"What do you want for dinner tomorrow night, Brent?

"Chicken Cordon Bleu"
"HAHAHAHA!"
"I'm serious...make it."
"okay"
So I am. My original idea was to find really thick chicken breasts and half-butterfly them (or really just make a little chicken pita pocket!!!) so that i could stuff them with chopped up ham and swiss cheese. Well...Food Network won me over with their much more gourmet (and actually much simpler) plans.
Take a boneless, skinless chicken breast and...POUND THAT SKANKY TIT! between two sheets of plastic wrap until it's pretty thin (1/4 to 1/2 and inch). lay a slice of prosciutto (or any thinly sliced ham if you're a cheapskate) and sprinkle about two or three table spoons of grated gruyere cheese (again, if you're a cheapskate: Swiss). Using one piece of the plastic wrap, roll the piece of chicken tightly so that all the filling is politely contained. Once that's done, place the roulades (chicken logs) in the fridge to set...sort of. Next, take out three separate shallow containers. In the first, combine some flour, salt and pepper. In the second, scramble an egg. In the third, combine about a cup of course, dry bread crumbs, 1 clove of garlic finely minced, thyme (dry or fresh) salt, pepper and a little melted butter for browning purposes. Take your meat log and dredge it carefully in the flour. Transfer it to the egg for a light romp and then finally carefully coat it in the breadcrumb mixture. Once it's coated place it on a greased baking pan and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Oops! the dinger just went off!

Fabulous Dessert, Elegant Cocktails and Oscar

Last night, my boyfriend and I went to his colleague Angela's house for the most delicious thing to ever be poured from a martini shaker...Clementine Cosmopolitans. Fresh squeezed clementine juice, orange liquer and pomegranate vodka. Tres Bon! As Sandra Bullock won her stupid oscar for a HORRIBLE performance in The Blindside, Brenton, Angela, Patrick (Angela's roommate) and I sipped delicious aperitifs and dined on an apricot franzipan torte: Fresh apricots in a flakey, buttery pie crust floating in sea of delicately sweet almond, egg custard. Criminy. Two things I love: Food and Booze. Two things I hate: Sandra Bullock's serious roles and people who beat out Meryl Streep for the Oscar. I MEAN COME ON! SHE PLAYED JULIA CHILD! No one plays Julia Child. Even though my Oscar experience was ruined by Sandra Bullock trying to eat Meryl Streep, the booze and the franzipan made up for it. It's okay, you can be jealous. Anyway, keep looking back for updates. Spring break is next week, which means I'm going to have a LOT of time to cook and explore my epicuriosity.

Totally an Aside But...

This is Alyssa's BABY!!!!!! Declan Dunn O'Meara. Born March 6th 2010 at 12:42 am.

Sort of Exciting, but Probably Only to Me

So last night I went to Yia Yia's in New Overland Park. If you don't know about it, it's the pretentious little restaurant on 119th and Nall that claims to be a "eurobistro". Redundant. Anyway, I went because my friend Alyssa is a big ol' ball a preggo and she's set to pop next weeks so we thought it'd be good to enjoy one last evening of childless dining. I ordered this ridiculous grilled salmon salad. Baby greens mixed with gorgonzola, spiced walnuts, dried cranberries tossed in a pommery vinaigrette (Wtf that is!?) all topped off with a beautifully grilled piece of fresh alaskan salmon(ella). MMMMM so good. Out of respect for Alyssa's current state as heavenly vessel, we opted not to drink, so i'm sorry...there will be no drunken tales to tell...This time. Our waiter was kind of a tool. He kept adding commentary everytime we ordered something. I'm sorry, i want a salad...not your freaking life story or you affinity for candy bars and milk (GOD!!! right!?). Anyway, Yia Yia's is a lovely little restaurant if you're into adventurous meals and high prices. Oh...Dessert is a must. I'm not even going to describe to you how delicious their creme brulee is, but let's just say i may have found jesus last night. Thanks for reading!!!

It All Begins Today

The two things I love most in this world:
1.Food
2. *drumroll* Booze.
-Lets be honest though, I'm not some honky tonk, whiskey drinking, white-trash drunky, I only drink the good stuff and I only do so in moderation. -
With this blog I shall write about my grandiose adventures into the gastronomical world (and in turn my shrinking bank account) and then i'll delve into the topic of my culinary aspirations and my attempts at creating beautiful dishes and meals. Holla! Check it.