My oh my, this gentleman is saucey! Last night, we had a delicious time preparing spaghetti bolognese with more than a touch of Californian sauce. Always a sucker for experimentation, I wholeheartedly embrace Richard’s thoroughly modern approach to this Italian staple.
Traditional Italian bolognese sauce hails from the town of Bologna. The official Bolognese delegation of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina states that it is made from a tomato sauce base with ground beef, pancetta, white wine and cream. However, there are as many recipes for bolognese sauces around the world as there are cooks. Here’s what we did last night.
First Richard seared equal amounts of ground beef, ground pork and ground lamb in three separate pans. Simultaneously, finely chopped onions, minced garlic and sliced crimini mushrooms were sautéed in salted bacon fat. The combined cooked meat and vegetables were then drenched with diced and sieved canned tomatoes and a liberal helping of tomato paste. Simmering slowly, the sauce was flavored with dried fennel seeds, oregano, basil, powdered dried porcini, ground pepper, a touch of chili and a bottle of really fine Californian red wine from Silver Lake Wine.
The resulting bolognese was perhaps the perfect dish to warm our cockles this crisp and chilly autumn night. A truly exceptional sauce which, of course, will improve as each day passes, getting richer and increasingly luscious as the days wane.
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You’re welcome for the comments. As for finding your page, well I like to search for those photos on Flickr that haven’t been seen much, or those that aren’t landing on explore or are in groups. I do searches as well as look through photos on the link for Everybody’s Photos. I also have contacts who find photos as well.
As for Explore….well Explore is a mystery to most, but Flickr defines what makes some interesting enough to land on explore in this text:
“There are lots of things that make a photo ‘interesting’ (or not) in Flickr. Where the clickthroughs are coming from; who comments on it and when; who marks it as a favorite; its tags and many more things which are constantly changing. Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic photos and stories are added to Flickr. ”
Your photo is so very interesting to me and other people because of all the mysteries in it. What is the leg on the wall? Why is he eating without a shirt on? Does he really look like Danny Bonaduce? A person can find 1000s of sunset pictures, flower pictures, and cute animal pictures on explore easily (I have plenty myself) but it takes some work to find the unexplored photos. Your other views probably came from people who then saw it on explore. I hope this helps.
I guess the main thing is don’t post something to the public if you wouldn’t want it to be on Explore. I hope that it hasn’t been a problem that you have had that many views and comments. I know most people mean well when they comment and for some they are just trying to bring a little humor to everyday photos.
Thanks for the link on the bolognese. It looked like it tasted wonderful. I love bolognese.
Karen
Posted by Karen on 12th November 2007 at 11:44 am | Permalink
oh thanks!! U mean that the spaghetti he was eating is organic?…hmm!! I had a wonder about organic the other day… my friends and I said what is that difference i know that other veggies they spray chemicals but…if u have info… i appreciate it…
ty kay!
Posted by sweet_chicago1 on 13th November 2007 at 1:23 am | Permalink
Saw the photo in flickr… thanks for inviting me to the website!
Posted by Scott on 13th November 2007 at 8:35 am | Permalink
Hi Karen,
For other readers, the full version of this photo of Richard can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/organicfood/1924212101/
Richard is an artist. The leg on the wall is part of an art piece he made a while ago. It’s a big life-size chrome girl, like the classic silhouettes from WWII. He’s eating without a shirt on because we live in Los Angeles, so it’s still warm enough to do that! And he doesn’t look even remotely like Danny Bonaduce… he’s much much sexier and more handsome!
Thanks for visiting OrganicFoodee.com and thank you for your comments – I love the feedback!!!
Best wishes
Ysanne
Posted by Ysanne on 20th November 2007 at 5:04 am | Permalink