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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, Part 3

Posted on February 1, 2011 by David

Today I discovered another supposedly fun thing I’l never do again: standing on my side roof and shoveling show off it to prevent structural damage. I no longer have any place to put more snow, so if you’d like some … Continue reading →

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, Part 2

Posted on January 28, 2011 by David

We had a kitchen full of food and we were ready to cook all of it. But let’s have another look at the rest of that kitchen: That’s a three-sink dishwashing station with sinks dedicated to (right to left) washing, … Continue reading →

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, Part 1

Posted on January 25, 2011 by David

Have you ever cooked for 500 people a day for three straight days? I have, and I lived to tell the tale. The story begins a little over a year ago, when my friends Rose and Josh called and asked … Continue reading →

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“Caesar Salad”

Posted on January 20, 2011 by David

I have been sick and I have been busy. The weasels in my lungs attempted to take up permanent residence, thwarted only by a solid week’s worth of insomniac coughing fits. I also spent a solid week planning, shopping for, … Continue reading →

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French Onion Soup

Posted on January 5, 2011 by David

I still remember my first bowl of French onion soup. It was January of 1978, and I was in New York City with the MIT Concert Band, the first stop of a week-long tour of the northeast. My friends and … Continue reading →

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Aero Chocolate, Version 2

Posted on December 31, 2010 by David

My first attempt at making aero chocolate turned out pretty well, but I was not satisfied with the final texture, which I found to be too dense. As I was considering making it again, my copy of Ideas in Food: … Continue reading →

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Pork Belly Ssäm with Mustard Seed Sauce

Posted on December 28, 2010 by David

The usual pre-holiday frenzy – gifts, menu planning for the family meal, last-minute work – kept me from posting much, and the post-holiday hasn’t been much better. Now that I’ve unearthed the house from a mountain of snow and taken … Continue reading →

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Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad

Posted on December 20, 2010 by David

I make a point of not buying supermarket beef anymore, but when I saw packs of freshly-cut marrow bones being added to the Stop & Shop meat display, I couldn’t resist. I may be picky about the actual meat, but … Continue reading →

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Instant Chocolate Cake

Posted on December 18, 2010 by David

With a new iSi charger in hand, I pulled another recipe out of my mind’s Deep Storage Facility, an instant cake invented by Albert Adrià at El Bulli. I first saw it in the 2008 Spain episode of No Reservations, … Continue reading →

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Hydrocolloid Experiment 1: Aero Chocolate

Posted on December 15, 2010 by David

I frequently rediscover ideas that have been dormant in the Deep Storage Facility of my long-term memory, triggered by a recent event or conversation. I was thinking about José Andrés’ Harvard lecture on the same day that a birthday present … Continue reading →

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