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Category Archives: food & cooking
Dinner at Posto
The original Bertucci’s pizzeria was in David Square, Somerville, next door to the original Steve’s Ice Cream store (a pizza place next to an ice cream place: stoner marketing at its best). When owner Joey Crugnale turned Bertiucci’s into a … Continue reading
Double Meat
I was in Los Angeles for my scheduled meat pickup in April, so I got to double up yesterday. There was a bit of duplication, but who am I to complain? I got two of the Best Chickens, five thick … Continue reading
Cauliflower Panna Cotta with Beluga Caviar
As promised, it’s time to provide the recipe breakdowns for the Fifth Annual Birthday Dinner for She Who Must Be Obeyed. The first course was Cauliflower Panna Cotta, a “canape” from The French Laundry Cookbook. I started with eight ounces … Continue reading
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Birthday Dinner at Jean Georges, Continued
We had already dined on caviar and seafood, so the obvious transition to a meat course would be lobster, two different preparations: Lobster Tartine, Leongrass and Fenugreek Broth, Pea Shoots. Served with Pinot Nior, III Somms Seven Springs Vineyard — … Continue reading
Birthday Dinner at Jean Georges
A perfect storm of crushing workload, illness, medical procedures, and a dinner party for ten that required a solid week’s worth of prep has kept me from updating the blog. I hope to rectify that, starting with a bit of … Continue reading
Pot-Roast Half Pig’s Head
I had pig parts left over after the Fifth Annual Birthday Dinner, so I consulted Fergus Henderson’s Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the Adventurous Cook for inspiration. It didn’t take long to find this recipe, and his … Continue reading
Fifth Annual Birthday Dinner
It’s that time of year, when I pull out all the stops and host a birthday dinner party for She Who Must Be Obeyed. I try to top the previous year’s menu, which is getting harder to do with each … Continue reading
This Little Piggy
I have been very busy. I took She Who Must Be Obeyed to New York for her birthday dinner, and will report on it tomorrow. In the meantime, I have been preparing for the annual dinner party to celebrate She … Continue reading
The Perfect Couple
This weekend I’m taking She Who Must Be Obeyed to New York for a dinner to celebrate a major birthday (her 39th, to be precise, at least that’s what I have been told to say under threat of a savage … Continue reading
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Knife for Hire
I am always looking for opportunities to improve my kitchen and plating skills, so I jumped when Andrea (my consultant on my signature dish) asked if I could help her cook and serve at a dinner party she was hosting … Continue reading