February 14th, 2010
I've been reading about brioche recently. It's not that I've been seeking it out but I find it mentioned frequently on the gastronomy blogs. To my recollection I've never had brioche prior to this week, when I bought a loaf at the Union Square Whole Foods.
I rationlized the $6.99 price because it had the Balthazar label on it, showing a logo I recognized from a week's study of food packaging on behalf of a recent caterer client. I figure I can study the wrapper layout, designed by Mucca, when I've consumed the rest of the loaf.
Ingredients:
January 28th, 2010
Labeled for sale by May 5, 2009. Removed from fridge January 28, 2010.
January 23rd, 2010
While not the prettiest sauce, this was tasty stuff with a sweetness, depth and kick. And a redeeming, cheap, two-pot meal at the new NYC home on a lonely, sad Friday night. This particular dish also assisted in my final use of all the basil from Pap's 2007 surplus.
January 15th, 2010
Looks like a disaster, tastes ok. I like the concept but it needs more R&D.
January 4th, 2010
The quintessential midwest Christmas cookie, by Mrs. Ehrler.
There are always more than enough cookies to go around at Christmas and this has always been facilitated by Grandma and Mrs. Ehrler's cookie swapping. Grandma cooks dozens upon dozens and Mrs. Ehrler outdoes her multiple times over. We reap the spoils.
January 2nd, 2010
In those continued efforts to use it or lose it with the sundries and stockings of the Lawrenceville apartment, I plotted a course for starches and set my plates to stun. Sweet potatoes would be a snack/dinner for tonight.
December 29th, 2009
For some reason, there's a tradition on Christmas Eve that involves me and my kitchen and an absurd appetizer to feed my extended family. Last year I did the filet with the cacao dip and sour cream dab. The previous year I did the Polski sushi. This year it was the Thanksgiving deconstruction stack.
December 28th, 2009
Alex Peck, Colter Harper and Tony DePaolis doing what they do in the living room/office.
Now that I've signed the lease to the place in Brooklyn, it's time to start packing up things in Pittsburgh. Ill-timed but well-intentioned, I invited folks over for one last meal and party. Throwing down on the day after Christmas meant a lot of people weren't able to make it out, seeing as they have families of their own and such. What about my needs?
This post has been devised to taunt y'inz with what could have been a a celebration of friendship, a night of heartwarming cheer and merriment.
It is also to provide you with a multimedia experience that you may have and share in the comfort of your own homes.
December 27th, 2009
To roast garlic in the skin, you remove the top and drizzle the bottom with olive oil and salt. When you look at the top, it looks like a bunch of little larva in a wasp nest. You get weirded out. If you are me.
December 24th, 2009
A sandwich as simple as peanut butter and jelly becomes more dignified and more satisfying when rebulit as a crêpe. In all the stresses from the holidays and the move to NYC, this elaborate twist brought me a moment of calm.
