This recipe had a starring role at the Kitchen of the Year in Rockefeller Center this summer! Click for video. For a real mind-blowing read don't miss Cooking for Kings: Antonin Carême, The Life of the First Celebrity Chef by Ian Kelly. It takes you on a mind-blowing journey back in time to the dizzying heights of extraordinary cuisine of the early 19th … [Read more...]
CRISP BREAST OF DUCK JULIE ANNE: AN ORIGNAL GOURMET RECIPE
This recipe leapt off the page from the the An American Place cookbook. Crisp duck skin, delicious as it is, isn't a much of a culinary mystery. But the technique in this recipe -- rendering the fat, leaving the meat nice a rosy red and getting a 100% enjoyable crispiness to the skin, sounded, well not too good to be true, because it sounds so sensible. But the method … [Read more...]
STRAWBERRY SOUFFLE – EUGENIA BONE’S ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Putting together a dinner for our dear good friend Eugenia Bone, author of the fab Well-Preserved (James Beard Award finalist), At Mesa's Edge and Italian Family Dining (this last one co-written with dad Ed Giobbe), is always cause for something special. Her original gourmet recipes (like this Strawberry Soufflé), bringing together her Italian … [Read more...]
HOMARD A LA DAVID LETTERMAN – A CHOICE MEAL
As promised, here's another doozy from Le Bec-Fin Recipes by George Perrier, a true choice meal for the discerning palate. The intro to this dish says the lobster recipe was created for the chef's first appearance on the Letterman show, which must have been pre-heart attack Dave, as the recipe calls for a prodigious amount of butter. One of the best … [Read more...]
ORIGNAL GOURMET: BRAIDED SALMON AND SOLE
Used bookstores are treasure troves of spectacularly delicious recipes. This original gourmet stunner is from Le Bec-Fin Recipes, by Georges Perrier. A million years ago I was at a fancy catered lunch with some chefs flown in from who-knows-where. The only memorable thing about that meal was a braid of different kinds of fish. So you can imagine my … [Read more...]