Flying Lotus /// Btwn Friends

He did it again...Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus (Brainfeeder) has started dropping some of the new shit that will be a part of his fourth full length LP, "Untill the Quiet Comes" due to drop October 2, 2012. This track was a part of the Adult Swim Single Series and features Thundercat, Earl Sweatshirt & Captain Murphy. Reportedly FlyLo has started to dig hip-hop again, which is pretty awesome news. 

 

Savory Crab Bread Pudding Eggs Benedict

  





Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 3 cups dry bread cubes 
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 
• 4 strips bacon, chopped 
• 2 tablespoons of garlic, minced 
• 1/4 cup minced onion 
• 1/4 cup minced red bell pepper 1
• /3 cup chicken broth, or more as needed 
• 1/3 cup heavy cream 
• 1 large egg 
• 1/2 lemon, juiced 
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon 
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest 
• 4 ounces fresh lump crabmeat 
• salt
• pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1/4 cup hollandaise sauce 1 pinch cayenne pepper, for garnish

 
  



























Poached Eggs

• 1/2 tablespoon distilled white vinegar 
• 2 egg
• water

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Butter the insides of 2 (10-ounce) ramekins and place on a baking sheet.
3. Place bread cubes into a large bowl, set aside.
4. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir bacon in hot oil until browned and almost crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove excess oil from skillet and discard.
5. Stir in onion and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir in red pepper and cook for an additional minute.
6. Stir in chicken broth and heavy cream; cook until mixture begins to simmer, about 1 to 2 minutes.
7. Pour cream mixture over bread cubes and mix thoroughly until all liquid is absorbed.
8. Stir in 1 egg, lemon juice, tarragon, and lemon zest.
9. Mix in crabmeat, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
10. Spoon mixture into prepared ramekins and bake in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 20 minutes.
11. Fill a large saucepan with 2 to 3 inches of water and bring to a boil over high heat.
12. Pour in vinegar, reduce heat to low, and simmer.
13. Crack 1 egg into a small bowl; holding the bowl just above the surface of the simmering water, gently slide the egg into the water. Repeat with the remaining egg.
14. Poach both eggs until whites are firm and yolks have thickened but are not hard, 2 1/2 to 3 minutes.
15. Remove eggs with a slotted spoon, dab on a kitchen towel to remove excess water, and transfer to a warm plate.
16. Remove ramekins from oven and top each bread pudding with a poached egg. Spoon hollandaise sauce over each egg. Garnish with cayenne pepper.

Cuban Style Oxtail Stew

Ingredients

• 4 lbs oxtails, disjointed 
• 1/4 cup olive oil 
• 1/2 cup dry cooking wine 
• 1 teaspoon salt olive oil (for frying) 
•  2 1/2 cups diced onions 
• 2 1/2 cups diced green peppers 
• 2 cups diced red peppers 
• 1 cup potato, quartered (about 2 med-large potatoes) 
• 6 garlic cloves, mashed 
• 3/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon sazon Accent seasoning (about 1/2 packet) 
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 1 tablespoon of Oregano 
• 1 tablespoon of Completo Seasoning 
• 1 tablespoon of Cayenne
• 2 bay leaves, dried 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce (Goya) 
• 1 1/2 cups dry cooking wine 
• 2 1/2 cups beef broth

Directions

1. Marinate the meat in a mixture of olive oil, dry cooking wine, and salt at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain marinade and discard. 
2. Brown meat on both sides in olive oil. 
3. Remove the meat and add onion, peppers, carrots, and potatoes. 
4. Saute until the onions are somewhat translucent. 
5. Add garlic/salt mixture and continue cooking for about a minute. 
6. Add remaining ingridients, including meat. 
7. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until the meat is fork tender. About 2 hours. 
8. Remove bay leaves and serve hot over white rice.

Best Egg Recipe

I stumbled across this recipe while searching for more interesting & inventive ways to prepare eggs for my favorite meal...Breakfast! Although after reading this recipe you may think, "How is this at all interesting or inventive"? Truth is...it isn't. That's why this recipe has become one of my absolute favorite ways to prepare eggs. The simplicity in both flavor & preparation is what makes it, to me, interesting. I say this only because, in my experience people always tend to fuck up something so simple as scrambled eggs. This is a fool-proof recipe of ensuring beautiful, light, fluffy, exquisite eggs every time.  Feel free to add any extra seasonings or ingredients to your eggs to make them your own!


Ingredients

• 2 1/2 tbsp melted Butter 
• 8 Eggs 
• 1 tsp Salt 
• 1 tsp Pepper 
• 3/4 cup whole milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Pour melted butter into a glass 9x13 baking dish. 
3. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, salt & pepper until well blended. Gradually wisk in milk & Pour mixture into baking dish. 
4. Bake uncovered for 10 minutes then stir & bake another 10-15 minutes till eggs are set. 
5. Serve immediately, as eggs will continue to cook with it's own heat if left to set. 

Servings: 4

Spicy Red Pepper Jelly

Ingredients

• 2 Red Peppers 
•  1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper 
•  1 1/4 cup Sugar 
• 1/2 cup apple cider 
• Salt 
• Zest juice lemon 
• 1 Ginger Root, finely diced

Directions

1. Put Peppers In a food processor & pulse.
2. Put rest of ingredients in a saucepan and cook over med-high heat.
3. Cook till bubbling then drop the heat and let simmer for 30 minutes.

Goes w/ lamb, chicken, fish & spring rolls.

Jerk Ribeye

Ingredients

• 4 beef rib eye steaks cut 1” thick 
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder 
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt  
• 2 teaspoons thyme  
• 2 teaspoons ginger 
• 2 teaspoons allspice  
• 1 teaspoon pepper 
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne 
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

1. In small bowl combine rub ingredients then sprinkle each side of the steaks well with the mixture.

2. Grill over medium coals for 10 minutes per side.

Metronomy Remixes

A friend of mine hipped me to 'Metronomy' a little while back and while I think 'English Riviera' was the best album of 2011, their recent remix album which you can cop here on iTunes. My mind was totally blown after hearing a few of these new remixes from other artists. Below is a little taste of The English Riviera (Unreleased Remixes), Enjoy and You're Welcome.

Crosseyed & Painless /// 1980

If you were ever wondering where the origin of our blog name came from...it's from these guys. I was fortunate enough to have a hip Mother who was an enormous Talking Heads/Byrne fan, whose music slowly trickled into my mind captivating me and making me a fan for life. I was never into punk rock, but absolutely love the genre of music that followed it such as the Talking Heads, Devo, Joy Division, Television, etc. Talking Heads music still holds up to this day, just check out this vintage clip from a 1980 tour w/ Adrien Below on guitar.

Talking Heads /// Crosseyed & Painless (Rome, 1980)

AM & Shawn Lee

As an instrumental artist Shawn Lee has been on my radar the past few years as I've grown very fond of his cinematic 60/70's psych soul funk. He is a multi-instrumentalist who used to do work w/ the Dust Brothers back in the day. Most recently you can find Shawn playing w/ AM. Check out this awesome Ozark Mountain Daredevils cover "Jackie Blue" which was from Cleveland, OH 11.8.11 and stream the new 'AM & Shawn Lee' record 'Celestial Electric' below.

8 Hr Pork Shoulder

Ingredients

• 4-5 lb Pork Shoulder
• 1 Onion (Sliced)
• 2 Red Peppers (Sliced)
• 2 Limes 
•  Salt 
• Pepper 
• Head of Garlic
• 2 tbsp Cumin 
• 1 tbsp Paprika 
• 2 tbsp Oregano
• 1 tbsp Cayanne 
• 4 tbsp Olive Oil

Directions

1. Fire up the crock-pot.
2. Slice holes in the pork and stuff w/ cloves of Garlic.
3. Slice the Onion & Peppers and sprinkle w/ olive oil, salt, pepper & oregano & place in bottom of crock-pot.
4. Rub Olive Oil all over the shoulder & mix remaining garlic, salt pepper, cumin, paprika, oregano, cayenne in a small bowl then spread generously all over the pork.
5. Squeeze lime juice over the pork & let it cook for 8-10 hrs.

Clove n' Chicken Curry

Ingredients

• 4-6 Bone-In Chicken Thighs w/ Skin 
• 1 Onion (Sliced or Chopped) 
• 1 Sweet Potato (Peeled) 
• 4 Cloves Garlic (Minced) 
• 1 Can of Chick-Peas (Drain 1/2 Liquid) 
• 1 Can Coconut Milk 
• 1/2 tspn Ground Clove 
• 1/2 tspn Ground Cardimum 
• 1 tspn Olive Oil 
• 1/4 Stick Butter 
• 2 tbsp Ground Curry Powder 
• 1 tspn Cayenne Salt Pepper

Directions

1. In a large pot, saute onion, garlic, olive oil, butter, salt & pepper over medium heat. Cook till onion is translucent. 
2. Add chicken skin side down. Saute until skin is browned, flip chicken then add curry, clove, cardimum, sweet potato & chick-peas w/ liquid. 
3. Slowly stir until well blended and reduce heat to medium-low & simmer uncovered until cooked & liquid thickens. 
4. Cook for about 2 hrs, serve w/ rice.

Twin Shadow /// Five Seconds

George Lewis Jr. aka 'Twin Shadow' is back with his 2nd release "Confess", which he produced himself. The sophomore release from TS dropped yesterday in the UK & today in the US. Lewis has said the album was inspired from a motorcycle accident in Boston, where he calls home. Check out the new video of 'Twin Shadow' Five Seconds and snag the album here.

Hospitality Don't Lose That Number (Steely Dan)

Hospitality took some time off their tour w/ Here We Go Magic & Wild Flag to cover the old Steely Dan staple "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" for the A.V. Undercover Series.  The kids pulled it off and did a pretty damn good job with it, check the video below!

VIDEO /// Hospitality Covering Steely Dan

Little Kahuna Burger

Ingredients

• 1lb Ground Beef 
• 2 tbsp Garlic 
• 2 tbsp Ketchup 
• 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard 
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire 
• 1 Small Red Onion (thru food processor) 
• 1 Egg 
• Salt 
• Pepper

Directions

1. Mix the beef, garlic, ketchup, mustard, worcestershire, red onion, egg, salt & pepper in a bowl. 
2. Make 1/8 - 1/4 size burgers .
3. Cook over medium heat about 4 minutes per side.

Steely Dan "King of the World"

 

Played almost in double-time compared to the studio version, there is reason why Fagan says..."This next song scares me half to death" before they launch into this nuggett off the their album 'Countdown to Ecstacy' released in 1973. 2 Drummers, 2 Guitars, 2 Keyboardists...what else do ya need? The solo's and especially the synth line in this song make it one of my all-time favorite tracks of all time. Which is described as "...a tale of terror and loathing in the far flung future...it's called King of the World"

Simple Italian Chicken

Ingredients

• 4 Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts 
• 1/2 cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs 
• 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese 
• 1 tspn Basil 1 tspn Oregano 
• 1 tspn Parsley 
• 1 tspn Italian Seasoning 
• 1/2 tspn Cayanne 
• 1/2 tspn Paprika 
• 8 cloves Garlic, Minced 
• 1/2 cup Olive Oil 
• Salt 
• Pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. 
2. Combine all the dry ingredients...Bread Crumbs, Parm Cheese, Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Italian Seasoning, Cayanne & Paprika in a bowl. 
3. Pat the chicken dry, salt & pepper both sides and pour the olive oil & garlic in a bowl. 
4. Dip the chicken breasts in the olive oil & garlic mixture coating it well. 
5. Drop the chicken in the dry ingredients and coat well. 
6. Place in baking dish and bake for 30-35 minutes in oven. 

Greek Turkey Burgers

Ingredients

• 1 lb of Ground Turkey 
• 1 cup Feta Cheese 
• 1 Red Onion 
• 1 tsp Oregano 
• 1 tsp Basil 
• 1 tsp Parsley 
• 1 tsp Onion Powder 
• 1 tspn Garlic Powder 
• Salt 
• Pepper

Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Make into patties.
3. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes per side. 

Official Steak Marinade

Ingredients

• 1/2 (12 ounce) bottle red wine vinegar 
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 
• 2 tbsp Garlic 
• 1 tbsp Onion Powder 
• 1 tbsp Pepper 
• 1 tsp Salt 
• 1 tsp Cayenne
• 1 tsp Cummin

Little Dragon /// Sunshine (Live)

Little Dragon continues to crank out top notch electronic dance numbers. This new track "Sunshine" was released back in June as part of a video collaboration w/ Absolut Vodka. If this band ever comes near you, do yourself a favor and check them out.

 

via Soundcloud

Sweet Freedom

One of the best songs of all time...that is if you grew up in the 80's like us. I think we'll make a recipe for some Sweet Freedom Fries down the road, although we think that name is hilarious in retrospect.

Michael McDonald /// Sweet Freedom (Official Video)

Hungover 3AM Leftovers & Wimbledon

After Hot Dod 6, Guess I made Sausage & Pasta when I got home & left all the burners on #fml. Tastes great with tennis & grass.

Good thing Fi goes to work at 5AM hence house intact. That's all Happy 4th

Pork Marinade

Ingredients

• Lime
• Thyme
• Garlic 
• Herbs de Provence 
• Rosemary
• Oregano 
• Salt
• Pepper 
• Paprika
• Cayenne
• Olive Oil

Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients in a blender.
2. Marinate 4 hrs or Overnight.