Yep, that's what it translates to. Puttanesca.
Made some fresh pasta (4 xl eggs, 3.5c flour, should have used some semonila, but didn't have any, natch)
Tossed some garlic in a pan, I think about 4 cloves, and some dried chilis....because I had them. I'm sure you can use some pepper flakes. Sauteed for a minute or 2, enough that I didn't burn the garlic, then threw in 2 cans of fire-roasted tomatoes, a cup of half-mooned zucchini. Cooked few minutes (maybe 5?) then tossed in a half a cup of black olives, and 2tbs of rinsed capers. Cooked the pasta for a few seconds then threw in the pan and tossed. Served with a (cheap 8.99) Multipulciano.
(started out with a French 75 cocktail)
Pasta the way a whore would make it
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Sunday Lamb
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Craving lamb today, I asked Laurie to pick up some rib chops (I initially wanted loin chops, but, well, you don't wanna hear my butcher rant). She threw some new red potatoes with some garlic, evoo, and rosemary in the oven. When they were done, I, trimmed, and S&P the chops, quick hot sear in the pan on both sides, and removed them. I had some garlic butter in the fridge left-over from some garlic bread last week, and figured what the heck, if I'm going to use butter for the sauce anyway....so then I deglazed with some cognac and flamed it off, added some garlic-butter. Pretty simply, but good. Perfect mid-rare (more rare for me mid rare for Laurie)
Long overdue update post...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Well, haven't posted in a while. Work's been busy, life's been busier. Rest assured I'm still cooking up a storm. Saw Watchmen this weekend, it was real good, but I'm a comic geek. Here are a few meals we cooked as of late. If anyone want's a recipe, just let me know. Nothing is too groundbreaking, really.
REQUEST
I'm looking for a good source of meats in NJ...just kind of a single source. I can pick up say, pork belly and rabbit at Hong Kong supermarket, and some veal at Shoprite and short ribs at Bravo! supermarket and head over to Wegmans and get pork chops and steaks, Griggstown for poultry, but....1. it's a pain 2. either the cuts are bad, or are overpriced. I need a happy medium as well as access to order things like cheeks,sweetbreads, and "different" cuts. We make our dinner menu a week or two in advance, so ordering is not a problem. Joe Meat market in South Bound Brook, last we went, didn't even have pork chops, or hot sausage, or veal (but can order them....ugh). If I'm going to order, I want to find a reliable place with decent cuts and a place than can get me what I need. If anyone knows any restaurants perhaps with a good purveyor I can leech off of, or an online place or even a place in New Brunswick that is good, please let me know!!
rant.over.
Valentines Filet
Lemon Panna Cotta with Strawberry Coulis
some wheat bread
some chicken
some more bread.
Some pizza
some chicken tikka masala, basmati, and roti
Stuffed pork chop with apples, an apple brandy sauce, creamy polenta and spinach with pinenuts
Chicken piccata.
Hmm what else?
Got a new knife magnet.
Now for some randomness.............
Lost 17.5lbs.
New Bob Dylan record coming out...
Been watching LOST...and loving it.
Excited for the new Marco Pierre White show Chopping Block...
Man on Wire was pretty good doc...
Still looking for a night job in the food/cocktail world a couple of nights a week.
Still interested in IT Security and Audit positions (see resume below)
...Still go to sleep on Sunday not knowing if I'll have a job on Monday...
trying to get better at photography.
If I have any Italian fans, email me, we're planning our wedding/honeymoon in Italy...and I need some advice/suggestions...I need a nice non-touristy villa in Tuscany and a private chef for a week or so.
I'll post more, and I might try to actually post some recipes too as people have been emailing me here and there. It's just pure lazyness or most of the time I rip them off of someone else anyways.
By the way, here is a pretty neat cocktail using Domaine De Canton which is a ginger/cognac liqueur. Been trying to find a real good cocktail with Canton's other than a traditional sidecar (cut with some Hennessey)
Build over rocks in a highball, or leave club soda out, stir with ice then pour over ice in an old fashioned.
2 parts dark rum (rhum agricole)
1 part sweet vermouth (Antica)
1 part Cantons
twist of lime and top with club soda
hmmmmm....what else. I think that's about it.
Oh yeah, worst. top. chef. season. ever. Stefan should have won. But, I guess I didn't taste the food so it's kinda hard for me to judge. But I will anyway.
until next time...
My Resume - Employment
Friday, February 13, 2009
Actively seeking a position in Information Security or Internal Audit (IT). Willing to relocate and travel.
Robert J. Timko, CISA, CISSP
732-673-9097
rtimko@gmail.com
Experience:
(News Corporation) Dow Jones and Company, Inc.,
2006 – Present Manager, Global IT Audit
· Manage the global information technology audit function for the Dow Jones business and report to the Chief Auditor of News Corporation.
· Perform due diligence for potential mergers and acquisitions with domestic and international parties.
· Perform forensic examinations concerning internal investigations.
· Oversee the Firm’s Sarbanes Oxley initiative related to information technology.
· Manage the Department’s technology budget and recruiting of IT audit personnel.
· Manage a team of senior level IT auditors.
· Implemented an automated work papers application for the department, as well as an audit approach aligned with industry standards (e.g., COBIT framework).
· Implemented a coordinated effort with the Director of Financial audit to ensure a fully integrated approach to execute the annual audit plan.
2005 – 2006 Supervisor, IT Audit
· Assisted in building a newly developed information technology audit function
· Developed and executed both detailed technology and integrated audit plans.
· Wrote audit reports to be presented to executive management.
· Executed Sarbanes Oxley testing
2003 – 2005 Information Security Consultant
· Performed auditing and penetration testing on the Company’s global infrastructure.
· Managed the Company’s compliance program over Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standards.
· Oversaw Incident Response, Firewall, and IDS analysis and Risk Analysis/Management.
· Architected and deployed a global vulnerability management system.
· Primary liaison with Internal Audit on the implementation of internal audit recommendations
2002 – 2003 Trellis Network Services,
Sr. Information Security Consultant
· Managed network security designs, implementations, and administration.
· Implemented firewalls and performed IDS analyses.
· Performed system audits and penetration testing.
· Management the implementation of wireless devices, as well as physical and information security.
1999 – 2002 Bit By Bit Computer Consultants,
Network Security Consultant
· Oversaw network security administration, design, and implementation.
· Designed enterprise security solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
· Performed audits of large networks for financial institutions.
· Managed NT4.0 to Windows2000 Active Directory enterprise migration.
Skills:
· Certified Information Systems Security Professional - CISSP (2001)
· Certified Information Systems Auditor - CISA (2006)
· GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst – GCFA (2004)
Education:
· Computer Information Systems May 2002
This week in dinner....
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Thai Curry Chicken and (non-Thai)Udon noodles
Turkey Tortilla Soup
Filet and Spicy Roasted Sweet potatoes
Posted via Pixelpipe.
Some Curry Chicken
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Curry Chicken Brown Rice and a pineapple, pepper, salsa/relish
Came out awesome. Stole and modified the recipe from a cuisine at home book/magazine.
We made this the other day...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Went shopping in the freezer and pulled out 2 "eh" duck breasts I had in there. Usually I'd just render them in a pan all crispy and mid-rare, but these cuts were not very good quality. So, I figured I'd mask them in a flavorful marinade.
Duck satay's in a orange ginger marinade and a marinade+cashew sauce, some jasmine rice and a pork bun.
Haven't posted in a while...a little update.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Been too busy worrying about loosing my job to really worry about anything else as of late. Went to NYC before x-mas, that was nice...and went to LA after new years for work...that was nice because of the weather, but mainly spent time in the office. As far as motorcycles are concerned, I've passed on racing in the Sandblast rally this year, my head just isn't in it. I might go down to help out and talk shit, but won't be racing.
I have tons of pictures, I may update this post, or heck, just go check out my smugmug here http://rtimko.smugmug.com and poke around in Holidays, Food, and Vacations and Trips.
Cooking wise, I have been at it, and more-so in 2009. It was my 2008 resolution, and I think I made it. Another was to get on a better budget to track my money better, I think I did that as well. Another was to eat seafood. I fulfilled that pretty early, my goal was to be able to order a meal from the seafood section of the menu and I did...I'm still training my palate, but I'm 500% better now.
2009 resolutions:
Be better with peoples names
Explore photography more
Get a second "job" to keep my head straight
Be (more) social
Get married! haha.
Top 10 (or as many as I can think of in 5 minutes) things to get me for X-mas
In case you haven't gotten me anything yet
1. CIA (culinary institute) bootcamp (and subsequent time off work)
2. All expense paid and subsequent reservations to El Bulli
3. A new pen
4. Handcrafted, hand tooled, leather portfolio, not black.
5. Limo to take me to the city for a nice shave (art of shaving perhaps)
6. Unlimited bar/food tab at Catherine Lombardi or Nicholas
7. To see the movie "The Wrestler" at home, and not travel to NYC to see it
8. A day at the shooting range shooting different guns, I've never shot a gun, would be neat.
9. Left side of my living room furnished
10. Shelves for my kitchen wine rack area...made from 100+yr old wood
11. A nice fresh Kobe steak prepared
12. Socks/underwear/white alfani v-necks,
13. A comfortable (but not expensive)bathrobe so I can spill stuff on and not feel bad about it and pretend to be The Big Lebowski
14. Someone to torrent the entire Velvet Underground library for me and put it on my phone.
15. nice (hand crafted, tooled) leather "wallet" flip up type case for my iPhone, the perfect, slim, design...probably the most impossible gift on this list.
16. The mis-matched color of my rear passenger side door "repair" ...re-repaired
17. my basement organized with some racks/shelves
18. basement painted (ceiling AND floor too)
19. Nikkor Zoom Super Wide Angle AF 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Autofocus Lens for Digital Cameras or Tokina Zoom Super Wide Angle 16-50mm f/2.8 AT-X 165 PRO DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon Digital
20. A stunt driving, drag racing, or rally racing class or just a day that I can drive a car like an asshole on a closed course.
21. Someone to paint my garage (walls and floor)
22. An attorney or someone else to have power of attorney so I will never have to go to the DMV ever again. for anything. at all. ever.
23. A nice new watch
24. Job security.
25. A job to keep me from going stir crazy one or two nights a week...restaurant, bar, something.
26. Oil change for my car
27. Kitchen-aide pro 600 mixer
28. NICE pressure cooker
29. old seasoned cast iron. not the new lodge shit
I'll think of some more later...
Reaping the Benefits....
Monday, December 15, 2008
...of duck confit, and a new foodsaver.
Crisped up the duck confit that I made over Thanksgiving, and made some risotto with the duck stock I had from the process...best. comfort. food. ever.
Used the foodsaver and the free supermarket butterball to sous-vide a leg with some duck fat, herbs, and butter....amazing.
Eric Ripert Cocktail Party
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Here are some of my pics from my Eric Ripert Cocktail Party..
Click the read more for more pics...
Everything turned out great but my aioli...but I'm going to give it another try.
The menu was:
Seared Beef Lettuce Rolls
Mediterranean Platter with Hummus, Roasted Pepper-Walnut Spread and Zaatar Chorizo Stuffed Shrimp
Portobello "Fries" Truffled Aioli
Spicy Parmesan Cheese Straws
Deviled Eggs with Smoked Salmon
Cocktails:
Spiced Apple Cider
Cranberry-Champagne Cocktail
Ginger-Lemon Smash
Christmas Extravaganza 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
We also made a time-lapse video of us putting up the tree (with some antics thrown in!) It's just as long as the song...so might be boring for you, but at least it's a great christmas song!
Christmas Extravaganza 2008 from Robert Timko on Vimeo.
Click the "read more" for some more pictures...
Tenderloin is on sale!
And god-bless the new food saver!
24$ for 7 filets, a roast, and a nice scrap to use for apps.
Sure, it's not USDA prime or Wagyu, but at 3$ a steak, you can put it between 2 pieces of wonderbread and not feel guilty!
Duck Confit part 2
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Click the read more...
For part 1, click here...
Take the duck legs out of the salt...
and what we did was vaccum seal 2 at a time in a bag with a couple of big spoonfuls of rendered duck fat (from the fridge). It was MUCH easier to do it while the fat was cold...it doesn't matter where/how the fat is because when you throw it into a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil, everything magically works out how you want it....so do that, and then put in a 180 oven, covered, in the pot. (kinda like sou-vide)
pull em out after 7 hours or so, and take the bags and put them in an ice bath to cool and throw them in the fridge for a week.
Just a quick post with randomness..
Friday, December 5, 2008
Today is repeal day, the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition in the US....go out. It's about as important as the 4th of July.
Second, I went to Burger King yesterday for lunch (I know, what can I say, I love me a whopper) and they had "soft drink pairings" on the wall. It creeped me out.
Third, the place was FILLED with old people...did old people just give up cooking?
I had another thought yesterday I meant to post, but I forgot it.
Oh yeah, heading to LA on business 1/3-1/11...anyone want to take me out to drinks/dinner? (or recommend a few places?)
My Duck confit is in the fridge, for those anticipating it's final pictures...
Hey, check out this blog http://rookielibations.blogspot.com/, great cocktail blog from another NJer.
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