by perfectlittlebites | Dec 2, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, cook, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, Ice cream, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
Banana Cream Pie Semifreddo with Malted Gingersnap Crumble, Maple/Bulleit Bananas & Boozy Cherries Sometimes you make a banana cream pie, and it’s delicious. Other times, it doesn’t work out. I’m not sure what happened because one of my cooks...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 1, 2014 | Baking, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, fruit, Jewish, Photography, restaurant, sweet, vegetarian
It’s been a while since I had noodle kugel, and decided I’d make a small one. I was first exposed to it through a Jewish roommate in college, and he shared his grandmother’s recipe with me. What I failed to notice until today was that like many...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 26, 2014 | Baking, cook, culinary, Dessert, Photography, pie, thanksgiving, vegetarian
Sometimes you find one recipe you like. Sometimes you find three. I always make a pumpkin pie for thanksgiving, and this year I was looking for something a little different. First, I found a recipe for Maple Pumpkin Brulee Pie by Saveur, and was sure I was going to...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 11, 2014 | BBQ, Charcuterie, cook, Cooking, culinary, farm, farming, Food, Photography, pig, pork
This weekend, my wife and I had a weekend getaway without the kids. Most people wouldn’t incorporate a Sunday morning trip to a pig farm as part of their trip. But we’re not most people. I’ve known Clay Trainum for a few years, and have wanted to...
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 | 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...
