A Farewell to Spring Skillet Frittata (serves 4) 4 TB Butter 1 tub Jumbo Lump Crabmeat 1 bunch Watercress (leaves separated) 1 bunch Garlic Chives (diced) 1 cup Fiddlehead Ferns (cleaned) 1 Lemon (juice & zest) 1 cup Morel Mushrooms (cleaned & chopped) 1 shot Marsala Wine 12 large Eggs 6 TB Heavy Cream 1 [...]
June 14th, 2010
A Freshly Laid Frittata
June 11th, 2010
Freshly Laid
From the beginning, I’ve made my love for eggs of all kinds no secret on this site. Quail egg toasts have become one of my favorite signature hors d’oeuvres, and I’ve shelled out a small fortune for spring-hued Araucanas. Needless to say, I’ve been spending a lot of time around a certain egg farmer lately–at [...]
June 8th, 2010
Market Report: Eggscellent
It all started when I made a vinegar cake. Holed up late at night in my apartment with a clichéd but absolutely palpable PMS craving for chocolate, I pulled out a recipe for a one bowl, nine ingredient chocolate cake that promised to be done and delectable in under 45 minutes. It was 1am, and [...]
May 21st, 2010
Market Report: Iron Chef Challenge (Part II)
On the day of our Iron Chef challenge, Snotty McSnobster arrived at my fifth-floor walkup, toting an uncharacteristic burlap sack like a sort of twisted Santa Claus. First he pulled out a bottle of Plymouth, then a pack of limes. I queried the Snobster, “That’s it? We’re drinking pure alcohol? Are you trying to get [...]
May 11th, 2010
Market Report: My Romance with Radish
One day last week I woke up to the delicious spring sun warming me through the window of my fifth-floor walk up. Taleggio and I spent a few lackadaisical moments basking in the glorious heat, as if we were literally thawing ourselves out after a long winter. With nothing pressing on my agenda (a much [...]
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