i want…
I’ve been waiting, and now that it’s here, I want!! I want! I want! I want! … sigh…
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Essence of Chocolate Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. The editors at Hyperion Books sent me three cookbooks and asked me if I might blog about them. The cookbook that grabbed my attention...
View Articlethe other black truffle…
Life has been mean lately… but I’ve found ways to soften it just a bit. This week, I received a pound of black truffles. Not the ganache-filled chocolate kind – I’m talking about the fungus (why does...
View Articlebirthday steel cut…
Birthday Steel Cut Oatmeal Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure. I woke up at the butt-crack this morning to the faithful patter of ice-snow against my window. I say “faithful” because every year...
View Articlea few of my favorite things…
… Julie Andrews sings hers, Oprah broadcasts hers, so I figure I get to blog about a few of my favorite things. I recently considered getting therapy when I realized that I had made friends with my...
View Articledisaster…
Michelin Guide Rouge Main Cities of Europe Did you know that the word “disaster” derives from the Latin dis (apart, away from) + astrum (star)? I present to you, fragments of a dialogue, in two parts....
View Articleyippy skippy…
alinea Cookbook By Grant Achatz I’ve been a busy boy. In the recent months, I’ve been traveling quite a bit (and the end does not seem near), which has flung me far from the kitchen. I miss it....
View Articlerecipe: edible christmas memory…
Baba au Rhum A year ago today, I shot across France, from Paris to Lyon, on a bullet train with my friend Houston. Destination: Paul Bocuse, the legendary (and longest-standing) three...
View Articlephoto of the week 37: what my readers are reading…
I need your help. Almost more than eating, I love to read. As a child, I devoured books by the shelves. Naturally, I waded through a heavy load of classics, supplemented by required reading in school....
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