Famous Chefs, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relish, Kitchen Gadgets
A busy afternoon at the office. Up to my neck in the crushing deadlines of the high-stakes world of magazine publishing. The telephone rang. Stifling the urge to answer with the Dorothy Parker classic "What fresh hell is this?" I was more than delighted to hear the voice of my dear friend Sharon Franke, [...]
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 [...]
ALL RECIPES, Dessert, Famous Chefs, Kitchen Gadgets
1. Best Meal: Our wedding party. After sharing our lives for 29 years, Steve Russell and I married in September. 125 guests (45 of whom were family, pictured) celebrated in Greenwich Village on a sunny Sunday afternoon overlooking downtown and the harbor. Highlights of our spectacular feast included four types of caviar, toasted ravioli, lobster rolls and a four foot [...]
Is it just me or do snails seem to be crawling their way back onto menus lately? Then again, since snagging these old-timey escargot crocks I have been on the lookout for the tasty crawlers. Discovered at East Hampton's Ladies' Village Improvement Society's thrift shop, these stoneware bake 'n' serve snail dishes were $1 a pop. They'd never been used, evidenced [...]
Famous Chefs, Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes
We have the estimable Mapie, Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec, to thank for this inspired tagine-style lamb stew. And thanks go out again to our pals Liz and Al for this gorgeous tagine which they brought back from their honeymoon in Morocco many moons ago. The Countess, born Adélaïde Lévêque de Vilmorin in 1902, was the wife of Comte Guillaume de Toulouse-Lautrec Monfa. The [...]
Forget the red carpet hype of movie openings – Spectacularly Delicious was invited to host the world premiere of a fabulous new seasonal dessert recipe from Chef Jonathan Mathias. Jonathan is owner and chef of A Dash of Salt, the caterer of choice for the celebrities, socialites and philanthropic titans of industry in Greenwich, Connecticut (one of the wealthiest zip codes [...]
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