Over the holidays, my boys were eating lunch while I was roasting some peppers for a soup we were bringing to a New Year's Eve party. They pretended to film me while I pretended to host my own cooking show (my worst nightmare). They kept making comments like "you're supposed to be talking" and "you need to add more pizzazz" like little directors-in-training. They got so into it that I dug out the video camera. Okay, hot shots, let's see what you got!
They both took turns filming bits and pieces over the course of a few hours. It was very spontaneous, as you can tell by the fact that I'm unshowered and basically wearing pajamas. It's probably not up to Food Network standards, but, from what I've seen, it's right in line with YouTube standards. It runs about 10 minutes, which is a lot to ask in this day and age, attention span-wise, but I can't spend any more time cutting it down. I've reached the end of my shoddy film- editing skills and my editor is waiting for my book edits as we speak. Anyway, considering the average age of the cameramen was 8, it's not bad.
As always, you are encouraged to drink whenever I say something completely inappropriate by mistake. I've also taken the liberty of editing out the ass shot (?) and making it into its own separate clip. Next time I'll wear better pants!
(BTW, if you want the recipe, it's here.)
Tamar, that is brilliant! I love it. After so long reading your blog, now we get to see your kitchen - I feel like we're spying on you!
That soup looks really tasty, though I'm kind of taken aback by all the prep. That's me, just lazy... But it does look very tasty :)
PS congrats to the cameramen... and the edit team :)
Posted by: Maria | January 21, 2013 at 02:41 PM
Your camermen did a great job! I love seeing the steps for things I've never done before - don't know why I'm afraid of roasting the red peppers but you make it looks so easy. Wish you would have shown using the immersion blender and why it wasn't giving the result you hoped for. Mom downsized and I inherited hers and don't know quite how to use it!
Posted by: Cheryl | January 22, 2013 at 05:31 PM
Cheryl: My stick blender is about 20 years old, and only has one speed. I was going for "puree" but I was only getting degrees of chunky so I switched to the regular blender. As far as using the stick blender, just immerse the blade in the soup and process, moving it around so that everything gets evenly blended. I bet yours will work better than mine.
Maria: Thank you! So glad you liked it. I would have chosen a different recipe if this were in any way planned. Roasting enough peppers for soup to feed 8 to 10 definitely takes a while. Jarred roasted peppers wouldn't be a bad substitute, though.
Posted by: Tammy | January 23, 2013 at 01:33 PM