The Twisted Blog

Here we have a homemade churro doughnut topped with homemade horchata ice cream drizzled in dulce de leche and chipotle chocolate sauce. Churros originated in ancient China as a savory fried snack with salt instead of sugar, called a “youtiao.” Portuguese traders made them their own, covering the pastry in sugar instead of salt. As the snack became popular with Spanish shepherds, it got the name “churro,” named for the horns of the churra sheep.

With romaine lettuce as the base, there is an agrodolce, bocconcini, and fennel pesto, along with beets in four different ways. We have a chevre and beet green crostone, beet puree, pickled beets, and roasted beet. In 1975, Soviet cosmonauts gave American astronauts borscht, or beet soup, as a symbol of camaraderie. They jokingly pasted vodka labels over the tubes of pink soup.

Seared brussel sprouts topped with pancetta, charred kumquat, balsamic aioli and some petals from edible flowers. Kumquat fruits are ready to go when you pluck them off the tree and eat away. The paper-thin skin is where the sugar lies, and there’s virtually no bitter pith. The flesh is extremely, mouth-puckeringly, sour. The seeds, while sometimes a bit crunchy, are small and edible.

Coconut carrot ginger soup with crispy carrots, shaved fennel, and Thai basil oil on top. World Coconut Day on the 2nd of September, was established in 2009 to celebrate the benefits of Coconut. Coconut water can be a substitute for blood plasma. The high sugar level and other salts make it possible to add water to the bloodstream. Coconut water was known to be used during World War II in tropical areas for emergency transfusions.

Here is a filet mignon steak with a side of hasselback potatoes and sauteed asparagus. A cross between baked potatoes, roasted potatoes, and potato chips, hasselback potatoes are sliced not quite all the way through in thin, even layers, which can be stuffed or topped with additional flavorings.