Coffee foam, chocolate-covered strawberries, champagne & strawberries. I tried to make chocolate cigarettes, but alas, that didn't work out so well.
Sous-vide steak with sweet pea puree, carrots, and an all-crust potato gratin from Michel Richard's Happy in the Kitchen. The gratin didn't turn out quite the way I expected. I need to try it again. Overall, dinner was very tasty.
Searing off the steaks. Thought it might be nice to include an action shot.
Alder-smoked salmon made with a stove-top smoker, which worked great, and risotto made with a pressure cooker which didn't, though it may be because I have an electric stovetop.
Tomato juice gelled with agar, poached in olive oil, and topped with basil powder. The powder was created by mixing basil oil with tapioca maltodextrin. It was pretty tasty.
Orange roughy poached in Tazo Wild Sweet Orange Tea and a sauce made from the poaching tea mixed with xanthan gum, with an orange gel cube made of orange juice and agar, mixed greens salad with a lemon vinaigrette. The lemon was too pronounced. I should have watered it down some.
