The happiest recent news in Gastroblogia is that Owen of Tomatilla has revived Paper Chef after a six-month hiatus. Paper Chef was our introduction to the food blogging world, and it’s always been Chopper’s favorite event. He loves the excuse to play.

For this episode, Paper Chef #25, the four ingredients are:
Smoked Swordfish (or [...]

This dish was served on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 at 2:37 pm and is filed under chopper's lab, culinary insanity, in the garden, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

It was the event that almost wasn’t. The event that re-emerged from the abyss, from the long lost annals of Gastroblogian history, stifled by photographic traumas, by the death cries of a computer far past its prime, and by the evils of a creature known only by the minacious name Blogger BETA.
The event, Paper [...]

This dish was served on Saturday, December 16th, 2006 at 2:16 am and is filed under food blogging events, in the garden, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

This is our last Paper Chef in this house.
In two and a half weeks, we’ll be moving back to Portland after 20 months of camping out and caregiving on an island we only occasionally called home. I can’t say that we’ll miss this disastrously tiny and ill-equipped kitchen, but we will have [...]

This dish was served on Monday, August 7th, 2006 at 10:48 am and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

(In our so-tardy-it-shouldn’t-count second entry for Paper Chef, we stick close to home for our tale of Independence. How close to home? Oh, about 400 yards up the road. And as for that tardy thing — what was it the late, great Douglas Adams once said? Oh yes: “I love [...]

This dish was served on Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 at 11:03 am and is filed under culinary insanity, food blogging events, island local, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Paper Chef, July Independence Edition
The ingredients

Corn
Ground Coriander
Pine Nuts
And (from Kevin at Seriously Good): The wild card for this event is Independence Day. Whether you’re American, Ethiopian, Chilean, or Thai, create a recipe that celebrates your nation’s emancipation from its previous rulers or form of government or whatever other thing celebrated to honor nationhood. [...]

This dish was served on Monday, July 10th, 2006 at 2:41 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

… Chopper made all four of these dishes at once so we could have a true tapas spread (and I could go a little nuts with the photography). I garnished everything with herbs from our garden, quickly snapped away, and then we dug in. And oh, was it good. …

This dish was served on Monday, May 8th, 2006 at 9:53 pm and is filed under food blogging events, island local, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

… Now, I have a personal favorite aphrodisiac. It’s a combination of dark chocolate and Barry White. Gets me every time. …

This dish was served on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 at 12:52 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

… Well then, it appears I must complete my chairmenical duties and announce the winners for this month’s Paper Chef Competition. Oh, shut up. I know chairmenical isn’t a real word. Do I look like I care? …

This dish was served on Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 at 8:09 pm and is filed under food blogging events, obligatory cats, paper chef, superfluous dogs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

…The yog(H)urt (okay, okay already, I’ll ditch the H!) and cashews sent many entrants in the direction of Indian cuisine. Cumin, coriander, and curry powder abounded (yum!), but we found some complete surprises in the mix as well, and for all of those (and for the baby)… well, read on! …

This dish was served on Saturday, January 14th, 2006 at 7:53 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Babies? What were you people thinking?

Oh, wait. That was us. …

This dish was served on Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 at 3:22 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

…Now, if you’re feeling a bit scary adventurous, we’ll also allow any food that’s got the word “baby” in the title! (Though, if you go for either of those last two in our photo set? You’re weirder than we are, got it? Weird.) …

This dish was served on Friday, January 6th, 2006 at 12:47 pm and is filed under food blogging events, obligatory cats, paper chef, superfluous dogs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

… The photo accompanying this post, I should note, contains a huge hint relating to our secret fourth ingredient.

I should also note, that the photo is of Chopper’s niece and if we have anything to say about it, it will remain on the internet for all to see until she’s old enough to date. …

This dish was served on Thursday, January 5th, 2006 at 5:49 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

…Oh, wait. I got it. I’m going to talk about something else, something more important. It’ll be the heartwarming moment at the end of the show, you know, like when the kid turns to the camera and says, “but most of all today I learned that cuttlefish have feelings too, and if you chop their heads off to eat them, their tentacles will retaliate and drag you down to a watery grave.”

Dude, that is so heartwarming. …

This dish was served on Thursday, December 15th, 2005 at 9:50 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… Whoa. Okay, okay, we’re not really going to cook penguin. They’re too cute and fluffy, and honestly where is one supposed to find penguin meat on this short notice? …

This dish was served on Monday, December 5th, 2005 at 10:47 pm and is filed under culinary insanity, food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

… This intriguing foursome took our participants on a culinary trip around the globe with influences from the Mediterranean to South East Asia to right here on our home turf of the Pacific Northwest. …

This dish was served on Thursday, November 10th, 2005 at 10:41 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… Mrs D. says: I think I died and went to Thai curry heaven. Seriously, this one rocked our little culinary world. We loved it so much, Chopper made it twice. (And I will force him to make it again, and again, and again…)

This dish was served on Thursday, November 10th, 2005 at 9:45 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

KERTHUNK!

This is the sound our brains made after yesterday’s long, exhausting day on the mainland. A day that ended, I might add, with a flat tire on the ferry boat. …

This dish was served on Wednesday, November 9th, 2005 at 7:41 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… And speaking of round-ups and time, we’re busy tomorrow, which means no round-up till later in the week, which means — you guessed it — there’s still time to enter! Quick! Race to the market before supper! Lamb, basil, oranges, and fish sauce. You know they go great with Monday Night Football, right?

This dish was served on Monday, November 7th, 2005 at 1:17 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… That’s right. Lamb. Cute little fuzzy lamb. Say it with me now: awwwwwww……. yum. …

This dish was served on Friday, November 4th, 2005 at 1:41 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Just one more day for Paper Chef ingredient nominations! Post ‘em here if you’ve got ‘em. …

This dish was served on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005 at 9:40 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

…So now, bloggers, show me the ingredients you so desire for the creation of your culinary masterpieces. Remember, you may only nominate once, so choose wisely. Let Paper Chef Ingredient Nomination Week begin!

This dish was served on Saturday, October 29th, 2005 at 2:19 pm and is filed under food blogging events, obligatory cats, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… This was the point when we (Mrs. D and I) thought: “How can we make this dish even more fancy?” When we spotted the oregano growing in our yard, the idea came. We took our pasta dough and rolled it out almost as thin as filo, thus allowing one to see things through it. …

This dish was served on Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 at 12:21 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Chopper and I have never been to New Orleans and in fact just two weeks ago or less we were brainstorming a potential trip around the country and naming our must-see cities. New Orleans was at the top of my list. I still want to go, though I know it’ll be a while yet. I want to see the New Orleans that once was and will be again. I want to fall in love with her as so many of my friends have. …

This dish was served on Tuesday, September 6th, 2005 at 1:21 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… But what to do about ingredient #4? We had ripe items in our garden, but we wanted something other than a vegetable and Chopper was getting this serious hankering for a Caribbean-themed meal. That’s it, I said, let’s go to the farmer’s market and see if Spot Prawn Guy is there. …

This dish was served on Tuesday, August 9th, 2005 at 3:09 pm and is filed under food blogging events, island local, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… And now, insult added to injury: My captors spent yesterday evening concocting a dish using buttermilk and eggs and heavy cream, and (despite my yammerish demands) they have not shared a single drop of it with me! …

This dish was served on Monday, June 6th, 2005 at 12:24 pm and is filed under food blogging events, obligatory cats, paper chef. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… We cook to take our minds off the burdens we carry outside the kitchen. We cook so we can lose ourselves in the near-synesthetic experience of an extraordinary meal. We cook to discover the unexpected. …

This dish was served on Monday, May 9th, 2005 at 11:24 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

… As soon as we see the list — goat cheese, sherry vinegar, prosciutto, green garlic — he’s talking pizza. For about five minutes. Then the brainstorm hits. A new creation, half quiche, half frittata. That’s it! We’ll make a Quittata! …

This dish was served on Monday, April 4th, 2005 at 6:59 pm and is filed under food blogging events, paper chef, recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.