Lynley Jones
This is Season 2 of my Vexingly Foodish Documentation of the Baudelaire orphans, based on Lemony Snicket's research in Books 5-9, and the ill-conceived second season of the Netflix documentary.
Or re-visit Season 1: The Bland Beginning
Week the First:
A couple of couplets for coping
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A Calamitous Cafeteria, and a Couple of Couplets
This week, we cope with the repetitive stress of a second Netflix season and bad cafeteria food, by writing couplets.
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Classic Lasagna
A classic Italian lasagna, made with red wine Bolognese sauce and Parmesan bechamel, with a touch of pecorino Romano and parsley.
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Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese
Creamy, cheesy, pasta-y and really doesn't take much longer than the boxed version.
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Week the Second:
A burrito, a poem and some advice
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Ode to a Burrito
This week, we bring our own lunch to an infiltration. And, I'm sorry to say, there's also Carmelita Spats.
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Lunchbox Beef and Bean Burritos
Beer-simmered seasoned ground beef and refried beans rolled into a burrito with cheese and herbs. You can make it ahead and freeze it. Or heck, just eat it now.
Week the Third:
The misuse of grammar and bananas
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Mr. Remora's Bananas
The misuse of bananas can drive one to a life of villainy or insanity. This recipe for a Very Fashionable Dish might help.
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Classic Bananas Foster
The classic dessert, with warm caramelized bananas and vanilla ice cream, topped with rum flambe sauce.
Week the Fourth:
Swimming upstream at Cafe Salmonella
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Fish Out of Water at Cafe Salmonella
This week, we have a Very Fancy Dinner at Cafe Salmonella.
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Salmon Puffs
Red salmon and herbs in puff pastry bites, with a drizzle of creme fraiche.
Week the Fifth:
Fake News
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Fake News from The Daily Punctilio: Cafe Salmonella Out
This week, the tragic consequences of an ersatz restaurant review.
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Sheet Pan Lemony-Garlic Salmon with Asparagus
A sheet pan dinner that helps you clean the pan. (Seriously!) Plus, salmon-asparagus-garlicky-lemony goodness.
Week the Sixth:
Dining in with Esme Squalor
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Exclusive: The Esme Squalor Interview
The Daily Punctilio’s exclusive interview with Esme Gigi Geniveve Squalor, the city’s 6th most important financial advisor. She shares her innest recipe and introduces us to a handsome foreign auctioneer named Gunther.
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Artichoke Leaf Appetizer with Salmon and Rutabaga Straws
Artichoke leaves are an appetizer-delivery device, cooked until tender then topped with salmon, garlic-mascarpone and crispy fried rutabaga straws (my new favorite thing).
Week the Seventh:
Try to be bubbly
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Parsley Soda is In
This week, we struggle to emerge from the murky depths.
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Naturally Carbonated Hibiscus-Lime Soda
Make your own soda, naturally carbonated and tinted red from hibiscus leaves steeped with lime.
Naturally Carbonated Parsley Soda
Make your own, refreshing, naturally carbonated herbal soda, infused with parsley and lemon.
Naturally Carbonated Lemon-Lime Soda
Make your own, refreshing, naturally carbonated lemon-lime soda.
WEEK THE Eighth:
Life lessons and enchiladas
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Hector's Enchiladas
This week, we contemplate life’s most important lessons.
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Red Chicken Enchiladas
Arizona-style enchiladas in a mild red chile sauce, stuffed with shredded chicken and covered with melty cheese.
Guajillo Enchilada Sauce
A Sonoran-style all-guajillo chile sauce for enchiladas, seasoned with Mexican oregano.
WEEK THE Ninth:
Hutzpah, huevos, and hidden messages
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Hector's Huevos
This week, we try to think of something.
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Huevos Rancheros with Salsa de Molcajete
A classic Mexican breakfast that will stop you in your tracks. A lightly fried corn tortilla topped with flavorful beans, an egg and salsa de molcajete.
Salsa de Molcajete
Salsa made from garlic, roasted tomatoes and serrano chiles, ground together in a molcajete (mortar and pestle) and served warm.
WEEK THE TENTH:
Anagrams and alphabet soup
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How to Hide a Recipe from Your Enemies
This week, we hide a pircee from our enemies.
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Farm-to-Table Alphabet Soup
Carrots, celery, corn, herbs, and whatever else you bring home from the farmer’s market, simmered with chicken and alphabet noodles.
WEEK THE ELEVENTH:
Chicken soup at Heimlich Hospital
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Chicken Soup at Heimlich Hospital
File this week’s recipe under F for Hal’s family.
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Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken noodle goodness in a white wine broth infused with thyme and classic aromatics.
WEEK THE TWELfTH:
A tale of forbidden love and advanced cooking skills
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Chabo the Wolf Baby and a Very Fictional Drama
This week, we share a traditional folk tale of forbidden love and advanced cooking skills.
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Tom Kha Gai
This classic Thai chicken dish will blow youaway.It's so good you may dream about it - seriously. it’s got it all going on: umami, salty, sour, sweet. Serve it as a main dish with steamed rice or as a soup or side.
If you are a parent with the good sense to question whether these are the type of books you should be foisting upon your children, you may want to read my parent-to-parent review of the book series
If for some reason you still want to read the books, you will find them here:
(When I finish weeping over this bowl of cold lime stew, I may write a review of the television series.)
Dear Reader,
By now you are probably aware that A Series of Unfortunate Events was originally a book series, dutifully written by Lemony Snicket to tell the true tale of misery endured by Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire at the hands of Count Olaf, and to clear his own name. In recent years,Snicket has begun a new, even more desperate attempt to retell the treacherous tale on Netflix, in the form of a documentary.
As a student of the history of the Baudelaires, I have assumed the grim duty of reading the entire tragic series, and watching every episode, myself. You, however, are under no such obligation. From the Bad Beginning to the bitter End, this terrible tale contains vile food and unpleasant dining companions with treacherous table manners.
I have vowed to create this series of recipes for those who prefer to spend their time eating delicious food in the company of pleasant people. You may choose to follow along if you also prefer that sort of thing.
With all due respect,
Lynley Jones
Proprietress, Adventure Kitchen
categories Season 2
tags a series of unfortunate events, VFD, Baudelaires, lemony snicket, Count Olaf, Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, Sunny Baudelaire, cover, landing page
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