tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83949496483433007262011-08-02T02:32:29.091+01:00PM Cookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586359676480454424noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394949648343300726.post-87940329068689184872009-11-17T02:52:00.029Z2009-12-24T00:15:37.951Z<img src="http://www.pmcooks.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/One-Night-in-Rio-737659.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" alt="" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'One Night in Rio' was the first of a series of dinner parties set at a secret location, where guests sit around a big table, socialise and enjoy delicious food, prepared with much care and the best ingredients.</span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The evening started with a bowl of deep fried cassava and a glass of caipirinha, followed by mussels and prawns in spicy coconut sauce, fragrant rice and a salad of char-grilled vegetables.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We finished the meal with passion fruit pannacotta, Brazili</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">an coffee and home-made fennel seed shortbread -all to the sound of old samba songs!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><img src="http://www.pmcooks.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/The-Egg-and-the-Chicken-721858.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px;" alt="" border="0" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'The Egg and the Chicken' dinner club was inspired by an interview with the late Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, televised in 1977. If you speak Portuguese, you should watch it! Look for it on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ad7b6kqyok">YouTube</a>. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our menu for the occasion was home-made pumpkin ravioli with broth and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">haricot beans; chicken stew with tomato and rosemary, served with soft polenta and a peppery watercress salad; then lemon mousse and lavender shortbread.<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br />On Sunday 29th November we ran 'Pipoca </span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pmcooks.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/pipoca_moderna-740862.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.pmcooks.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/pipoca_moderna-740779.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Moderna', an evening of films, food and wine set exclusively at a small cinema and dining parlour in Soho.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At 5 o'clock we were all invited into the screening room for films and popcorn</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and at 7pm food was served in the dinning room. This time our guests were greeted with a warming bowl of pumpkin and king prawn soup, followed by chicken with mustard seed and coconut milk, lemon rice and French bean salad.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dessert? Upside-down apple pie and cinnamon ice cream!</span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8394949648343300726-8794032906868918487?l=pmcooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PM Cookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586359676480454424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394949648343300726.post-63096906796432185292009-10-27T22:11:00.021Z2009-11-18T00:21:58.638Z<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My friend Daniel Pescio is an independent perfumer from Paris, trained at the Institut Superieur International du Parfum, de la Cosmetique et de l'Aromatique Alimentaire. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:arial, sans-serif;">He will come to London to cook at our dinner club (we haven't agreed on a date yet) and we'll be devising a menu together, using flowers and essential oils. Very exquisite! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; ">At the time, he will also be giving workshops for those who would like to learn all about perfumes or even dream of making their own eau de cologne one day. If you would like to know more, please e-mail us at <a href="mailto:pmcooks@gmail.com">pmcooks@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:danpescio@hotmail.com">danpescio@hotmail.com</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8394949648343300726-6309690679643218529?l=pmcooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PM Cookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586359676480454424noreply@blogger.com