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Through Thomas Keller, all culinary things are possible. With TK’s help (and a blowtorch), I prepared this perfectly pink prime rib roast for Christmas supper. If you follow the recipe, it’s hard to screw up. If you don’t have a blowtorch, go buy a blowtorch. Sure, you could just broil for color, but then you [...]

As you’ve undoubtedly discerned, I’m not a very good food blogger. This isn’t feigned self-deprecation in the hope of corrective praise. The evidence is abundant: I don’t post very often, take months to try new restaurants (if I try them at all), and eschew deep culinary insight for flippant sarcasm. But what makes me an [...]

For some people this may be an emotionally challenging photograph, especially for supporters of Todd “in absolutely now way related to Jeff” Akin. For that I apologize (especially about the sweet potato). Food phalli aside, this was intended to be a simple sample of fall flavors. Roast a few sweet potatoes and beer brats. Saute sliced [...]

What would Waldo look like today if the Great Waldo Fire of Twenty Aught Seven had been averted — if that mischievous cow hadn’t kicked over a deep fryer at Kennedy’s, igniting a day-long conflagration consuming a half block of aging retail space? We wouldn’t have the 75th Street Brewery beer garden. We wouldn’t have [...]

At this point, you’ve likely discerned that I’m somewhat obsessed with, and resigned to the fact, that the world is approaching its fiery end. Unfortunate to be sure. But eschatology aside, I see no point in letting a little thing like the Apocalypse ruin a good batch of tomatoes. As the saying goes, “you can’t [...]

What’s your favorite place to get a breakfast of fried eggs, tomatoes, asparagus, mozzarella, kale pesto, and toast? Okay, it’s not actually National Fried Eggs, Tomatoes, Asparagus, Mozzarella, Kale Pesto, and Toast Day. That, of course, is in September (not really). But this is what I had for breakfast today because that’s pretty much all [...]

I’m sure you all remember my “Shrimps, Cukes, and Beans” post from March 26, back in feed me kc‘s salad days, when we ironically weren’t really posting about salad all that often. So of course you’ll remember my statement that this simple salad of white beans, cucumber, lemon, and dill “would be equally delicious with [...]

Full Disclosure: I contrived this entire recipe so I would have an excuse to post this video.* *Fullest Disclosure: I will do it again. Beef carpaccio is something I rarely order at restaurants, probably because I worked in two restaurants that served beef carpaccio. That said, I think it’s a fine dish, if the beef [...]

Everything is better when grilled. (It’s just true, so let’s not waste a lot of time debating it.) Even foods I don’t typically celebrate, such as whole artichokes (so damn watery), are transformed on the grill. And why not grill your lemons. Heck, make a grilled cocktail while you’re at it. This recipe is good [...]

My Italian is not so good, limited to a handful of dining-related phrases: “una tavola per due, per favore” (a table for two, please), “la lista dei vini, per favore” (the wine list, please), and my favorite, “un altro, per favore” (another, please). The key is over-pronouncing every syllable, almost to the point of being [...]