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culotte, ramp butter; fennel seed-roasted carrots; sprouts
Categories: Meals at homeSize didn’t really matter. Until the package had defrosted, there was no way to tell how many pieces of steak it contained, or, of course, how much each weighed. Those numbers aren’t all important however, at least until it’s time to put the dinner on the 2 plates, when questions of aesthetics and fair apportioning…
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lemon/parsley-fried butterfish; tiny turnips, mustard greens
Categories: Meals at homeSometimes I decide to cook something partly, maybe mostly, just because I want to see if I can, and to see what it’s like to cook something or to taste something I may not otherwise have a chance to experience. Butterfish was like that the first time it appeared on our table; the second time…
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spaghettto alio e olio; formaggio di latte di bufala semidura
Categories: Meals at homeThe idea was to go easy after a string of some pretty rich meals, and to serve an entrée early enough in the evening, and also light enough, for us to enjoy a really great new cheese I had bought in the Greenmarket the day before. For Barry it would be his first taste. while…
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broiled sea perch with scallion, anchovy; tomato; cabbage
Categories: Meals at homeIt’s a beautiful fish And it’s an absolutely delicious fish. Last night we enjoyed what may have been one of my most successful preparations ever, using a simple recipe I’ve become very fond of, on some very fresh fish. It’s precisely however because I’m realizing how good this fish is without the addition of strong…
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saddle of hare, game sauce, quince; roast squash; sprouts
Categories: Meals at homeThe richest, gamiest game imaginable. Wild hare, two days in a row! Well it was already there, and for several reasons it seemed neither advisable nor possible to push back cooking our second ration of this noble meat to another day. We found 2 more pieces of shot, for a total of 4 between us.…
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hare in cognac sauce; chutney; buckwheat risotto; cabbage
Categories: Meals at homeOne Scottish hare. It turned out to be a 2-day feast, not necessarily because there was so much meat, but mostly because I was anxious to try to specifically prepare ‘saddle of hare’ (the phrase had always attracted me, like ‘haunch of venison’). For the saddle, see the next day’s post. But there definitely was…
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kassler leftovers; parsnip habanada frites, brussels sprouts
Categories: Meals at homeThe meat was a leftover, from a roast, but everyone should have such leftovers! The green vegetable would have been at its best had I moved it from the crisper to the oven a number of days sooner, so, not as spectacular as it should have been, but I did manage to roast the root…
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marinated, breaded swordfish, potatoes; tardivo, balsamic
Categories: Meals at homeDinner was good, very good. While we were enjoying it I thought to myself, surprisingly good, but if I had considered our routinely good experiences with the terrific fresh swordfish we can get in Manhattan, I couldn’t have been surprised. one beautiful 16.5 ounce swordfish steak from American Seafood Company halved, marinated on an ironstone platter…
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geräucherter Fischaufstrich; kassler; meerrettichkartoffeln
Categories: Meals at homeI love the idea of bringing in the first day of the year with a feast. Feasts should be shared, and even if it’s only only 2 guests, it’s enough of an excuse for a roast of some kind. That brings us up to last Tuesday, when two good artist friends joined us for a…
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new year’s eve prosciutto; truffle agnolotti, pepper, chicory
Categories: Meals at homeAnd Champagne of course. The picture above was taken in the subdued light of the dining gallery, which I normally can’t trust to be bright enough for an unblurred image. It worked this time, but I didn’t trust it for a second shot, so I took a picture of the pasta while it was still…