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Chicken Drumsticks with Blistered Pepper Dipping Sauce – Whiplash

11:19 AM, February 12, 2015 |

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How far is too far to be pushed towards greatness? It’s a question that will plague you after viewing the torment that Terence Fletcher (J.K Simmons) throws at aspiring jazz percussionist Andrew Neimann (Miles Teller) in Whiplash. You may also not have the stomach for the sight of more blood red taint on drumsticks, but if you do, might I suggest this dish? Here the blistering comes not from hours of traumatised practice in a soundproof room, but the searing burn of the oven and grill on vulnerable peppers and tomatoes. Depending on your appetite for salty language and hot tempers, you can adjust the seasoning and …

Semolina Grits with Mushroom Pecan Crumble – Selma

09:12 AM, February 9, 2015 |

Oscars festival

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If you’re going to embark on a 54 mile protest march from Selma to Montgomery, you’re going to need a decent breakfast. If you’re going to agitate for a Voting Rights Act in the face of racist terror, you’re going to want some comfort food. And if you’re going to spend a good spell of time Alabama, you’re going to want some grits. Dr King ( David Oyewelo) and his colleagues are well practiced at slowly stirring hominy (in Richie Jean’s kitchen) and public sentiments. In this dish it’s pure sibilance of the setting which seeded the idea of substituting corn grits for semolina. The …

Pea Soup with Potato Thyme Cream – The Theory of Everything

02:54 PM, February 2, 2015 |

Oscars festival, soup

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If you can easily trace Stephen Hawking’s (Eddie Redmayne) theories of time and relativity, feel free to skip ahead to the recipe at the bottom. If like the rest of us you benefit from the relationship between space and quantum mechanics being explained by his doting wife Jane (Felicity Jones) with analogies of peas and potatoes, here’s something to do with them in the aftermath.

For both cosmologists and cooks alike the most elegant proofs are the simple ones. Hence this genial combination of soups is an exercise in restraint. Peas, potatoes, onion and chicken stock are key players in both the roast dinners which punctuate …