Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Food Porn and Tagines

Ok, so it's been 32 hours in Paris. This equates to:

3 pastries (1200 calorie estimate--but one had a fruit serving of apples...) Please note, my food pictures do not rank as "Food Porn" as evidenced from slightly blurry shots from my point and shoot. For more info on the nature of food porn and examples see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_porn and http://www.chocolatechipped.com/

27,486 steps per my fancy digital pedometer OR 11.3 miles (didn't I mention I was a geek?)

And a couple of great meals including a tagine of chicken with figs and onions. What's a tagine? A one-pot dish that derives its name from the terra cotta pot used to cook the meal. This is a traditional dish of North Africa. In addition to lovely presentation, the tagine's clay allows for more concentrated development of spices and liquids and its enclosed environment creates a moist sauna for your meats, poultry, fish and vegetables. See this site for more information: http://www.treasuresofmorocco.com/moroccan-pottery-ceramics-tagine-c-21_89.html

3 comments:

  1. Hi Michelle!

    I've been cooking with a clay pot, kind of like a tagine, for years. It makes a great French Onion Soup!

    Hope you're having a great time!

    Cindy

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  2. And I thought this...

    http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1388/fruit/

    was food porn.

    Ray H

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  3. I'm enjoying pastries and Paris vicariously right now. How I envy you those European steps!

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