White Trash Dinner
In theory, this was a “white trash dinner”, or “trailer trash dinner”. The menu was presented with the first side face-up, and I believe I didn’t tell people that the backside had the “translation” to…
Seafood & Wine: The Perfect Combination
Q San Francisco July 1999 Pages 54-55 Seafood & Wine: The Perfect Combination When I was a trifle younger, during my early days at college, I maintained this fantasy that I would be a marine…
Simple Fusions
This was a fun one. I don’t particularly remember why I chose to do a Chinese fusion menu – my first thought in looking back is that it was while I was dating Lee, from…
May Flower Dinner
April showers bring May flowers, and all that. Playing with edible flowers in my cooking. SECOND SUNDAY SUPPER CIRCLE MAY FLOWER DINNER “Carciofi all Romana” Giacomelli Vermentino “Colli di Luni”, 1997 Saffron Parsnip Soup Castello…
Putting It All Together
Santé The Magazine for Restaurant Professionals April/May 1999 Page 59Putting It All Together The phone rings early. The voice on the line says, “X told us to call you. We’re opening a restaurant. We have…
The Transmogrification of a Smorgasbord
You see, I bought a chair. I don’t really know why. I just spotted this chair in a sort of antique shop/flea market kind of spot, and liked it. It turned out to be Swedish,…
The Last Valentine’s Day of the Twentieth Century
The fact that a group of us were having dinner together on this date says much about our respective love lives at the time. I don’t think I was dating anyone…. It was also an…
January 10
One of our historically themed nights. January 10th, events picked out from the previous century. It’s funny, looking back from 2015 when I’m adding this to the blog, we take for granted being able to…