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, [...]
Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes, Sauces
I've always regarded fondue as the most glamorous dish in the whole wide world. Growing up beef fondue was the star of my birthday dinners, the one night a year mom would fire up our two big fondue pots. Rounding out these annual evenings of elegance was the grand finale of strawberry shortcake. In January. Which meant frozen strawberries out of an oval paper and metal [...]
Fish and Seafood, Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes
Somewhere along the line everyone agreed on some sweeping generalizations about recipe monikers. If it's "Florentine" expect spinach in there somewhere; "à la Grecque" gets you olive oil, lemon, oregano and probably olives. "Hawaiian" and "Polynesian" are the big yellow warning signs for pineapple. Why bland spinach is the standard bearer for a region that could easily claim rosemary or basil [...]
ALL RECIPES, Foraging, Kitchen Gadgets, Party foods
The New Year's Eve party invite was billed as "A Finger Food Through Down." The crowd would be a collection of serious NYC foodies. Feeling confident I could hold my own in the culinary contributions department, I pondered a way to pull focus from the accomplished competitors. Eureka! Knowing there would be an abundance of transcendentally scrumptious canapés, my angle would [...]
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 [...]
ALL RECIPES, Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes, Simply Spectacularly Delicious (SSD)
A nicely turned out Osso Buco is about as Simply Spectacularly Delicious (SSD) a recipe as one can have in one's repertoire. By virtue of there being only two sides of the cut of veal that need browning, it's arguable that this is the easiest braised-meat dish around. When you consider the searing and turning and multiple batches required [...]
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