Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Nutty, runny, stinky, yummy: Epoisses, King of Cheeses
A favorite of Napoleon. Dubbed King of all cheeses by French epicure, Brillat-Savarin. So pungent that rumor has it even the French have banned it from being eaten aboard public transport. The star of our New Year’s Eve 2007 dinner’s cheese course. What is it? Epoisses, a delectable cheese that according to [...]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The Story of Chicken, Little - New Year’s Eve 2007 Cornish Hens
For the main course for our New Year’s Eve dinner this year, after much debate, Mike and I settled on roasted Cornish hens. When planning a do-it-yourself multi-course meal, a main consideration in choosing the entree is timing; it needs to be something that can either be prepared in advance and doesn’t suffer from [...]
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Something Fishy on New Year’s Eve 2007
Every good feast has to have a fish course. A few years back, we sprung the hinges on our wallet for some really good caviar for New Year’s Eve. We still had our Santa Fe casa then and were spending the holiday there. Some good friends flew out to join us for [...]
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
The Soup Course - New Year’s Eve 2007
I love soup of almost every description, but one of my favorites is tomato or some variant thereof. For this New Year’s Eve dinner, I decided on a riff on the Double Red Soup, the recipe of which appears in the Kid Stuff chapter of the companion cookbook to our Low Carb CookwoRx PBS [...]
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
A Fabulous Feast on New Year’s Eve
As has become our custom, we gathered a small band of friends together to ring in the new year in culinary style. This year, we were at our place in Santa Barbara, where the weather was surprisingly chilly and the fireplaces were appreciated for more than just ‘mood lighting’.
Our New Year’s Eve dinners usually [...]
