Today is Grilled Cheese Day here in the U.S.A.
What kid or big person kid-at-heart doesn’t like a Grilled Cheese sandwich?
Nothing better–I mean NOTHING BETTER–than a Grilled Cheese on a wintery day, a rainy day, a sunny day, a foggy day, even a muggy day. After school. After work. Before a workout. Before a date. After, before–anytime.
Next best thing? A cheese paella. Whuh?
CLICK HERE for this recipe with a twist on Mac & Cheese.
So what’s up with grittingly stupid twentysomething Hannah and Jessa of HBO’s “Girls.” Does anyone really have “friends” like these two? Really?
HBO “Girls” – Hannah & Jessa
Do you hang out with anyone that would publicly pop a squat to empty her bladder at the train terminal tracks? Season 2, Episode 7 of HBO’s “Girls,” titled “Video Games.”
A-n-y redeeming value in that? I didn’t think so. Oh wait, free-spirit Jessa can cook paella. Well, there you have it. Total redemption.
We’re stealing this amazing recipe from twentysomething Hollywood Chef Jason Cline who’s navigated his career rather well. Isn’t he adordable!
Hollywood Chef Jason Cline
For all you Hollywood and non-Hollywood twentysomething girls who just wanna have fun as you navigate your way through life–cook paella at home!
CLICK HERE for Jason’s recipe.
Hollywood Paella
And today’s 2012 Nobel Prize Award in Chemistry goes to Americans Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka. Their breakthrough scientific studies centered on proteins that let body cells respond to signals from the outside.
Photo: EPA
And what kind of celebratory banquet is given for the Nobel Prize award recipients after they pick up their $1.2 million checks? Any seafood paella dishes in keeping with the Nobel Banquet guidelines that the menu should have a touch of Scandinavia?
The 2011 Nobel Prize gala banquet comes close. It featured protein-coupled Lobster, the delicious crustacean known around the world as the epitome of class and culinary sophistication. And…in Norway, they do not just eat lobster, they Do Lobster.
For a full list of menus (since 1901), click HERE. And for more Nobel Prize fun facts and list, click HERE.
Here’s how you Do Lobster at home.
Click IMAGE for recipe from WILLIAMS-SONOMA.
Packed up. Gone and movin’ on.
Ladies, get your paellas hot and ready to serve up some scrumptious food for a broken heart, which is what Robert Pattinson really needs at this moment. And for good measure, chill the wine…also good for overcoming a cheating heart.
I’m Outta Here
Kristen Stewart’s a silly, silly girl. Gave up a real prince charming while filming a movie about a not-so-real prince charming.
And how can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go round? How can you mend this broken man? How can a loser ever win? Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again. Artists: Bee Gees
What does the doctor recommend for mending a broken heart? In this case, we’ll take the lead from Heart Center cardiologist Richard Shlofmitz, M.D. at St. Francis Hospital in Long Island. His heart-healthy menu includes hearts of palm, romaine, and artichoke salad, and vegetarian paella.
Gather your Twilight vamp friends and enjoy a heart thrilling paella while watching your fave: Edward Cullen or Jacob Black.
CLICK HERE for the Heart Healthy Vegetarian Paella recipe.
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Celebrity handsome and sexy? Indisputably. But is he really 6 ft tall and blonde? A bit girlie? Nakedly revolutionizing?
TV celebrity chef Jaime Oliver, himself, lays these questions about his enhanced looks to rest —once and for all. Straight up.
And Jaime’s wife of 12 years, Jools, gives us a pretty good idea about his feminine side. Also straight up. “He’s quite girly. He chose the pink in the house. He does the girls’ hair in the morning, plaits it, straightens it.” So that really begs the question: what does Jools do? Well, for starters…she keeps a very close tab on Jaime, of course.
They don’t call him the Naked Chef for nothing. Jaime Oliver has created a media buzz with his Food Revolution, which has hit hard and dramatically at the junk food and sugar-laced beverage industries that peddle to kids.
“Energy drinks are Kid Cocaine.” Contrary to what we’ve all been led to believe, flavored milk is not a healthier alternative; it’s actually loaded with as much sugar as soda. This stuff is all bad. Straight up.
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution makes it nakedly plain to see and understand the health damaging impact of junk food and sugar addictive drinks. Case in point: the food and beverages being served to kids in cafeterias throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District.
So how does this LAUSD campaign compare to any of his other Food Revolution efforts? “You know I’ve had my ups and downs, arguments, and all sorts of problems–but there’s always been a glimmer of hope. I haven’t even got a glimmer of hope of getting into one school. I don’t like it. Which means, it’s war.”
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out Don't you know it's gonna be all right All right, all right You say you got a real solution Well, you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well, you know We're doing what we can -- Artist Lyrics: The Beatles
Jaime Oliver is definitely doing all he can do to start a Food Revolution . Check out his blog for some amazing tips and great recipes.
CLICK HERE for Jamie’s seafood paella recipe–a real solution.
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Today is the first day at the Yahoo office as CEO for the young and talented Marissa Mayer! All of us in the working world of sisterhood together now—on the count of three—1 2 3: Congratulations Marissa!
Ms Myers goes noted in the U.S. corporate record books as the 20th female CEO of a fortune 500 company. Way-to-go MM! And to push the corporate CEO envelope still a bit more, she’s made a news-breaking announcement in the tech biz world by confirming that she’ll be taking maternity leave soon. Yahoo!
Whether Marissa realizes it or not, the way she treats maternity will have an impact on the working world of sisterhood. And I, for one, am ready to throw a paella party to celebrate Ms Mayer’s swag and success and her little Yahoo! bambino in the oven!
At the top of the list to invite is former Governor of Massachusetts, Jane Swift: “Her success will be our success, but not because she is a mother; rather, because she is a successful force in the tech industry who opens doors for other smart, ambitious women like herself. And that will be a big deal.” Big whoop!
Here’s a perfect and hearty vegetarian paella recipe for mommy-to-be Marissa Meyer. This classic Spanish dish calls for artichokes, mushrooms, bell peppers, olives, brown rice–all seasoned to perfection… mmmm, so good. Eating for two!
By the way, this Quick Vegetarian Paella is great for anyone playing hostess. And Ms Mayer certainly knows a thing or two about hosting. Remember her Democratic fundraiser for President Obama at her Palo Alto house? Yeah, that was $30,000 a plate. Now that’s a big whoop!
Isn’t he gorgeous? Isn’t he dreamy? James Martin.
Check out his collection of much-loved recipes in Masterclass (Make Your Home Cooking Easier)—he’s taken classic dishes and made them far more simple and easy to prepare and more delicious. And oh yes, every recipe has his signature sexy culinary twist.
He may have gotten kicked off the dance floor in Strictly Come Dancing, but no one’s gonna kick him out of this girl’s kitchen.
Heat the olive oil in the paella…and get some dreamy heat on with Sweet Baby James.
And oh yes, for his paella recipe with smoked salmon, click on the YouTube Saturday Kitchen link below. Enjoy this fabulous dish with chilled wine and–of course–James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James playing in the background!
Goodnight you moonlight ladies Rockabye sweet baby James Deep greens and blues are the colours I choose Won't you let me go down in my dreams And rockabye sweet baby James. Lyrics by James Taylor
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The significance of Bastille Day—France’s national holiday established in 1880 and celebrated on the 14th of July—goes far beyond the boundaries of French history.
Its significance resonates around the world with those that aspire freedom—Liberté, Égalité et Fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)!
Bastille Day is celebrated throughout the world. And in Pacific Grove, California, Pierre and Marietta Bain—owners of Fandango Restaurant—announced that in honor of Bastille Day July 14th, they are sharing their family’s favorite Festival of Tomato Paella recipe for you to enjoy at home!
Remember: A paella is very flexible so if you don’t have the exact ingredients or if you find some of them hard to get hold of, substitute them for something similar.
BON APETIT and LET FREEDOM RING!
And if Midnight in Paris for some paella is just not possible (what, don’t have your own private jet?), then do the next best thing. Get the movie and…
Gather all your Francophile foodie friends at home—imaginary (Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, Scott Fitzgerald, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso) or otherwise—for some surreal paella and celebrate the spirit of Bastille Day!
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Who doesn’t love Mexican chorizo? Not Martha Stewart, that’s for sure!
Chorizo originally arrived with the Spanish Conquistadors … but over many centuries has evolved into a distinctly Mexican pork sausage. Who would’ve ever thought Mexican chorizo in paella? Certainly, not the Castillean El Cid as he conquered Valencia from the Moors back in the eleventh century.
This South-of-the-border paella recipe includes Mexican chorizo, which is a spicy, freshly ground pork sausage infused with chile (pepper), cumin and garlic. Spanish choritho, on the other hand, is a dry-cured sausage, like salami.
So, here are three very important things to remember and understand about Mexican chorizo and Spanish choritho:
1: First of all, there’s a huge difference between Mexican and Spanish anything. Monumental. Sort of like Mars and Venus.
2: Ergo… specifially, there’s a huge difference between Mexican chorizo and choritho as it’s prepared in Spain. Polar. Much like Southern molasses and maple syrup from Maine.
3: Anyone who prepares paella must come to it with a healthy dose of attitude. Cojones. Ranks up there with Martha Stewart doing time.
So for this Martha Stewart recipe, you’re going to have to cook the Mexican chorizo first. I repeat: be sure to cook the Mexican chorizo before you add it to the paella.
Next, get some frozen Margaritas ready — line ’em up. Drop the Sangria–we are using M-e-x-i-c-a-n chorizo. Not Spanish choritho. Then get ready to celebrate this wonderful Mexican paella feast!
Salud. Dinero. Amor.
Arriba Martha Stewart & South-of-the-Border Paella!
CLICK HERE for Martha Stewart & South-of-Border Paella!
We can connect Paella with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
1. Paella + Martha Stewart: Martha Living/www.marthastewart.com >
2. Martha Stewart + Chad M Murray: Ellen Degeneres Show (3×48) >
3. Chad M Murray + Samuel Jackson: Home of the Brave >
4. Samuel Jackson + Keiffer Sutherland: A Time to Kill >
5. Keiffer Sutherland + Kevin Bacon: A Few Good Men
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