Culinary Dictionary: Letter P
I have been up to much lately.
Shooting everyone and everything in sight.
With a camera, of course :)
I have been exploring its fascinating options; learning, at baby steps, about an object that marvelously captures light, shadow and precious moments.
I’ve photographed cake, apples and feet. Yes! While sitting in my backyard with my legs lazily laid on the table, my feet seemed like a perfect shot. An easy target for trying the different settings without having to get up. Besides, I love feet. I don’t have a foot fetish but I think feet are pretty, photogenic and puckish.
If you’re considering at all how feet relate to letter P. Your answer is right here. Feet can be spelt pheet, if only for phun.
Paillard: Very thin escalopes of chicken or beef (usually thinned with a mallet) sautéed in oil or butter, or grilled.
Pan Bagnat: A specialty of the South of France consisting of white bread filled with salade Niçoise, a mix of green beans, hard-boiled eggs, anchovies and olives.
Pandowdy: Old term for apple cobbler.
Panir/Paneer: Indian and Persian fresh cheese.
Panzanella: Italian bread salad consisting of bread pieces, tomatoes, basil and onions.
Papain: Meat tenderizing enzyme derived from papaya. Also a dietary supplement with digestive benefits.
Pareve/Parve: Food not containing milk and meat following the Jewish dietary law.
Paris-Brest: Dough ring made of choux pastry and filled with a praline-flavored buttercream. It was named after the bicycle race from Paris to Brest.
Pozole: Mexican hominy soup.
Puttanesca: A respectable tomato sauce despite its name (puttana means whore in Italian) containing garlic, olives, capers and anchovies. It is said to have been named puttanesca because when prostitutes prepared it, its strong aroma attracted men to the brothel and because it is quick and easy.
Pousse-café: This “push-coffee” drink consists of layered liqueurs. The layers are created by pouring the heaviest liqueurs first and adding the lightest ones on top.
Letters A, B, C, D, E , F, G, H , I , J, K, L , M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z.
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Terri zollinger — 05/20/2010 @ 10:21 pm
Awesome !!!!
Love this post – for the creativity , for the photo and for the fact that I love feet too ……;)
Ellie (Almost Bourdain) — 05/20/2010 @ 10:39 pm
Nice post! Feet………
Susan — 05/20/2010 @ 10:46 pm
Very nice. Love the feet pic.
Bryan — 05/21/2010 @ 12:37 am
Love it I have so much fun with this series! Puttanesca is so wonderful and the Pousse-Cafe has been something that I have wanted to make since college, but haven't.
Thanks for the phun with pheet! Nice picture.
Angie's Recipes — 05/21/2010 @ 12:22 pm
Feet…:-) Perfect!
pierre — 05/21/2010 @ 5:02 pm
P… ben comme Pierre !!!
Passe une bonne journée !! Pierre
Fimère — 05/21/2010 @ 5:09 pm
jolie photo de pieds!!!!
bonne soirée
elra — 05/21/2010 @ 7:10 pm
I learn a lot through your post Nizrini! Thank you.
Karen@Cook4Seasons — 05/21/2010 @ 9:53 pm
How clever! I appreciate learning about foods I still don't know…esp. when accompanied by such lovely pictures.
Cinnamon-Girl — 05/22/2010 @ 12:36 am
What pretty feet you have! I am craving panzanella now!
Camilla Baker — 05/23/2010 @ 4:20 am
Ha,haa nice one- if only my pheet looked as good as yours!