There are any number of reasons one should know how to clean and cook soft shell crabs -- here are my top three: 1. Freshness is essential and they must be cooked right after cleaning. 2. Cleaning soft shell crabs falls into the collection of skills every good cook should possess along with op
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Continue ReadingThe very best asparagus peeler of all time is, alas, not readily available here in the United States of America. And we call this the greatest country on earth. Ha! The beauty of this German-made number is the opposing peeling blades facing each other on the inside of a pair of tongs. Hold t
Continue Reading"I don't care about the money -- I just want Lee back!" cried this rueful Scott Thorson (the late, great Peter Croce) on a balmy Greenwich Village Halloween long ago, as seen in this New York Native's full-page photo headlined Night of Beasts and Fairies. No doubt jilted lover Thorson also mi
Continue ReadingHaute cuisine meets high design at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House, where House Beautiful is teaming up with KitchenAid to host a series of innovative culinary events with renowned chefs throughout the month of May in the stunning Christopher Peacock-designed kitchen at the famed show house. Ki
Continue ReadingThe new How to Make Carrot Flowers (part 2) video is the sequel to our first How To Make Carrot Flowers. This Youtube video has received nearly a half million views. Lots of people like it. This idea for these groovy blossoms was served up on a plate in Paris. Literally -- at a small bistro the
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There are any number of reasons one should know how to clean and cook soft shell crabs — here are my top three: 1. Freshness is essential and they must be cooked right after cleaning. 2. Cleaning soft shell crabs falls into the collection of skills every good cook should possess along with opening oysters, [...]
Obviously calling any recipe “picture perfect” is an invitation for arguments and counter-challenges. This true story is a quintessential example. A controversial secret technique for a picture perfect recipe for authentic Spanish paella was passed on to me by a formidable family cook at a magnificent estate near Segovia, a few hours’ drive from [...]
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The very best asparagus peeler of all time is, alas, not readily available here in the United States of America. And we call this the greatest country on earth. Ha! The beauty of this German-made number is the opposing peeling blades facing each other on the inside of a pair of tongs. Hold the asparagus stem [...]
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“I don’t care about the money — I just want Lee back!” cried this rueful Scott Thorson (the late, great Peter Croce) on a balmy Greenwich Village Halloween long ago, as seen in this New York Native’s full-page photo headlined Night of Beasts and Fairies. No doubt jilted lover Thorson also missed Liberace’s (or Lee, [...]
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Haute cuisine meets high design at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House, where House Beautiful is teaming up with KitchenAid to host a series of innovative culinary events with renowned chefs throughout the month of May in the stunning Christopher Peacock-designed kitchen at the famed show house. KitchenAid is the exclusive kitchen appliance sponsor of [...]
ALL RECIPES, Kitchen Gadgets, Vegetables
The new How to Make Carrot Flowers (part 2) video is the sequel to our first How To Make Carrot Flowers. This Youtube video has received nearly a half million views. Lots of people like it. This idea for these groovy blossoms was served up on a plate in Paris. Literally — at a small bistro [...]
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