni and Cheese Bill Harley
Kraft Dinner Commercial
Yankee Doodle Dandy Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra
Havin' a Roni Vanilla Ice
Elbo Room Charlie Hunter Trio