Archive for the ‘ Food, simply ’ Category

2009 Food – a recap and rekindling

Does anyone know the medical signs of Gout? I will say this, its going to be salads for this guy for a while….at least until lunch tomorrow. Two weeks of indulging in everything from baby octopi to Ossobuco, from martinis to zinfandel, from sour patch kids to pizza rolls (don’t ask) have caught up. As [ READ MORE ]

Pork Project – its back, for real this time

There are a few truths in life – death, taxes, jackalopes, freedom and the equality of all humans. Ponder that list, study it. Notice what is missing? Bacon. Maybe its sausage, maybe its a nice pate or a pickled trotter; regardless it is time to liberate our swine. Proclaim porcine freedom! What am I blathering on [ READ MORE ]

A foodies Christmas list

Just saying is all…. It has been the year of the cookbook. Last year’s releases of Grant Achatz’s Aleina set the new standard for uber food pr0n: At $32.00, Aleina broke the mold of the $150 high-end celebrity cookbook. And once the flood gates were open, it has been no holds bared for frugal foodies. These are some [ READ MORE ]

Pickles – let mother nature do the hard work for you this summer

Look, I’m not saying I started the trend, people have been pickling things for thousands of years. But is it coincidental that the foodies are writing about pickles all the sudden? Could it be the acid tongue army at work? One of our most prolific food writers, Michael Ruhlman recently posted about tarragon-garlic pickles. Mental [ READ MORE ]

Simply Dressed – Springtime veggies and vinaigrette

Is there anything better than seeing those first green shoots pop up from the brown dirt in the early spring? They are at once the white flags of winter’s surrender and the welcome committee for the sun. Early spring time veggies are often the most delicate and sweetest that nature has to offer. That first [ READ MORE ]

an evening of comfort cuisine

Usually when I write about comfort food, I am writing about simple food; the kinds of things that remind us of home and grandma. A few days ago I posted the menu that was mailed to a group of diners who had ‘won’ a meal as part of a charity auction. On the outset it [ READ MORE ]

Simple Pork Chops – perfect for early spring

74F during the day and 35F at night – yep, it is early Spring in Virginia. This time of year is always bittersweet for me. On one hand the warm days mean ski season has come to an end. On the other, little tender buds of the first veggies and spring flowers are starting to [ READ MORE ]

so it begins…

…and so it begins. This menu was mailed out to the wonderfully generous and woefully complacent donors who bid on and won a catered meal for this weekend. There may be a few tricks in store. I’ll post the detailed menu and photos after the event. Wish us luck and send some virtual condolences [ READ MORE ]

Service Included – what can health care learn from a four star resturant?

On this week’s Splendid Table Podcast (and radio show) Lynn interviewed Phoebe Damrosch, author of Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (New York Times Notable Books) “>. Phoebe worked her way from a waiter to captain at Thomas Keller’s Per Se restaurant. I recently posted our menus from a meal at Per Se [ READ MORE ]

Per Se Menus

At the end of December we had the privilege of dining at Per Se, arguably one of the best restaurants in the world. Distilling an experience like Per Se down to an accolade would be to lose everything that Per Se is. I make a point on this site to write about simple food, and [ READ MORE ]

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