Chorizo and Chickpeas
Mark Bittman's chorizo and kale recipe is one of my favorites. This is a take on a recipe in the New Tapas book which uses blood sausage and pine nuts. Here we have chorizo, bell peppers, raisins, chickpeas and almonds.
Mushroom Custard
Deconstructed frittata. I based the custard and oven cooking method from the recipe in Shimbo book, but added prosciutto, bell pepper, mushrooms, fresh cheese, a crack of pepper on top and some salt. Although the basil doesn't look very nice, baking with the rest of the elements infuses the whole dish with a sweet herby aroma. I'm swimming in basil so that's what I used, but thyme or rosemary could very well have made it on the table too.
Deconstructed frittata. I based the custard and oven cooking method from the recipe in Shimbo book, but added prosciutto, bell pepper, mushrooms, fresh cheese, a crack of pepper on top and some salt. Although the basil doesn't look very nice, baking with the rest of the elements infuses the whole dish with a sweet herby aroma. I'm swimming in basil so that's what I used, but thyme or rosemary could very well have made it on the table too.
Tuna Yuzu Ceviche
Sushi grade tuna with red onions, yuzu paste, grape tomatoes, a touch of soy and olive oil, with copious lemons and lime, garnished with fresh basil.
Sushi grade tuna with red onions, yuzu paste, grape tomatoes, a touch of soy and olive oil, with copious lemons and lime, garnished with fresh basil.
Salad with "Aji" Yogurt Dressing
Patatas Bravas from Saveur
Highlights among the horror films on tap for the night:
Death Bed: The Bed that Eats
Un Tranquillo Posto di Campagna - A Quiet Place in the Country
Directed by Elio Petri
Highlights among the horror films on tap for the night:
Too slow but marvelously ridiculous. That someone justified this film to producers and an audience creatively is a feat unto itself.
Directed by Elio Petri
The Italian penchant for twisted romantic relationships takes on the extra psychological burdens of artistic madness, mysticism, oedipal values, sadomasochism and an exploration of the Petite Object A. At the heart of the story is one man's retreat from sterile modernist trappings to the countryside, despite the objections of his long suffering and controlling girlfriend. He busts out the canvas in a appropriately ramshackle villa, ostensibly to overcome his artist's block, but instead of painting, he petulantly obsesses over the former resident, a nymphomaniac whose memory haunts the lives of the smallfolk in this picturesque town. Each troubling layer of the artist's psyche is revealed through unsettling daydreams that express an underlying violence and hedonism repressed in society at large. The character's gruesome journey is an allegory for a specific kind of colloquialism bred by oppressive political and cultural forces beyond the immediate. To this effect, the beautiful cinematography and the filmic spaces of the villa itself are summarily ripped apart by incisive editing, as his mind cannot help but interject the real into the rational.
The one film of the evening where I actually screamed out loud because a bookcase fell down of all things. I think that means this horror is good horror.
Accordingly, if I was ever to write a book, I would call it Petite Object X.
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