Bucket List

We all have a list of things we’d like to tacke and/or master, right?! This is my bucket list for the next rainy day: 

 

Savory

1. Bun bo Hue – Vietnamese spicy noodle soup

2. Limoncello

3. Preserved lemons

4. Butter

5. Mozzarella

6. Ricotta

7. Creme fraiche

8. Pad kee mow

9. Pulled pork

10. Handmade pappardelle

11. Charcuterie – prosciutto

12. Fry a whole fish

13. Banh xeo – Vietnamese pancake

14. Mexican pulled pork burrito

15. Chinese tea leaf eggs

16. Grilled pizza

17. Halibut crudo

18. Tommy’s poke bowl

19. Spicy scallop hand roll

20. Duck confit

21. Caesar salad dressing

22. Banh cuon – a Vietnamese pork and rice paper dish

23. Pickled daikon and carrots to make Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches

34. Chicken roti – Caribbean style

35. Good minestrone with seafood stock

36. Smoked salmon

37. Cured salmon

38. Beef carpaccio

39. Liver pate

40. Liver mousse

41. Provencal Seafood Stew from p. 79 of The Girl and the Fig Cookbook

42. Perfect filet with gorgonzola butter

43. Lobster sandwich

44. Shrimp sandwich

45. Fish with citrus beurre blanc sauce

46. Pork sausage

47. Handmade stuffed ravioli

48. Handmade lasagne

49. Flatbread pizza

50. Salt-crusted whole fish

51. Perfect roast chicken

52. Garlic soup

53. Escargots

54. Fondue

55. Poule-au-pot from p. 107 of The Country Cooking of France (Anne Willan)

56. Pot-au-feu from p. 142 of The Country Cooking of France (Anne Willan)

57. Perfect beef stock

58. Perfect demi-glace

59. Tapenade

60. Gratin Dauphinois from p. 225 of The Country Cooking of France (Anne Willan)

61. Flatbread pizza

62. Fried chicken (success with Thomas Keller’s recipe in 2009 but need to try again)

63. hummus (marginal success in 2010, need to try again)

64. Perfect guacamole

65. ketchup

66. barbeque sauce

67. bread crumbs

68. croutons

69. tortillas, flour

70. Perfect hamburger

71. Popcorn

72. Canning

73. dumplings

74. TBD

 

Sweet / Bakery Items

101. Laminated doughs – croissants

102. Honest bread from Heart of the Artichoke (Davis Tanis)

103. French baguette

104. Vietnamese baguette

105. Chocolage ganache

106. Spun sugar

107. Tangerine sorbet

108. Lemon sorbet

109. Tarte aux pommes

110. French macarons (marginal success in 2010, need to try again)

111. Lemon tart from p. 354 of The Country Cooking of France (Anne Willan)

112. pita bread

113. bagels

114. hamburger buns

115. buttermilk biscuits

116. chocolate chip pizzetta

 

Other Adventures

201. Mushroom foraging

202. Cheese tour

203. Wine tour

204. Olive oil tour

205. Goat tour

206. Chicken tour

207. Oyster tour

208. Clam digging (haven’t been since childhood)

209. Deep sea fishing (haven’t been since childhood)

210. Hunting for local game

 

 

What should I add to this list?!

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Last updated: January 1, 2012