"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, September 21, 2016

Amber's Gingerbread Pudding Cake

“Had I but a penny in the world, thou shouldst have it for gingerbread.” - Shakespeare

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In San Francisco for Amber's gingerbread pudding 
 
 
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
14 1/2 ounce package gingerbread mix
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup raisins
2 1/4 cups water
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter
Vanilla ice cream (optional)
 
Setlist

(Industrial Cooking Spray The Outside Agency & Tapage)
G.R.I.T.S Brantley Gilbert
(Milk Jimmie's Chicken Shack)
Hot Lunch Fame Soundtrack
(Pudding Time Primus)
Gently Ready for the World
(Ginger Hooverphonic)
Sink to the Bottom Fountains of Wayne
(Crock Pot Joey Baron & Bill Frisell)
Bread Puddin' Gerald Veasley
(Gingerbread Frankie Avalon)
Ice Cream Dragon Ginger Baker

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

"Les lapins courent plus vite que les renards simplement parce qu'ils courent pour survivre." - Franck Thilliez

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In Toulouse for Rafa's rabbit 
 
 
Sauté de lapin
un lapin (entier)
de l'ail
de l'oignon
de la tomate
de la courgette
et des herbes en plus, voilà.
 
Setlist

Ce Soir Kyo
(Bisous Lapin Câlin)
Mon Petit Lapin inconnu
(Rabbit Seed Earth Wind & Fire)
Rabbit Heart [Raise It Up] Florence And The Machine
(Bunnies Pansy Division)
Un Lapin Chantal Goya
(White Rabbit George Benson)
Les Yeux Fermés L'Affaire Louis' Trio

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Natje's Chocolate Mousse

"If there's no chocolate in Heaven, I'm not going." - Jane Seabrook

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In Gent for Natje's chocolate mousse 
 
 
Milk-and-Dark-Chocolate Mousse Cake
3/4 plus 1 tablespoon (118 grams) all-purpose flour, sifted
3/4 cup (70 grams) unsweetened alkalized cocoa powder, sifted
6 large eggs
1 cup (200 grams) sugar
2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter, melted
3 1/2 cups (812 grams) heavy cream
5 ounces (142 grams) milk chocolate, finely chopped
5 ounces (142 grams) bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
 
Setlist

Burned Buffalo Springfield
(Stir It Up Patti Labelle)
Non Voglio Cioccolata Mina
Upside Down Ledisi
(Love Hangover Erykah Badu)
Death by Chocolate Sia
(Buttermilk Biscuits Sir Mix-A-Lot)
Chocolate Mousse Swedish Chef

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Mom's fried catfish

"Kids can catch a catfish and they can release it or, if they can convince mother, they can take it home and fry it up." - Jack Nugent

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Heading to Memphis for Mom's fried catfish. 
 
 
Fried Catfish Recipe
15-lb. catfish caught by Larry
Lousiana seasoned cornmeal
Greek seasoning
Salt
Pepper
Vegetable oil
 
Setlist

Golden Jill Scott
(Shake It Up The Cars)
Flakes Frank Zappa
(Hot Hot Hot!!! The Cure)
Drop It Like It's Hot Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell
Nine Minutes Amelia Ray
(Car Wash Rose Royce)
Rise and Fall Dizzy Mizz Lizzy

Monday, November 12, 2012

Françoise's Raclette

"Trop de raclette tue les toilettes." - BipBipEtCoyote

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Françoise in Saint-Jean d'Angély prepares raclette (in French). Click here for a recipe in English. 
 
 
Original Raclette Recipe
8 small/medium potatoes
700g Raclette Cheese
1 jar pickled gherkin cucumbers (cornichons)
4 small onions (or shallots)
24 slices salami or ham
freshly ground pepper
 
Setlist

(La tartiflette Les 3 Fromages)
La raclette La Kinkerne
(Plein comme une andouille Kari Kollgang)
Quand les andouille voleront Les Charlots
(Saucisson de cheval Boby Lapointe)
J'suis l'andouille qui fait l'imbécile Coluche
(La complainte de la pomme de terre Blair)
Red, Red Wine Neil Diamond
(Le rap de la raclette Unknown artists)
Raclette Axis Mundi
(Les cornichons Nino Ferrer)
La raclette au ski Festival Roblès

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)