It's reasonably quiescent. But if you're overfeed a black hole, then things can happen. Brooke and Becky and myself ended up using a sample-- they're all on screen-- of 120 galaxies.
And, in reality, it was the kind of picture that I would keep swiping away if it hadn't been for the caption. Brooke 's lack of limbs-- or her lack of arms-- on the other hand, was discovered while her mom was pregnant via ultrasound,
And, in reality, it was the kind of picture that I would keep swiping away if it hadn't been for the caption. Brooke 's parents said no.
If you don't mind, we can invite Brooke up. Brooke , Brooke , Brooke . Thank you.Well, welcome, Brooke , to the stage.
Here we go. James: Yea, here we are. Brooke : Brooke : Thank you guys for coming.Enjoying your lunch hours with us.
I actually love this forma, because I think you guys are helping me prove a point right now. Brooke never believes I can pay attention to her while I'm working on my laptop at the same time.I think you guys are going to prove that point.
James: and former journalist. Brooke : I used to work for Fox News Channel and quickly decided that that wasn't going to be for me.So I transitioned into my real passion which were writing and food.
James: I enjoy the challenge. Brooke : He enjoys the challenge.James: Like you. Brooke : That's right.
Really, that end of the day is one of our few chances to be together. Brooke : And who doesn't love 5 o'clock?Let's be honest. It's the time to have a drink.
I always get so excited. Brooke : But there's so much available now.Strawberries, asparagus, little spring onions-- James: Peas and carrots.
You know, that's where some of the recipes in our book came from was just from sort of wandering around the green market, grab a couple of-- Brooke : What was fresh.What we felt like that day.
James: And you gotta have that Ham or bacon too. Brooke : Ham or Bacon, he puts that in everything. There's no getting around that.And then also we get asked about the necessary kitchen equipment.
Then you have great, good, tasty grilled chicken just sitting in your fridge and it's so easy to make a quick salad or to toss it into a pasta or to-- Brooke : Yeah, don't cook for one night.Cook for three nights.
So blanch all your asparagus. Brooke : Blanch means James: Boiling in salted water to get it just cooked through and then throw in some ice water so it stays bright green.So you might have that with a fried egg and some ham or bacon one night for dinner.
But then the next day you may chop it up and toss it with some pasta and feta cheese. Brooke : And Mint and peas makes a great salad.James: Which is in there somewhere.
James: Which is in there somewhere. Brooke : Which is in the book.James: Grilled chicken. Kind of toss that.
There's always something in our refrigerator. Brooke : That inspires us to create it to, you know, get in there and cook.It's never just champagne and mustard.
It's at least orange juice for our daughter, juice and bananas and yogurt. Brooke : But the next thing also in the beginning we have a list of kind of can't miss gotta have kitchen appliances.I think it's so overwhelming walking into a Williams Sonoma and the store is so beautiful and we were cooking there last night.
James: Bowery Kitchen Supply. Brooke : Bowery kitchen supply in Chelsea market and get a great 50 dollar cutting board and kind of start from there, right?James: Right. Brooke : Another thing that we say is don't try to make filet mignon with PB and J skills.
So my first batch of risotto ever was made with pasta. Brooke : Not rice. James: And I learned from there, you know.The chefs were like, "Okay, it tastes good, but this is no, this is not risotto.
That's for one of us the most important things is just having fun with it and enjoying the process going through it together. Brooke : And it's great at the end of the day I think we're all prone, maybe it's your computer, get in front of the television, zone out.Kind of stick one person with chef duty while the other gets to relax.
Just kind of give him little things to do. Brooke : That clove of garlic in the microplane zester that you just gone out and bought and just tell him to grate it.Or give him a block of cheese in the box grater.
Does he want to do it at all? Brooke : Or is more than you let him?Female #2: Um, Now, I mean he, he wants to help.
He doesn't want me to be the only person cooking and doing stuff. Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.He is successful in a couple of things -- however it takes like four times as long than necessary.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Not Tuesday night.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Right. James: You can go sit down and relax and let him take an hour and a half to chop an
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Some of those are fundamentals of cutting up, properly cutting up an onion.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : I think a lot of them are.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : How old are yours?
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Okay. So she can.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Things without heat, hahaha.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : The granola in here also.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Right. Female #3: She doesn't do skillet or anything like anything with stove related.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Do ya'll cook a lot ya'll when you go home?
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Definitely. James: I'm jealous.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : I think first and foremost in those three or four hours, you really should shop a different day.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : New traditions. James: Right.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : When you go home.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Page 299 in the book.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : A sweet potato and brussels sprouts salad with parmesan pecan pesto.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : The key is that we teach in our classes though you want to get them involved but don't actually think they want to make it from start to finish with you.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : That's a chef's trick that we do in the restaurant.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : In the moment.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Another great thing— >James: And it's the reality I think for all of us.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : First of all, removing clutter from the counters, having nice clear clean counters.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Well, one great thing actually for organization is we have what is it called?
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Knife strip James: So the knifes hang up on the wall.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Dedicate that drawer to new kitchen tools.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : Otherwise our daughter would never see us if our kitchen was in a different part of the apartment or if it were closed off, she would never see us.
Brooke : That's great. Female #2: He's excited about stuff.Brooke : We keep staples in the pantry which is also in the beginning of the book with the tools.