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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 ]

Homemade Ginger Ale – Blenheim style | Ask A Foodie

Crossposted from AskAFoodie.net Homemade Ginger Ale – Blenheim style If you are a fan of the FoodNetwork show Good Eats (and lets face it, if you are a foodie then you probably are) may have caught the recent episode on ginger. At the end of the show the host gives a recipe for ginger ale [ READ MORE ]

AskAFoodie.net – a work in progressess

UPDATE: AskAFoodie.net is now live- check it out for more info. The goal is simple – have short foodie exchanges on Twitter and delve in deeper on AskAFoodie.net The social networking site Twitter.com has one rule – you cannot post more than 140 characters at a time. That means everything is short and to the [ READ MORE ]

You need to not knead this bread

Casual cooks love the phrase “I just throw stuff in as a I go, I never measure; that’s why I hate to bake”. Somehow we have come to regard baking as tedious, exacting and perhaps even a bit fastidious. Ironically, my professional chef friends tell me that the key to turning out perfect meals in [ READ MORE ]

Sous Vide at Home

Originally uploaded by NickDawson For Christmas, Santa brought me a copy of Thomas Kelleher’s Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide – a cookbook largely devoted to the sous vide technique of cooking. Sous Vide, or under vacuum, is a bit of a misnomer but refers to cooking things sealed in vacuum bags in a water bath. [ READ MORE ]

The Per Se kitchen

I am still mentally digesting our meal from Per Se. Check back soon for a post about the menus and our meal. As a quick update, I did want to share a few photos from our behind the scenes tour of the kitchen. The rumors of the video link between the French Laundry and Per [ READ MORE ]

Two very different Batali restaurants in 24 hours

Bar Jamon Originally uploaded by NickDawson Last night we ate at Del Posto – Mario’s joint venture and his first restaurant to earn two Michelin stars. The food was as delicate as Italian food can be – which is to say small, but the five course tasting menu was more than enough when it was [ READ MORE ]

Cut the cable, keep the cake

In my last post, I spoke about where to splurge on food online. Over the top food finds are great for the holidays, but the reality of our current economic situation may mean beans and franks. In fact, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on 12/11 about a proposed bailout for the producers of [ READ MORE ]

Gilding the Lily for the Holidays – some internet sources for over the top food finds

Its the time of year when people begin articles with “its that time of year”. It is also a time when food plays a larger role in our lives than any other season. Certainly the holidays have a lot to do with why we gorge ourselves on turkey and fruit cake. But I think there [ READ MORE ]

I saw her first…

The cover of Wine Spectator this month features the Marquis De Riscal - I have been enjoying the PBS series Spain, on the road again and thinking our own stay at the Marquis in 2006. We were among the first public guests, what a remarkable place.   Regarding Spain, on the road again – stay [ READ MORE ]

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