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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chicken with Lemon and Thyme, when dinner has to deliver
There are times when we all want to make a good impression. Look like our best selves in a good light on a good hair day, be at our smartest, our wittiest, our most charming. Or, failing that, simply not … Continue reading
The Wednesday Tipple – Blueberry Thyme gin Collins and herbed goat cheese toasts
A happy respite from the 100 degree heat in the city brings my friends out on the balcony to drink cocktails and watch the setting sun reflect in the windows.
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Tagged basil, blueberries, cocktail, crostini, goat cheese, parsley, thyme
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The Wednesday Tipple – Lillet Blanca and Pommes Anna
There are places to go to in New York when you want to pretend that you are in Paris. Jean Claude on Sullivan Street springs instantly to mind, Balthazar of course, and Pastis, which is where I met my friend … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, french food, lillet, pommes anna, potato, rosti, thyme
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Confit of Duck Part 1
Often, it’s great to be able to get dinner on the table with minimum fuss and maximum ease. Often, but not always. Some food requires a change of rhythm. Confit of Duck cannot be rushed. So if you were thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged bay leaf, Confit of Duck, delayed pleasure, duck leg, thyme
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Traditional Irish Stew
Stews are rarely elegant, but that’s really not the point. An Irish stew is sweet comfort food that emotes caring with every bite. Sprinkle it with a blanket of fresh green flat-leaf parsley to freshen up the flavor and dress … Continue reading
Coq au Vin
Coq au vin is some serious winter comfort food, but with an elegant edge. And it’s sexy in a deep, velvety buttery way – the kind of French way that makes up for it being basically a brown stew. This … Continue reading
Tagged bay leaves, celery, chicken, cloves, coq au vin, mushrooms, onion, pancetta, pearl onions, red wine, redcurrant jelly, thyme
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Coq au Vin, for when it’s really time to impress
A combination of snow, work and being high as an escaped helium balloon on love has meant that Amazing Grace has been rather busy of late, so it was good to meet her for a 2 fingers up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bay leaves, chicken, comfort food, coq au vin, date food, French, Grace, mushrooms, pancetta, red wine, sexy, star trek vs star wars, stew, thyme, wine
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Ragu
Ragu is one of the all time great dinners with romantic possibilities. Whether it’s just the two of you a la Lady and the Tramp, or you’re feeding a crowd post cinema (or even post circus, I suppose), and you … Continue reading
Tagged beef, mince, pasta, pork, ragu, tagliatelle, thyme, tomato
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Red Snapper with Chick Peas, Fennel and White Wine
I love the pink iridescence of red snapper, and its opal white flesh. It just seems to me such a beautiful fish that it makes me happy to buy it and cook it on purely aesthetic grounds. The fact that … Continue reading
Tagged chick peas, fennel, fish, red snapper, seafood, thyme, white wine
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