Button what? This recipe for Clam Chowder is my Dad's specialty, one he's honed and perfected since his days as a wee lad at his family's summer cottage in the historic summer colony of Buttonwoods, Rhode Island. Note: In Buttonwoods, the cottages are cottages, as opposed to the "Cottages" (i.e. palaces) of nearby Newport. At … [Read more...]
BONACKER CHOWDER
Just like gardeners carefully combing the pebbles in Japanese rock gardens, the slow, meditative raking in the shallow bottoms East Hampton's bays creates a satisfying Zen-like serenity. And you get the bonus of the tastiest clams imaginable for recipes like this Bonacker Chowder. As much as I enjoy a morning's labor collecting … [Read more...]
MULLIGATAWNY SOUP
Chances are last time (or only time) most people heard "Mulligatawny Soup" was in the famous Seinfeld Soup Nazi episode, when Elaine gloatingly reads the roster of his secret recipes which have fallen into her hands. (So she gets to keep the armoire, remember?) The soup course has taken some knocks over the years, dating way back to … [Read more...]
POTAGE PRINCESS DORIA
A recent New York Magazine piece by Gillian Duffy told the story of a Princess Doria who lived in the St. Regis Hotel during the days of Lespinasse. Her special relationship with Chef Gray Kunz gave her the unique privilege of taking the restaurant's meals in her suite, including this Potage Princess Doria. My pal Bernard was a … [Read more...]