Category: Day to Day
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Multi-Birthday Celebration – Gainesville, VA – In-Home Chef Dinner
It’s the small things – that make big memories – and great times… Memories. It’s all about memories. Memories of the smiles, the laughter, the gracious hospitality, the feelings of being family, the wonderfully polite, curious children drawing with crayons just a few feet away – keeping eyes on what you’re doing. Memories of the […]
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Interactive Cooking Classes and Lessons in Burke, VA.
Creative, custom learning opportunities in the privacy of your home.I was so happy to lead a wonderful interactive cooking class last night at a private home in Burke… I’m completely in my element as a trainer, instructor and coach. This time – a 15th birthday party with 10 little assistant cooks learning about knife skills, […]
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Beet Napoleon with Roasted Garlic-Shallot Chevre Goat Cheese
Beet Napoleon with roasted garlic-shallot chevre goat cheese – lentil-red pepper puree – cherry tomatoes – Parmesan tuile – topped with roasted red and yellow peppers and Pecorino Romano crumble. The spirit of the season. I really do love me some beets!
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Tools of the Trade – Professional Chef knives
My knives – what they’re for and how I use them – and some thoughts… From left to right: A slicer I rescued from a closing restaurant. A mixture of Sabatier chef knives – many of which I’ve had for near 30 years. A Wustof Santoku and a Henkel pairing knife. The cleaver is Kiwi […]
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Birthday Lunch Party for 50 – Fairfax, Virginia – St. Patrick’s Day
A perfect party. Live music, drinks and a festive atmosphere. Nobody left hungry! We even filled to-go boxes at the end! The birthday spread… Beef Burgundy with Mushrooms and Pearl Onions – Corned Beef and Cabbage – Rosemary Redskin Potatoes – Jono’s Own Pulled Pork and Relishes – Carrot and Pearl Onion – Rigatoni Carbonara […]
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Some questions for party planning.
Some preliminary planning for your next catering event always helps. There’s nothing better than being prepared when you start to plan your next event. As the head-count starts to grow, here are a few questions you need to think about in the beginning. When you contact us to help plan your party these are the […]
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We won’t be offering this service anytime soon…
Not the way to ring in the new year… 2k worth of bubbly? In the middle of your kitchen? At The French Laundry? In TK’s flagship kitchen? Huh? https://vinepair.com/booze-news/french-laundry-failed-saber-attempt-video/
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We all miss you very, very much…
Anthony Bourdain… You break my heart you filthy bastard… You break my heart… You’re not my idol – never were – not even the reason why I ever picked up a kitchen knife… But you’re certainly one of the reasons I’ll probably never put one down… You were an inspiration – and will be deeply […]
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Bone a chicken – the right way.
Simply the best process around. One would expect nothing less from Master Chef Jacques Pépin.
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A little light on the details – but good process – better result.
Beef en Croute with Sauce Bearnaise. These are the dishes I dream about at night…
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Chef Keller dropping some good nuggets along the way…
A nice treat for those with open ears… One of my favorite proteins – Lamb Shanks… In this video – “Lamb Shanks al la Matignon” – with the Matignon part up for some debate… But hell – he’s Thomas Keller. And here is the recipe in written form… Some process too… https://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/lamb-shanks-a-la-matignon.html
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Precisely how it should be…
All of it should be this way… I realize that’s as futile as asking us all to get along…