From the Mountains of Montana to the Streets of London

In 2006, I uprooted my life to London for a Masters at RADA and Kings. This was a means to an end, a path to a coveted PhD in Performance Studies back in the States.

Days go by and I'm still here. That PhD gave way to new friends, marriage, two ridiculous cats and a burgeoning career as a solicitor.

Ah well, life is surprising and this blog is just a slice of what it's like as an American expat in London.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Down home decadence



One of the resolutions for the new year is to buy, cook and discard more wisely. This all involves a SERIOUS amount of planning that is sometimes enjoyable, occasionally onerous. Sunday, I beer roasted a chicken and fried up some kale, whilst Chris rocked the roasted potatoes and maple-mustard glazed parsnips. As usual, I tore off all the chicken from the carcass (a very fun and messy endeavor), and simmered the bones with veg and herbs for stock all night long.

Chris has taken a New Orleans tradition of Red Beans and Rice on Monday and adapted it to London because I'm out late with class. So we were left with a small bowl full of chicken and a vat of stock. Michael Ruhlman posted a recipe for chicken and dumplings on his blog back in January that caught my eye, as a cheap and easy way to reuse roast chicken. So that went up on the weekly meal plan (followed by roast pork tenderloin tomorrow, dinner with Lib Dem Vince Cable on Thursday and tacos on Friday - see? It does involve hella planning).

Oh. My. God. Delicious. Decadent. Scrumptious. And every other word that describes amazing food.

http://blog.ruhlman.com/2010/01/chicken-and-dumplings.html

The tarragon added a refined element and enriched the dish even more by invoking the flavor of hollandaise, and the lemon gave the dish a necessary acidic kick at the end. Being a house full of hot sauce, we added Dave's Roasted Garlic hot sauce at the very end to spice it up a bit. Perfection :)
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