Pozole with pork is a classic Mexican dish. Recently I decided to make it for the staff meal. Pork is a hard sell for some of the crew. But I did have some satisfied Mexicano’s on staff who came back for seconds. I used my old pressure cooker for cooking the...
Thinking a lot during the lock down and the slow re-opening has been interesting. It’s sort of like restocking the brain. Besides giving me an opportunity to think through and refine skills, it’s elicited multiple kitchen memories, especially around my...
I first met sommelier Étienne Guérin when he was working at M. Wells. It was back when the Long Island City restaurant was in its early days, a follow-up to the owner’s Quebec-influenced establishment of the M. Wells...
Staff meals can be dicey, as any choice on which you land faces the discriminating tastes of your kitchen crew. But comfort food usually satisfies the most picky eaters among my staff. These St. Louis BBQ ribs, made with a smoked rib rub and in a slow roast delighted...
Like other food trends, bone broth confounds me. It's promoted as a wrinkle and waist reduction vehicle, sold as capable of quelling hunger pains via sips of warm gelatinous meat juice. Hmmmm. Not for me. But maybe for my wife. She's...
