Cooking
- Great Summer Cookbooks
Winter is the easiest time of year to feel motivated to cook. When it's cold outside nothing is better than hunkering down in a cozy kitchen to braise and bake and simmer the day away. Summer time is perhaps the toughest season for cooking. Who wants...
- Barbecue Style Brisket
Summer is almost over, but it's not too late to plan one more backyard barbecue. This past weekend I had some friends over for a potluck at my folks place, and the main attraction was the beef. My father recently purchased a smoker in anticipation...
- The Ultimate Dinner Party
We're well-known for our dinner parties around here. Justly so, I'd say. But the ultimate dinner party, one that inspires me, happens once a year about forty-five minutes to the south of us. I'm pitching it around as a story idea because...
- Poubelle Winter Feed
I've mentioned the Poubelle Feeds before: the amazing semi-annual food-centric parties thrown by our friends Tom and Carol. We've been to a few of the winter and summer feeds, and for the last summer feed I got to work in the kitchen. I guess...
- Tom's Summer Party
A moment's pause to update my blog. I still have tons of stuff backlogged to tell you all, from eating at Guy Savoy in Paris (better than the French Laundry; not something I say lightly) to a variety of cooking classes. But work has been busy,...
Cooking
Poubelle Summer Party 2006
Once again, I had the privilege of working in Tom's kitchen as he prepared for the Poubelle Summer Party.
The summer party is more casual than the awe-inspiring winter feed, but it still features a staggering amount of food. Lots of barbecue and also grilled foods and salads. (My office changed the name of the summer party from "Barbecue" to "Cookout" just so they wouldn't have to listen to me rant about the differences between barbecue and grilling).
See Melissa's photo set to get a sense of this year's party.
- Great Summer Cookbooks
Winter is the easiest time of year to feel motivated to cook. When it's cold outside nothing is better than hunkering down in a cozy kitchen to braise and bake and simmer the day away. Summer time is perhaps the toughest season for cooking. Who wants...
- Barbecue Style Brisket
Summer is almost over, but it's not too late to plan one more backyard barbecue. This past weekend I had some friends over for a potluck at my folks place, and the main attraction was the beef. My father recently purchased a smoker in anticipation...
- The Ultimate Dinner Party
We're well-known for our dinner parties around here. Justly so, I'd say. But the ultimate dinner party, one that inspires me, happens once a year about forty-five minutes to the south of us. I'm pitching it around as a story idea because...
- Poubelle Winter Feed
I've mentioned the Poubelle Feeds before: the amazing semi-annual food-centric parties thrown by our friends Tom and Carol. We've been to a few of the winter and summer feeds, and for the last summer feed I got to work in the kitchen. I guess...
- Tom's Summer Party
A moment's pause to update my blog. I still have tons of stuff backlogged to tell you all, from eating at Guy Savoy in Paris (better than the French Laundry; not something I say lightly) to a variety of cooking classes. But work has been busy,...