Grilled corn

Grilled corn, originally uploaded by gluttonomics.

Grilled corn with lime, parmesan, chili powder, cayenne, and mayonnaise -- the perfect summer dish.

Finishing drysuit certification in Stonington CT on October 25th. The water was a warm 60 degrees with a pleasant 2 foot visibility. Saw a boulder. Sweet.

Zucchini Pizza with Goat Cheese and Walnuts

, originally uploaded by gluttonomics.

Joe's started making pizza using dough from down the street at Modern Apizza. This one has thinly sliced zucchini (making good use of our new mandoline!), goat cheese, toasted walnuts, and smoked paprika:
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/summer-squash-pizza-with-goat-cheese-and-walnuts

Chocolate red wine cake and other things that are red

Chocolate red wine cake, originally uploaded by gluttonomics.

A few of our friends in our wedding party chipped in to get us a beautiful new red KitchenAid mixer. I really wanted it because I am powerless to resist a cherry red kitchen appliance, but it turns out to be pretty much the awesomest mixer ever. It has this huge bowl, and it's so powerful! I basically want to whip air into every liquid in the kitchen with it.

Which is good, because Joe eats cake for breakfast, lunch, dessert, and post-dessert.

On the topic of red appliances, another friend got us a cherry red ice cream maker, which means that Joe is also fixated on making the perfect ice cream. He just bought about a pound of vanilla beans, which make a huge difference.

Oh yeah, and this cake? Chocolate red-wine cake, recipe at:
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-red-wine-cake

The red wine gives it a nicely subtle complexity - it's moist and chocolatey, but not as cloying as some chocolate cakes. It looks a little raggedy though -- it left a little of the top layer on the bundt pan when I turned it over, which happened to me for another cake I made in this apartment too, even though I've greased my pans like crazy. I don't know if I'm taking the cake out a little early or what. Sounds like I need to make more cakes, mmm.

Jaw-squeezed juice

Jaw-squeezed juice, originally uploaded by gluttonomics.

Goat cheese gnocchi with lemon caper sauce and salad.

Recipe for gnocchi:
350 g ricotta
300 g goat cheese
8 g activa GS
36 g flour
1 egg yolk
1 egg
.25 g cayenne
salt

Add cheese, egg yolk and 1/2 egg, flour, spices and half of activa to food processor. Mix half of whole egg with remaining activa in 16 g water. Add to food processor. Blend with dough blade for 30ish seconds. Pour into molds and let set in refrigerator for 18 hours.

Lemon caper sauce:
Butter, lemon, capers, white wine, salt, white pepper, ultra-tex 8 (for thickening). Cook.

Salad dressing:
Balsalmic vinegar, olive oil, pepper, salt, mustard, soy lecithin (to create oil/vinegar emulsion)

Sunflower seed risotto

Sunflower seed risotto, originally uploaded by gluttonomics.

Made with our new pressure cooker, loosely following this recipe from Ideas in Food:
http://www.ideasinfood.com/ideas_in_food/2007/01/sunflower_seed_.html