So the infamous Heart of Targ did not stand alone; it came with a number of side dishes – to wit, Quadrotriticale Bread, Food Cubes, and Gagh (specifically Wistan Gagh, even). Two of these are quite basic, so I think … Continue reading
Whew! After that bit of cooking lore, I’m exhausted. Time for a drink! Or at least a look at the drinks of Trekquinox. Like the foods, some of the drinks fell by the wayside, which is too bad, as there were … Continue reading
At last, the main course! This one comes with a bunch of sides, but we shall start with the main item – thick “baseball cut” sirloin steaks, prepared sous-vide, topped with a slice of brie, some mushrooms, and a bourguignon … Continue reading
Well, this will be a nice short post – a palate cleanser, as this dish was meant to be, between the heavy Eggs Benedict and the even heavier main course. This was the first food item to be completely missed, … Continue reading
Right, time for some real Modernism! A basic enough dish, your Eggs Benedict, but we shall apply some weird cooking techniques and some weird presentation, too. Technically this movie isn’t Star Trek at all, but a brilliant comedy parody called … Continue reading
Okay, before we roll up our sleeves and dive into the truly Modernist cooking bits, let’s pause for a bit of science and explain exactly what sous-vide cooking really is. Sous-vide literally means “under vacuum” in French, and I emphasized … Continue reading
Ah, the soup course! Easiest of all, as it happens. In the original Star Trek series, they only mentioned one alien food by name, and that was the Vulcan dish “plomeek soup”. Not even given a goofy space name, like … Continue reading
The next item on the menu was one I’d settled on as early as mid December. While I was down in San Francisco for work (technically Mountain View, but who can tell the difference who doesn’t actually live in the … Continue reading
Well now that we’re all conversant with the theme of the dinner, and the menu, let’s get down to brass tacks. But wait – the hallmark of science fiction (well, bad science fiction) is that one must mangle common idioms. … Continue reading
Well, several Geekquinox dinners have come and gone since last I blogged about them, and I may go back in time for those two at some point, but after the fall of 2012 (Autumnal Geekquinox, that is) I decided I … Continue reading