I hate most pork chops. Ok, maybe not hate. Pork chops and I have this…relationship. They make all these sweet promises and never deliver. Sitting in front of my empty plate feeling disappointed and betrayed, I always swear them off. Everything is fine until one day, suddenly, when I least expect it, they’re back looking …
Just over a month ago, our friend Maria asked us to host a private dinner party for her birthday. Of course, we were incredibly honored and super excited about the opportunity. Here was a chance to wow some guests with a special (read: decadent) menu of amazing food. Over the past couple of weeks, Joseph …
See those? Yeah, those. Oysters. I have a confession. I don’t like them raw. There is something about the briny, oceanic, slippy-slidy-ness (which Brett loves) that makes me pass. Now, cook me up an oyster and I am there. So when we began crafting a menu for an upcoming event (supper club – extreme birthday …
For the last several months, I’ve been taking steps toward perfecting my bread baking skills. From the dough mixture, to rising times, to cooking methods, I’ve tried to experiment a bit with all of these factors to come up with a truly great bread. And, while I am certainly no master baker yet, I have …
Growing up, my Italian Aunt Nancy (who was actually my father’s aunt) used to make fresh pasta every time my family came over. She had what I like to call a pasta factory in the basement of her Chicago bungalow. Flour everywhere, old school equipment for handmade pasta, I’m sure she spent hours upon hours …
Ah, if we owned a restaurant (Can you imagine? How dreamy!) this dish would be on the menu. Hands down. It’s a complex dish with many harmonious flavors. And I won’t lie, it takes time to complete all the components. But trust this: this dish is worth every second you may spend making it! The …
Offal and Waffle, crispy fried sweetbreads and sweet, fluffy waffles, is a dish we’ve been thinking about making for a while now. It’s the ultimate in highbrow meets lowbrow, a twist on the classic Chicken and Waffle, with an unusual main ingredient: veal sweetbreads. Let me just say: if you’ve never tried sweetbreads, well, you’re …
Following on our success with sourdough pancakes (post to come!), and hot on the heels of our offal and waffle mandate, we bring you sourdough banana nut waffles. Not every recipe hits the mark the first time off the stove and I want to state right off the bat that these waffles are in the …
A while back I promised my cousin that I would send her some cookies. And so the hunt began for a great cookie recipe. I searched a plethora of places, asked friends, got some good candidates, but nothing spoke to me. So, I finally came across a simple recipe for shortbread and decided to doctor …
Many years ago I was eating lunch with my Grandmother’s sister and her family in Germany when I was offered some cucumber salad. I accepted, knowing it is nigh impossible to decline food offered by relatives who insist you are “too thin.” Additionally, I think I may have been near a fatal overdose of liverwurst …