and eats and bikes and thinks about the next meal … when I’m not in the kitchen or riding a bike, I’m at simonandrewsfood@gmail.com or check out my website www.simonandrewscooks.comTumblr (3.0; @simoncooks)http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr29uleXW1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>cheap shot but oh so funny.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/236112600http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/236112600Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:37:06 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr1uuowqPL1qz8iwwo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>I am so depressed that Gourmet is closing it’s doors. It was going to happen but to hear it makes me so sad. People are commenting that it lost touch and was to hard to cook from etc but it served as an inspiration and was always shot so well. Visually the magazine was everything I wanted and now there is a void.</p> <p>And if you can’t cook something as simple and beautiful as one of my favourite covers from maggie then you are better off with take-out anyway..</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/205149367http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/205149367Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:23:11 -0400<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqmyjgpfMs1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>TREMBLE IN AWE at the presence of 2.5kg ( that’s a full 5.5lb) of Vegemite that arrived in my house last night. If anyone in NY needs some come find me we have plenty..</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/198341834http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/198341834Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:18:52 -0400<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqbl7w01MT1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>almost cracked the dirtbomb recipe. had these with frances and family up in CT.</p> <p>they are a baked donut type cupcake sort of thing with a hint of nutmeg and rolled in  sugar when they come hot out of the oven.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/193301320http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/193301320Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:57:32 -0400<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq3icsNueS1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>the lake we hung out at a couple of weekends ago. so pretty.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/190120204http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/190120204Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:01:00 -0400<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq3i9rSujg1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/190119004http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/190119004Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:00:00 -0400<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq3gymBr0V1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>need salt? I won’t be running out soon.. had to buy this lump of pink salt today. It’s the size of a house brick. Now I just have to work out what I am going to do with it?</p> <p>Saw the lumps in DWR that were a fifth of the size for the same price I paid for this whole thing.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189862725http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189862725Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:44:00 -0400<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq3gtfeQfo1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>baked an egg and some bacon and cheddar into a brioche bun for breakfast, so tasty.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189860880http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189860880Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:41:39 -0400<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq3gncQlgb1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>what I love about fall is the return to cheap meals like bangers and mash and heavier red wines and beer. Even get to put a splash of bourbon in the gravy. Don’t worry beautifulordinaire it was some JD left over from a shoot ; )</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189858539http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189858539Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:38:00 -0400<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq2zuevYe31qz84ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ok I have tried to keep anything political out of my half hearted tumblr but really the man is just too cool! Really!!</p> <p><a href="http://suitep.tumblr.com/post/189628884/apsies-thepoliticalpartygirl-joemuto-at-the">suitep</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://apsies.tumblr.com/post/189611861/thepoliticalpartygirl-joemuto-at-the-white">apsies</a>:<a href="http://thepoliticalpartygirl.com/post/189610140/joemuto-at-the-white-house-event-today">thepoliticalpartygirl</a>:<a href="http://joemuto.tumblr.com/post/189606139/at-the-white-house-event-today-promoting-chicagos">joemuto</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>At the White House event today promoting Chicago’s 2016 Olympics bid, in the middle of a fencing demonstration, <i>somebody handed Obama a motherfucking lightsaber.</i></p> <p>There is so much awesomeness in this photo right now I think my head might explode.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/09/16/1000-words-27/">Swampland</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189788070http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189788070Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:56:51 -0400<p>walked past this today.</p> <p><a href="http://www.interboropartners.net/2009/lent-space/">http://www.interboropartners.net/2009/lent-space/</a></p> <p>so glad they are doing something with the space since it has been a fenced in lot of pebbles for so long.</p> <p>very cool.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189781189http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/189781189Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:47:28 -0400<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpfftz3tWZ1qz8iwwo1_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpfftz3tWZ1qz8iwwo2_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpfftz3tWZ1qz8iwwo5_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>cooked down just under a pound of red chillies to make this sauce. it’s just water salt and then some vinegar then puree. sweet and a little hot.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/179316086http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/179316086Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpeifnJO1C1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A day of no work and I had lots of butter in the fridge from a shoot and tomatoes from the market so I made a tomato tart with roasted garlic and a little gruyere in the bottom.</p> <p>Came out great, very tasty. Need to make more and also tomato sauce as all the good tomatoes start to dry up for the year..</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178837537http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178837537Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:16:35 -0400<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpei9hWtnG1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178835476http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178835476Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:12:53 -0400<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpei2vkLOp1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>also made a simple syrup with ginger and black pepper corns using half brown sugar, half granulated to go with the bourbon sours we would consume.</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178833349http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178833349Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:08:55 -0400<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpeiqpSRb51qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178841500http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/178841500Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:05:00 -0400<p>the last couple of breakfasts</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/177118155http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/177118155Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:16:39 -0400<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpaq99wDQW1qz8iwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/177117333http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/177117333Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:15:09 -0400<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpapwdgKvZ1qz8iwwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/177112518http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/177112518Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:07:25 -0400<p>I have so many pics to post of stuff but really its all a bit hard.</p> <p>hats off to you commited people with your daily posts!</p>http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/147889067http://simoncooks.tumblr.com/post/147889067Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:49:00 -0400txt