Momofuku Pork Chops

[j biesinger]

Last fall, I was in Ithaca, NY and stopped in at The Piggery, which is a farm to table butcher and deli, and grabbed some nice, little chops.

These chops started with a dry brine of equal parts salt and sugar (I consider this SOP for Momofuku) and after some tempering, I grilled them.

Salad: cherry tomatoes, tofu, basil, and sherry/sesame vinaigrette

Asparagus with miso butter and soft poached egg

Pork Chop with mustard seed sauce, ginger scallion noodles, and rice cakes with dragon sauce

The rice cakes were new for us, pretty awesome, and another fine example of why I'm in love with this cookbook.

 

[Mike Coffman]

Superb gourmet meal and great photos!!

 

[Wolgast]

Love it Jeff! Quality!

 

[Mark Skeet]

Wow, that is a beautiful plate. Better than resturant quality.

 

[John Solak]

Looks great!

 

[Bill W. Michigan]

Like always Jeff, your cooks are over the top. The photos, food fantastic!!!

 

[Jim Lampe]

everything looks wonderful!

except the tofu

 

[Morgan C.]

Wow amazing! Simply amazing!

 

[Rob M]

WoW! Great meal, and even BETTER photos especially the final product! Super

 

[Mike P.]

You put Great food and pic's together, It does not get any better. Excellent Sir!

 

[Gary H. NJ]

Another class act. You continue to inspire. Cheers Jeff!

 

[Shaun R]

Quality all the way around!

 

[Ed M.]

Awesome cook and pics, Jeff!

 

[Geir Widar]

Once again, I'm speechless. This is fantastic!

 

[Peter Gallagher]

cool pics!

 

[r benash]

Excellent - there's another one to try

 

[Jon Des.]

Another excellent post. Shutter priority set to slow on the first pic?

 

[j biesinger]

wow, thanks everyone!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">except the tofu </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jim, this is a killer use of tofu, I bet you'd dig it

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Another excellent post. Shutter priority set to slow on the first pic? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I always shoot aperture priority, and decrease my iso until I have a reasonable shutter speed for a hand held shot (1/100 or faster). But with my kit lens and IS, I can shoot a bit slower and still get a decent shot. This pic was iso 800, 5.6, and 1/60s.

 

[Mike P.]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by j biesinger:
wow, thanks everyone!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">except the tofu </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jim, this is a killer use of tofu, I bet you'd dig it

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Another excellent post. Shutter priority set to slow on the first pic? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I always shoot aperture priority, and decrease my iso until I have a reasonable shutter speed for a hand held shot (1/100 or faster). But with my kit lens and IS, I can shoot a bit slower and still get a decent shot. This pic was iso 800, 5.6, and 1/60s. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I feel better now, I'm just using auto focus!

 

[j biesinger]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I'm just using auto focus! Big Grin </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

oh, so do I

auto focus is the best.

photography has a lot to do with the size of your lens, and not length, but diameter. The bigger the piece of glass, the more you can do with it. Unfortunately, bigger glass means bigger bucks.