by Brian | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Arrows was an acclaimed restaurant in Maine, the forerunner of the grand parade of fine establishments there now. Time and again, Suzi and I return to The Arrows Cookbook for inspiration and great, great meals. Yes, this recipe tastes like chicken, but it’s like...
by Brian | May 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
In her lovely, and now classic book from 2007, The Art of Simple Food, Alice Waters presents an encyclopedia of “simple” foods. Her skill is the transformation of simple ingredients into dishes of elegance and culinary power. Take mushrooms. Simple mushrooms. Take, in...
by Brian | May 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Burgundy is justly famous for its distinctive wines. The wines benefit from an exceptional terroir including mineral-rich limestone soils. You may not know it, but that soil has multiple uses. Like ceramics. Since 1850 the Emile Henri family has crafted ceramic...
by Brian | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is spring and some of the early delights include lettuce. This post, from 6 years ago, is for a most favorite salad idea from Jacques Pepin, the French master who transformed American cuisine. If you mention the name “Jacques Pepin” to someone at random, you stand...
by Brian | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
There is this rumor, very pervasive, that to go to heaven, first you must die. Nothing could be further from the truth. You can just pick up your phone and make a reservation at any Alain Ducasse restaurant: there are about thirty of them from Paris to Qatar to Tokyo...
by Brian | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Oh, I don’t eat these for the puff pastry. It’s the pastry cream. Just that pastry cream. I’m updating this post from one four years ago by adding two more recipes and showing you how diverse the recipes for pastry cream can be. If you were a mathematician, a...
