Prime Rib Scrap Jam

Prime Rib Scrap Jam Often, we like to serve prime rib on Sundays as a special. We don’t serve brunch anymore, and it used to be something that was popular. We roast them whole and they’re carved during service. As you probably know, there’s a lot of...

My Best Cookbook Finds of 2013

As always, there were a lot of “Best of” lists flying around the past few weeks. This year was a great year for cookbooks. I don’t need to get into which ones I thought were the best, because they were probably the same ones everyone else had. What I...

An Ode to the Manhattan (and My Mom)

Is there a more perfect cocktail than the Manhattan? If my mom were alive, she would be 70 today. She was a lifelong Manhattan drinker, consuming one every evening. There was no measuring or straining. You threw about 2 parts of cheap American whiskey and 1 part of...