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Cocktails

Moonshine Bloody Mary with Bacon Cube

By on February 18, 2013

  

Here’s a bloody that’ll sear a hole right through your Sunday morning. Garnished with a bacon cube! What’s not to love.

 

Now there are two schools of thought on bloodies. Regular vodka, gently garnished with a celery stalk, or maybe a carrot stick if it’s getting crazy.  

 

And then…


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Holiday Meal

The Soup Strategy

By on February 11, 2013

There was a day my father and I would cook Thanksgiving dinner for 30+ people.  Lots of logistics, but just one issue really riled dad — people still milling about at service.  It’s better to have everyone seated and ready to eat: “hot foods should be served hot!” he…


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Desserts

Superthin Superbowl Snaps

By on February 3, 2013

These thin ginger snaps are such a pain in the a*# to make.  So we only do them on Superbowl Sunday, maybe once more around the holidays.  Baking isn’t any fun, but if you can suffer through the exact measurements and ridiculously thin rolling of the dough, you’ll be…


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Fails

Dear Splenda: A (Shameful) Love Note

By on January 27, 2013

Dear Splenda:

I remember the day we met.  The Starbucks a few blocks north of Wall.  A toiling BigLaw 3rd year.  The days, nights, weekends all running together. Conference room meals, surprise double all-nighters.  The stress and sleep deprivation cocktail, the gym forgotten.  And it was then – in a…


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Brunch

Problems with Everything(s)

By on January 21, 2013

Here’s a solution to a problem you never knew you had.  You buy the “Everything” bagel, but in the shop/cutting board/toaster/plate transition, it’s become more of a “Somethings” bagel, or – the horror – a “Nothings.”  All those tasty spices fell off somewhere, leaving a blank bagel. A carbohydtrata…


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Family Meal

Chicken Parm – Hello, 1989

By on January 12, 2013

It’s been a while since we trotted out an 80’s dish.  But high time to crank up the Whitesnake, peg-leg the jeans and Safety Dance our Adidas Sambas into the kitchen. Add me a mohawk with braided rat-tail and it’s Framingham North High again, circa 1989.  And chicken parm?…


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Desserts

Molten Lemon Cake

By on January 3, 2013

Can’t stand baking.  What with the exact measuring/timing and all.  And then there’s all the stuff – measuring spoons, cups, little boxes of powder, cannisters of things.  Excavating for baking dishes buried in the far reaches of the cabinet. What a hassle.  

But there’s a few things we’ll bake…


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Dinner party Holiday Meal

Double-Wide Lamb Chops

By on December 22, 2012

Double-wide lamb chops — it’s all about treating a nice ingredient with a light touch. Lamb chops are surely indicative of a special occasion, and perfect for the holidays.  Here’s how to roll em’ out:

 

The Goods:

2 racks of lamb
¼ stick of butter, clarified
2 T butter, cubed
Herbes de Provence
S&P

The Execution:

Trim…


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Dinner party Holiday Meal Side dish

Accidental Kale Soup

By on December 8, 2012

I didn’t intend to make kale soup.  Rather, it was to be lightly wilted with butter, shallots and a bit of garlic.  But my trimming of the stems was a bit lazy, and they just weren’t cooking through.  So I dropped it all into the blender, added chicken stock…


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Holiday Meal

Thanksgiving in Pictures – Some Highlights

By on November 29, 2012

Gobble Gobble!  A big day here at Gotham Home Table.  
The menu, developed over the course of several generations, is somewhat fixed.   Old standbys include mashed potatoes ‘with’ — with sour cream, butter, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and white pepper.   Stuffing ‘with’, as in with sausage. We…

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