Acclaimed blogger and urban farmer Charles Thompson introduced me to Gail Monaghan’s Lost Desserts, a treasure trove of over-the-top sweet extravaganzas which was to be my initial inspiration for this Spectacularly Delicious recipe for the dazzling Mont Blanc. These first two photos are my Mont Blancs; the third is Ms. Monaghan’s dazzler (paired with another of [...]
Celebrity Recipes, Fish and Seafood, Soups
When done properly, as it is in this recipe, there is nothing as sensuously delicious as classic Lobster Bisque. Silky smooth, generously studded with nubbins of the crown jewel of crustaceans, a gleaming tureen filled with piping hot lobster bisque is the ultimate in luxury dining. Today it seems that never was a more enthralling [...]
Celebrity Recipes, Dessert, East Hampton, Party foods
When all is said and done, we have that certain Cathy to thank for the enduring mystic of Crêpes Suzette. Sophisticated beyond her years, she embodied culture and refinement to a generation hooked on black and white after-school TV reruns. You remember Cathy, don't you? Of course I speak of the Cathy who adores [...]
Celebrity Recipes, Famous Chefs, Fish and Seafood
"I like boiled fish…almost any fish tastes wonderful when properly boiled…the fish must never boil." So sayeth Marlene Dietrich in her book ABC, first published in 1961. Like the lady herself, her culinary advice is mysteriously elusive. And as good a jumping off point as any for the inscrutable world of sous vide cooking. Sous [...]
Celebrity Recipes, Main Dishes
Celebrity recipes are always a mixed bag and in my experience that bag usually holds a lot of bland disappointments and ill-advised oddities. Frank DeCaro's The Dead Celebrity Cookbook does much better than most to disprove this opinion. His clever book is an amusing compendium of fond remembrances and celebrity recipes by A- , B- and C-list [...]
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