Max and Eli on WGN September 28, 2009
Posted by Max in : Recipes, Video , add a commentHere’s the clip of us on WGN cooking up some Snow Peas with Shitake Mushrooms and Yellow Peppers:
Snow Peas Recipe from WGN Lunchbreak September 27, 2009
Posted by Eli in : Uncategorized , add a commentYou probably just saw us on WGN Lunchbreak so thanks for stopping by our little ol’ cookbook blog. How did we update our blog this quickly? Magical technology, that’s how. Below is the recipe for Snow Peas that we just cooked up to go along with those delicious asian chicken skewers you were drooling over. We also had The Sesame Peanut Noodles up on the table. Both of those recipes can be found in our cookbook “Freshman In the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef” which you can buy by clicking on that huge blue icon right over here ————————————>
Stir Fried Snow Peas with Shitake Mushrooms and Yellow Peppers
Serves 4-6
1 lb snow peas
1 yellow pepper, sliced
1 3.5 oz package shitake miushrooms, stems removed and sliced
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1-3 teaspoons chili sauce (to taste)
2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
1. Heat a 12 inch skillet with oil until the oil begins to smoke. Add the sliced shitake mushrooms and cook for 2-3 minutes, until they are just starting to brown.
2. Add yellow peppers and cook for another one-two minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add the snow peas and cook for another minute.
4. Add soy sauce and chili sauce and stir so that it coats the vegetables. Continue until peas turn darker green and are cooked but still crunchy.
5. Remove from heat and add sesame oil. Stir well.
6. Serve by arranging on a platter and garnish with a small sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds.
Please remember to check us out tomorrow on ABC-TV where we will be cooking a whole new recipe and showing off several other recipes from our cookbook.
AND… on tuesday evening we will be doing a live demo at The Chopping Block in Lincoln Sq. You can get all the info below! Please come as all proceeds from the cost of the demo go to Common Threads Charity!
Chicago Tribune font, how we love thee September 23, 2009
Posted by Eli in : Press, Stories, Updates , add a comment
Elizabeth Schiele September 23, 2009
Brothers in the kitchen: Eli and Max Sussman sign their new cookbook, “Freshman in the Kitchen,” and conduct a cooking demonstration at two events. 6 p.m. Saturday. $10. Whole Foods, 3640 N. Halsted St. Information, 773-472-0400. And 6 p.m. Tuesday to benefit Common Threads. $60. The Chopping Block, Merchandise Mart. Information, 312-644-6360.
Thanks to the Chicago Tribune for including us in the Good Eat’s Section of today’s new-sa-paper!
The Sussman bros. blow into the Windy City 9/26-9/29!! **We’ve been told it’s just like Detroit but with stores and jobs September 20, 2009
Posted by Eli in : Uncategorized , add a commentAs Elwood Blues said “We’re getting the band back together!!” Max and I reunite after 13 long days apart and will be in “The Chi” (do people actually call it that or am I showing how big of a loser I am?) from September 26-29th. Per the yuzsh we have a jampacked couple of days with 4 events. 2 Live TV appearances and 2 Live demos! Wahhh??? Yes, we that crazy. As Bill O”Reilly says “We’ll do it live!”
Max is probs in the doghouse for not sousing on yet ANOTHER U of M football saturday but hey, we gotsta “make that paper” so it can then “rain” accordingly and we can concurrently “pop champagne.” So here’s all of the Chicago events listed below with some sick graphics from google images!
Whole Foods Event – 9.26 6p-8p 3640 N Halsted St Chicago, IL 60613-4316 (773) 472-0400
From 6p-7p we are going to be “on the floor” giving away samples and chatting with shoppers. Then from 7p-8p we are going to be doing a class with 3 recipes, have a sweet Q and A, sign copies of our book and model our new fashion line (one of these is not going to happen). The cost of the class is $10 and you can sign up here : http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/northalsted/storecalendar.php
WGN Lunchbreak segment Monday 9.28 at noon (chicago time). We are going to be demo’ing a dish and appearing on your TV boxes LIVE. You know what that means…Max in makeup again!
ABC-TV News Segment Tuesday 9.29 LIVE in studio at 11am.
Make sure to tune in at 10.30am when the awesome “teasers” of us pretending to cut stuff begin.
Chopping Block Tuesday 9.29 6p-8p
We are honored to be a featured chefs at the Chopping Block for an event for Chef Art Smith’s Common Threads charity. We are going to do a food demo, then a bang-a-rang Q and A and close it out with some John Hancock’in. FROM CB’s website: First-time cooks: there’s nothing to fear! Max and Eli Sussman present their new book “Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef” which gives detailed instructions on everything from grocery shopping to perfecting pasta. Class price includes a copy of the book and an Italian-inspired meal from the brothers. Proceeds go to Common Threads. Sign up for our class here: http://www.thechoppingblock.net/
Chicagoan’s please treat us like your native son, the new prez and allow us to speak to your children (seriously, we love having kids at our demos so bring them along – any age welcome). And if you are in Chicago and plan on attending either food demo, please RSVP using the links we provided.
See you on Michigan Ave! We’ll be the guys with 10 Macy’s bags each.(what can we say, we are patriots, so stimulate the economy we shall)
Mittenlit.com shout out about Kerrytown! September 18, 2009
Posted by Eli in : Press , add a commentThank you to mittenlit for helping to make Kerrytown a huge success for us!
This cookbook is for the kid who thinks a grilled cheese sandwhich is a gourmet dinner
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 14:17 | Category : Author Visit, Culinary
Tags : Freshman in the Kitchen, Jane and Michael Stern, Kerrytown BookFest, Sussman
Eli and Max Sussman will bring their message that enough’s enough when it comes to microwave popcorn, take-out pizzas and little cardboard boxes filled with gelatinous goodies to the seventh annual Kerrytown BookFest in Ann Arbor Michigan September 13. They are part of a literary ”foodie day” which stresses locally grown food that includes the talented road dogs of Jane and Michael Stern who are sponsored by Michigan Radio.
The two brothers, (Eli went to MSU and Max to U-M) have collaborated on a cookbook, “Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef”, published through Ann Arbor’s Huron River Press. The two brothers got their first lessons in cooking their parent’s home in Huntington Woods. They will do a demo at the BookFest in the Hollander’s upstairs Kitchen shop at 2:00 P.M. For more details on the BookFest go to www.kerrytownbookfest.org
