season opener

Someone I know is very excited about the beginning of baseball season; I am very excited about playing with this website. For an experimental meal, I decided to make a braised fish recipe from the new Nina Simonds cookbook, Spices of Life. Taking pictures as I cook will not be easy, given my fussiness and fear of fishy fingers.

Alas, the finished product was not so great. Very healthy feeling, but with all that ginger and chili, one would have expected some serious fragrance. It was suggested that the fish had been cooked too long; it is supposed that this suggestion is correct.

As you can see, the fish did not really hold together. Nevertheless, raw broccoli is quite beautiful...

Here is what a finished plate looked like close up:

Would you believe that it took all these pots and pans to make that boring dinner?