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Dinner party Garnishes

Six Steps to a Sexy Sauce Choron

By on September 22, 2013

Usually you’ll find a pan sauce alongside my steaks: reduced red wine and stock, some fresh herbs.  Finished (“mounted”) with a few pats of butter.  But once in a while I like a nice thick Sauce Choron — a Béarnaise with tomato concasse folded in.  In steps with pics:

1- Whisk…


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Desserts

Baby Butterscotch Bombs

By on September 15, 2013

Baby for small.  Bombs for rich rich rich.  And a little salty too…   A study in earth tones, a fantastic monochromatic:  

First, the butterscotch pudding – I used this recipe from David Lebovitz.  I couldn’t find the ‘cassonade’ sugar (though I didn’t look that hard).  It was fine with…


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Dinner party

Surprisingly Tasty Shrimp Scampi

By on September 7, 2013

This was a whim but worked out really well.  And just run with the anchovies, they start fishy but turn nutty…

Get a pot of boiling salted water on.  Everything else starts in a pan with heated olive oil and butter – a good few cloves of chopped garlic and…


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Family Meal Guest Blogger

Guest Blogger – Chef Duncan’s Lamb and Lemony Couscous

By on September 2, 2013

Gotham Home Table:

Good friend and fellow cooking dad is taking over this week with a delectable lamb and lemony couscous.  We’ve had the pleasure of many a meal from Duncan’s kitchen, and you can bet this is a winner-winner lamb dinner:

Chef Duncan’s Lamb and Lemony Couscous:

This one is…


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Summer Meal

The 70’s Beach-Wich

By on August 24, 2013

We’d take this sandwich to the beach in the late 70’s.  Let’s bring it on back:

Oven to 375º, halve pitas and stuff with black forest ham and sliced cheddar.   Into the oven on a lightly greased cookie sheet until the cheese melts and the pitas crisp up.  Let…


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Dinner party

Ancho Rubbed Skirt Steak with Limed Avocado Smash and Grilled Corn Salsa

By on August 19, 2013

The Tot heads to her grandparents for a week or so this time of year.  She mainly eats pancakes, goes out for pizza, helps Grammy cook cupcakes and runs around the yard barefoot.  Meanwhile back in NYC the lovely wife and I go to $1 oyster happy hour at…


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Family Meal

More Summer Food – Curried Chicken and Sweet Grape Salad

By on July 20, 2013

We call this one “Refrigerator Chicken Salad” – as in whatever’s in the fridge that day.  Here it’s chopped leftover rotisserie chicken, diced celery and red onion.  Some baby carrot rounds, quartered green grapes and chopped smoked almonds.  With a good few shakes of curry spice and a touch…


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Appies Cocktails

Summer Melon Skewers

By on July 11, 2013

As easy as good.  The cracked pepper and lime zest skews interesting.  
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So these are just balled cantaloupe skewered with fresh mint and a little pull of prosciutto.  Just before service,…


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Family Meal

Crispy Sage and Toasted Hazelnut Butter Sauce

By on June 25, 2013

Well here’s a departure from the usual red sauce with ravs.  

Crisp up the sage leaves in some melted butter and olive oil.  Gently remove the leaves, add chopped hazelnuts to the pan.  Toast hazelnuts until fragrant and a bit browned.  Add in your ravioli, cooked just under and…


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Side dish

Crispy Smashies

By on June 14, 2013

Baby red potatoes, simmered tender.  Smashed flat.  Salted.  Drizzled with olive oil and crisped up. 

 

Simmer small red potatoes until tender, drain and let cool a bit.  Onto cookie sheet, gently smash flat.  Drizzle oil over, S&P and garlic powder. Flip. Repeat. Into 425º oven, flip once, remove when browned…

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