And I meant to post this recipe earlier in the week from the New York Times Magazine this past Sunday.
Bon Appetit!
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Light-as-Air Brunch[/i]
Air, approximately 6 cubic feet
1 pound highest-grade sirloin
3 eggs
4 perfect lobsters
Whipping cream, basil and the most expensive mushrooms obtainable anywhere in the world.
1. Mix, in a mixing bowl, the air. Set aside to cool.
2. Take the sirloin, the eggs, the perfect lobsters and the incredibly expensive mushrooms and return them to the store.
3. Come home.
4. Remember that you also should have returned the stupid basil and the idiotic whipping cream.
5. Bag up basil and whipping cream, go back to the store exasperated, return basil and whipping cream, stomp out of store.
6. Come home, pretend to be eating the air in the bowl, look at imaginary person to your right, slowly shaking head as if to say, Wow, was that good. Serves 1 to 20.
Important: If you experience actual pleasure during any of the above steps, you are doing it wrong. Smack yourself in the head with tenderizing mallet until headache develops, then repeat Steps 1 through 6, watching carefully for signs of enjoyment. A desirable variation involves skulking around the neighborhood to see if anyone is enjoying a lush, decadent meal. If so, lecture on benefits of self-denial and sinful nature of self-gratification until he or she loses appetite or chases you away. Sneak back later, firebomb his or her grill.
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To see this recipe in context, here's the link to the whole article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/magazine/13EAT.html
