Triple Duty

It’s great to be able to get multiple components out of one process.  Today I combined fresh blackberries with white balsamic vinegar and sugar.  The original intention was to make a gastrique for our lamb dish.  While I was at it, I decided to make...

Shifting Energies

I’ll be the first to admit that I feed off of other people’s energy. When you have everyone in sync, you feel unstoppable. Likewise, it only takes one person to bring the train to a halt. This was one of those weeks. Too much time and energy was devoted to...

Unnamed Gin & Grape Cocktail

Drink Recipe of the Day: 2 oz Gin (Bombay Sapphire) 2 oz Manischewitz Concord Grape Wine Juice of 1/2 Lime 2 dashes Fee Brother’s Plum Bitters 2 oz Tonic Water (don’t use sugar free, and get the good stuff) Put everything except the tonic in a shaker with...

Cottage Cheese, Please!

You get what you pay for. As chefs, we know that.  But I feel that cottage cheese gets a bad rap.  I was guilty too.  It’s that stuff people on diets eat on a bed of lettuce with some fruit, right? I have recently fallen in love with some really high quality...