Work your Pantry

Stocking the pantry or ‘larder’ as people used to call it, is an integral part of running a successful kitchen.  Basically, one gets into the habit of keeping a handful of staples around.  Those staples should be items that you find yourself using, or missing when they are absent.  Two example; I love olives, and [...]

Soup and Memories

Last night I found these lonely bunches of broccoli staring out from our vegetable crisper.  Sad little fellas, I just had to use them up.  Every time I look at broccoli, I remember working with Abram Bissell (now a sous chef at Eleven Madison Park) during my first year of culinary school.  Abram was fun.  [...]