It was winter, the temperature was going to go down into the single digits, and we still didn;t intend to turn on any of the apartment radiators. I took a small roast out of the freezer the night before, thinking we’d appreciate having the oven going Wednesday evening, but also fully aware that a rack …
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spicy salmon, micro mustard; roasted mixed roots; arugula
We hadn’t enjoyed any seafood in days, an unusual dry spell for us. Normally we would have had some on Monday, but the fisher people from Eastern Long Island who are normally there that day, didn’t make it, like almost every other producer, because of the severe cold and wind. So It seemed like a …
emmer reginetti, shallot, celery, olive, pinoli; buffalo cheese
I’ve found it impossible to serve anything but a delicious meal when I use one of Sfoglini‘s local artisanal pastas. While they each have great individual flavors of their own, they can also be canvases inviting a cook to be as creative as possible with whatever might be in the kitchen, and sometimes the smallest …
geräucherter Fischaufstrich; kassler; meerrettichkartoffeln
I 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 …
thanksgiving, with no turkey, and no picture of the meal
I don’t have a picture of our Thanksgiving dinner. I guess we were too distracted by our guests: I forgot to snap the first course, and then, although I remembered to photograph the second, I forgot there isn’t quite enough light in the dining area we use for special occasions: Even with the light raised, …
kassler, sellerie, meerrettich-gelee; saltzkartoffeln; rotkohl
We had gotten back only the night before, Monday, after being away for almost a week, so the cupboards were almost bare, and Tuesday was not a Greenmarket day. Nevertheless, I knew I could still assemble a decent meal around virtually the only vegetables in the house, a beautiful red cabbage waiting in the crisper, …
seared striped bass, scape/celery sauce; roasted fingerling
When things go well in the kitchen. But not necessarily perfectly. It was a really delicious dinner, although it wasn’t quite the dinner I had intended. I thought it would end up looking more bright green than brown-green. I think I’ve pretty much gotten the crispy fish skin technique down, but now I have to …
Mangalitsa steak; celeriac paprika frites; scapes; tomato
Even without the red micro amaranth garnish, this is clearly a ‘red meat’. I was more than a little intimidated. I had been offered, and had purchased, a frozen Mangalitsa collar steak one week before, but I had no idea what to do with it. The breed of pig was very different from any known …
cod liver toasts; chile sausage; weinkraut; saltzkartoffeln
It was a Germanic meal, and a pretty darn good one. four ounces of Norwegian canned cod liver, King Oscar Lofot Torskelever (from the Schaller & Weber store, served with little more than pinches of a few condiments (freshly-ground black pepper, Sicilian wild fennel pollen from Buon Italia, chopped celery leaves from , sliced Japanese scallion …
breakfast: eggs, bacon, vegetables, toast, herbs, spices, oil
It was one of the more minimal, and one of the best, examples of this sort of half-traditional/half created Sunday breakfast that I’ve ever thrown together; the fact that I didn’t lose a single one of the 6 yolks is only a part of that boast, but I feel like it’s a good part. the …