by perfectlittlebites | Nov 10, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, Charcuterie, chef, cook, Cooking, culinary, Food, Photography
This weekend I finally made it down to The Shack in Staunton, VA, where chef Ian Boden is serving some really creative, contemporary Southern food. Here is a look at just a few of the dishes we had Warm Farro & Market Vegetable Salad – watercress – barrel aged...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 1, 2014 | Assorted
I know Halloween just passed, but it’s never too early to think about holiday cocktails. I’m truly honored to have two of my cocktails featured on the Imbibe magazine website. I even did my own photography. The first is the Rusty Rudolph, a boilermaker of...
by perfectlittlebites | Oct 31, 2014 | Assorted, chef, Cooking, culinary, enriqueolvera, Food, mexican, Photography, restaurant, vegetarian
This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to have dinner at Cosme, Enrique Olvera’s new restaurant in NYC. I’m a long-time fan who has never eaten in any of his restaurants. I was in town for the StarChefs International Chefs Congress, which chef Olvera was...
by perfectlittlebites | Oct 15, 2014 | Assorted, autumn, Cooking, Deli, Food, health, Nutrition, Photography, restaurant
Having just finished Oktoberfest, I’m still thinking a lot about German food. I think many of those dishes are great for fall whether or not you’re a German restaurant. One of my favorite dishes is sauerbraten, or sour beef. You take a lean cut of beef and...
by perfectlittlebites | Oct 5, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Gardening, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
Sometimes you start down one path, and end up going down a much more exciting one. I was working on some sage brown butter for a new dish. It was simple. I melted a few pounds of butter with a handful of fresh sage and an extra scoop of dry milk to boost the...
by perfectlittlebites | Sep 8, 2014 | Assorted, Cooking, Deli, Food, Gardening, health, Jewish, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, Spicy
Always the bridesmaid, chopped liver is an under appreciated dish. I’m not Jewish, and didn’t grow up eating it, yet it’s something I crave deeply. A decade ago I spent a few years running a couple of kosher kitchens. Unfamiliar to me at the time,...
