Brian Ziman

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Building, Teaching, Giving. Pronouns:he/him ⚲P Also at @BrianZiman@mastodon.social https://www.brianziman.com Opinions are my own and do not represent any organization.

A view from above of a white dinner plate. On the left side of the plate, a very thick piece of meat is topped with a large pile of crab (though you probably can't actually tell it's crab by looking at it). At the top of the plate is a rectangular slice of my version of batatas bravas, which I make by making thin slices of potato, pressing them into a glass baking pan, and topping with olive oil, picante smoked paprika, and other seasonings. The remainder of the plate is taken up by seven spears of asparagus.
A top down view of a glass baking pan on a white countertop. The near half is empty after serving, with bits of caked on food. The far half is mostly covered with a layer of mashed potatoes with vertical ridges and slightly browned crispy bits. Where the cottage pie was served, you can just sea the filling peaking out from under the potatoes, primarily ground meat and small pieces of carrots. Through the empty portion of the pan, a cork trivet is visible.
A top down view of a white dinner plate. At the top is a pile of hash brown casserole. To the right, a pile of mashed sweet potatoes. At the bottom a well browned semi-boneless quail, awkwardly posed. On the left, cut green beans with bacon and onions visible. Tucked above that are two slices of French baguette with a generous amount of butter. In the middle of the plate is a pool of a light brown sauce. The potatoes and green beans are also topped with some crispy onion straws.
A more or less top down view into a big cast iron pot. The pot was once topped with a strangely smooth, yellowish biscuit, non-uniformly spread across the top of the pot, but now the nearer quarter has been cut away. Beneath the biscuit, a brown gravy is visible, with peas, carrots, potatoes, and green beans in evidence. There are chunks of beef and onions present, I swear, but they are hard to see.
A photo of a bottle of cognac. On the neck of the bottle is the stamp "1894". On the label, it says "Croizet cognac fine champagne reserve royal".
Close up top down view of a deep white ramekin containing a messy square of flourless chocolate torte, with three raspberries "artfully" position atop it.
A photo from above of a small ramekin containing creme brulee. The custard is a pale yellow, and the inconsistently spread sugar is browned... in places.
A photo from above of a white dinner plate. At the bottom are several slices of seared duck breast, partially covered with a brown sauce. To the left are a pile of potatoes cut into one inch chunks, skin left on, browned to varying degrees. At the top, some broccoli florets. And on the right, half a slice of brioche (untoasted) with a thick smear of butter.
A photo from above of a small white plate. The lower portion of the plate is filled with a piece of seared foie gras, and the upper portion with half a slice of well toasted brioche. Between them is just visible a rich brown sauce. You can see the fat from the foie gras spreading out over the lower half of the plate.
A photo from above of a wide shallow bowl. A modest bed of baby spinach is topped with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, and crumbled cheese, and pistachios. On the left are several slices of pink smoked duck, with a thick white cap of fat along the edge.
A photo looking down on a wide shallow bowl of cassoulet. There are chunks of pork belly, bacon, carrots, and white beans visible, but it's really hard to identify what's what. There's not much of a broth.
A photo from above of a small white plate. On the left side of the plate sits a tea cup, the bottom of which is filled with dried lentils. Sitting on the bed of lentils is a duck egg in its shell, covered sloppily with a pile of black caviar. In the teacup, behind the egg, there's a small mother of pearl spoon visible. To the right side of the tea cup sits a well toasted stick of brioche.
A picture of a shallow gold rimmed dish with a single small brownie square in the middle. The surface of the brownie is dotted with a handful of visible chocolate chips. Next to the dish is a small squat glass with a ribbed green stem, filled with a tawny port.
A top down view of a white plate. On it, are arranged four butter crackers, each of which is topped with a slice of chevre, whipped with cranberries and cinnamon.
A view from above of a white dinner plate. Crossing the plate are a pair of seared frenched venison chops, atop a coarse brown sauce.
A top down view of a white dinner plate with food roughly divided into four quadrants. The upper right is hash brown casserole, topped with crispy french fried onions. The upper left is whipped sweet potatoes topped with crumbled bacon. The lower left is green beans with bacon and onions - okay, mostly just onions. And the lower right is a whole quail. In the middle of the plate, and slightly overlapping the quail, is a course brown sauce.
A top down view of a white plate. In the center is a piece of grilled brioche, with a heart shaped piece of seared foie gras on top. The upper left portion of the plate is covered with a course brown sauce.
A top down view of a white wide rimmed bowl. In the bowl is a dark broth with visible bits of bacon, pork belly, onions, and white beans. Atop the broth is a reasonably well-browned whole chicken thigh.
A top down view of a wide rimmed bowl containing a thick stew. Chunks of pork, carrots, green beans, and peas are visible in the brown gravy. A spoon rests on the left side of a plate, while on the right side, there are three slices of heavily buttered baguette.
An upward facing view of the Space Needle against a clear blue sky, through the branches of trees, still covered in green leaves.
A view from above of a white dinner plate. On the left side, there are slices of beef, at the top left are green beans with bacon. At the top right, three slices of homemade baguette with butter smeared on them. To the lower right, a large pile of baby carrots and chunks of onions. In the center of the plate, a heaping pile of mashed potatoes. Covering almost everything is a light brown gravy.
A top down view of a white dinner plate. Most of the plate is covered with braised shredded green cabbage, mixed with small chunks of apple, crumbled bacon, shreds of carrot, and some red cabbage. You can just make out the flakes of finishing salt, black pepper, and caraway seeds that season it. The top right portion of the plate has a large bone-in pork chop, just a little browned.
A top down view of a white dinner plate. At the bottom are two coarse potato pancakes, each topped with lox-style smoked salmon and a heap of salmon roe. You can just make out the herbed cheese between the pancakes and the lox. At the top right, there is a salad of thin slices of cucumber, and some thin slices of shallot. Both the salmon and the cucumbers are topped with dill. At the top left of the plate, there's a small pile of shishito peppers, slightly blackened.
A close-up view of a sticker affixed to a public restroom paper towel dispenser. It has four vertical stripes alternating from left to right, blue, red, blue, red. At the bottom is a comic style illustration of a person holding a slushy drink and surfing on a sheet of ice. The main text says "Abolish ICE", and below that says "keep families together". The sticker has a sparkly sheen.
A white dinner plate with three large chunks of browned pork in the lower part; to the left a mix of brown rice and black beans, with some chunks of bacon visible; at the top, a slaw of green and purple cabbage with carrots; and on the right, three slices of baguette topped with a mixture prominently featuring caramelized red onions.
A view of a square glass pan containing layers of thinly sliced potatoes. The top is well browned and there is visible seasoning throughout. A simple dish with a ton of flavor!
A photo taken at a low angle of a white dinner plate. Due to the angle, dominating the foreground are four half slices of orange. To the right, is a pile of sauteed spinach. Above the spinach is a pile of brown rice. And to the left of the rice and above the oranges is a pile of feijoada, with visible slices of chorizo sausage and some black beans. The rest of the feijoada is fairly indistinct. The feijoada is topped with toasted panko bread crumbs, since I didn't have any farofa.
A view from above of a white dinner plate. On the lower right part of the plate sits a very meaty seared lamb loin chop, and to the top of the plate, a pile of couscous with bite-sized chunks of yellow squash, red bell pepper, red onion, and smaller pieces of chopped dates.
A shot looking north out over the water of Lake Union, from the end of the Virginia V dock at Lake Union Park. Traveling from left to right, the main subject of the photo is a Kenmore Air 1953 DeHavilland DHC-3 float plane, preparing to take off. The plane is white with an orange stripe down the side of the fuselage. Its tail number is N87KA. To the left, the east side of Queen Anne hill rises from the water, covered in buildings on the lower two thirds, but with green trees above that. To the right of the plane, you can just make out Gas Works Park in the distance, with Wallingford rising slightly beyond it. Various boats are scattered here and there, including a white sail boat and a small green two person kayak. Above it all, a clear blue sky.
A top down view of a square glass pan of lasagna. Browned bits of meat are visible around the edges, while the center is covered with melted mozzarella, with tomato sauce peeking through in places.
A close up shot of a small bowl with chunks of cucumber and a hint of red onion, with some dried dill visible.
A white dinner plate with a bone-in pork chop just visible under a pile of sauteed shallots. Next to the chop are quarter Brussels Sprouts and small pieces of apple. I'm not sure any of the bacon is actually visible in the photo.
A white dinner plate completely loaded with food. At the lower part is a pile of poorly sliced and quite falling apart pot roast, to the right is a pile of carrots, onions, and parsnips, cut in large chunks, above that is a pile of mashed potatoes, and on the left a pile of cut green beans. To the left of the green beans are two slices of whole wheat baguette with butter spread on them. Coating pretty much everything is a glossy brown sauce.
A view of a white dinner plate with an entire cooked Cornish hen on it. The top is somewhat browned, and there are bits of garlic, shallots, and thyme covering it. The bird is positioned at a poor angle, so that viewer is greeted by the gaping cavity of the bird. Whoops.
A view from above of a white dinner plate with five slices of duck breast, cooked medium rare, along the lower portion of the plate, with a white-ish puree of potatoes and parsnips along the upper portion of the plate. Between them is a line of a shallot port reduction that was probably reduced a little too much. The lot is sprinkled with finishing salt, and there's some french fried onions as a garnish.
A view of Mount Rainier from the top of Crystal Mountain Resort. In the foreground, snowy ground, slowing down to the right, with a red out-of-bounds rope crossing it, with pine trees on the other side. Beyond that is a valley with a green ridge, with just a bit of snow visible along the summit. Then in the distance, Mt Rainier, rises above the surrounding landscape, fully snow covered across the whole width of the photo. Beyond that, nothing but cloudless blue sky.
Close up, top down, slightly blurry view of an enameled cast iron pot with a thick beef stew in it. Visible in the brown gravy are chunks of beef, green beans, peas, carrots, and a few slices of parsnips. The pot is going to require some scrubbing when all of this is done.
A slightly blurry photo of a white dinner plate with three slices of baguette with butter; two potato pancakes, one of which is a little blackened; a pile of onions and baby carrots; and shredded roast beef. All but the bread covered with a too-thin layer of brown gravy.
A white plate with an awkwardly tall fried chicken sandwich on a not-quite-large-enough hamburger bun. There's coarsely shredded cheese sticking out from above and below the giant piece of fried chicken, and above that, a very large slice of tomato is visible, along with an awful lot of shredded lettuce, which is also all over the plate. In the foreground on the plate, are seven bite-sized fried balls that do not quite have a nice golden color, because they were air-fried instead of deep fried, and it's just not the same.
A shallow gold rimmed bowl containing a chocolate brownie square with visible chocolate chips dotting the surface.
A white plate with four small slices of baguette arranged in a more-or-less diamond pattern, each with some white creamy cheese spread on them. The creamy cheese is speckled with cranberries and cinnamon. In the space between the source slices, there is a small pile of pistachios without their shells.
A white dinner plate with a whole roasted quail in the lower half of the plate and above that an elongated pile of coarsely mashed sweet potatoes that appear to have been a somewhat failed attempt at artful presentation.
A somewhat blurry photo of a small scalloped white bowl containing a coarse blob of jellied cranberry sauce with whole berries evident among the sauce.
A white dinner plate with a single venison rib chop at the bottom, followed clockwise by a pile of green beans with bacon and onions, a piece of bread in the shape of a dinner roll, and a pile of hash brown casserole, topped with melted cheese and crispy fried onions. In the center of the plate, just overlapping the green beans and potatoes, is a thick brown gravy.
On a white plate, two thin medallions of seared foie gras, set atop a messy drizzle of reduced balsamic vinegar.
A white plate with a sushi-like roll standing in the center. The roll has a thin slice of cucumber as its outer most layer, followed by an herbed chevre, which is just visible. Inside that, sticking out at the top, is thinly sliced lox-style smoked salmon. The whole thing is held together with a wooden toothpick through the side. Sitting in the crown at the top is a generous portion of salmon roe. It is garnished with dried dill and black pepper.
A white high-sided bowl with butternut squash soup. A sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a few floating pieces of walnut are present on the surface of the soup.
A white plate with four layered slices, one of mozzarella, then of tomato, then of mozzarella, then of tomato. The tomatoes are quite green. The lot is topped messily with a reduced balsamic vinegar, and some dried oregano and black pepper.
A view from above of a large Pyrex bowl containing home made chicken and dumplings. The shredded chicken isn't particularly well represented in this photo, but the broth has a good color to it, and there are lots of chopped carrots and parsley in the picture.
A low lighthouse sits on a point, beyond a green lawn, with broken rocks in the foreground, and Puget Sound and Bainbridge Island in the background.
A white dinner plate with slices of medium rare duck breast on the left, a pile of broccoli florets at the top, and the remainder of the plate filled with browned chunks of potato.
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