Recipe of the Week

Shrimp and Baby Beets with Sherry Vinegar

From Food & Wine. Photo  by me. This is easy to make. It was pretty good. Obviously, you have to really like beets. I think this would be a good side dish or as something to bring to a potluck, not so much a main course all on its own.

Ingredients

1. 20 baby beets (1 1/4 pounds), preferably a mixture of white, golden and red, greens trimmed
2. Salt
3. 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4. 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon chicken stock, canned low-sodium broth or water
5. 3/4 pound medium shrimp—shelled, deveined and butterflied
6. Freshly ground pepper
7. 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
8. 1 tablespoon capers
9. 1 tablespoon minced chives
10. 1 tablespoon minced parsley

Directions

1. Put each color of beet into a separate small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, salt the water and simmer over low heat until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and peel the beets.
2. In a medium skillet, melt the butter in 1/4 cup of the chicken stock. Add the shrimp, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the shrimp to a plate and cover loosely with foil.
3. Add the sherry vinegar and the beets to the skillet and bring to a simmer over moderate heat. Stir in the capers, chives parsley, shrimp and the remaining 1 tablespoon of stock and season with salt and pepper. Serve at once. 

Make Ahead

The cooked beets can be refrigerated overnight. Bring to room temperature before proceeding.

Model of the Week: Kate Moss

It’s time I featured a real icon, someone who makes all the other girls look like rank amateurs – and no one is more iconic than Kate Moss.  Right now the great supers are having something of a renaissance. Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Kate are all getting tons of editiorals, covers and A-List ad campaigns. It is nice to see them all back at work. Unlike the other supers, who all took years off to raise families, collect art and Phds, or in Naomi’s case behave like a psychopath and go to jail, Kate has never taken a sabbatical. Kate was discovered in 1988 and she has been at the tippy-top ever since. She’s had some scandals, a stint in rehab, high-profile romances, a child, etc but she’s never been out of the public eye. She is such a chameleon it’s impossible to get tired of her. This month she’s on the cover of W. (If you’re keeping track, that’s two supermodel covers in a row, and the third this year for W). She also has  the cover of Vogue Russia, British Vogue and V, the latest of hundreds of covers she’s been on.

Interview, September 2008

British Vogue, April 2007

Vogue Australia, February 2006

British Vogue, March 2005

 

Paris Vogue, March 2004

British Vogue, May 2003

Harper’s Bazaar, May 2002

British Vogue, December 2001

British Vogue, February 2000

Paris Vogue, March 1999

British Vogue, November 1998

Paris Vogue, October, 1997

W, May 1996

 

German Vogue, July 1995

Allure, December 1994

March 1993 (Vogue unknown)

Harper’s Bazaar, December 1992

Blinded By Love

Blinded By Love, the Rolling Stones, Steel Wheels, 1989

Steel Wheels – great album. I remember the first time I heard it. No, not when it came out – I would’ve been just a kid. I remember riding home in the back of the car, listening to the tape. The first three songs were a little bleh. Not bad, but generic, you know? Then suddenly it got so good. It’s a very diverse album, with several quite unique and experimantal songs. This one is kind of a middle ground between the big muscular rockers and the willfully weird offshoots.