Spring Flinged

Each year the private club where I am chef holds their "Spring Fling." It's a great excuse for a colorful spread. This year's was 15 hours over a simple spread. Honestly, more often the crowd here is about drinking, not eating. Regardless, here's...

Cronuts

Are "cronuts®" still trending? Since I'm a fan of both croissants and doughnuts, I tried creating a batch. Dough wrapped in three simple folds, let them rise….voila, my take on cronuts.

Back To Basics

  The past few months I'd been reactivating my army recipes, inspired by the departure of one of my staff  who needed some personal time off, he grew tired of cooking. His replacement was amicable to using my military recipes (as he'd just enlisted...

Spring Fling

Spring Fling is an annual work party the week before Memorial Day. It is something I chronicle – as well as prepare! It's a big, demanding affair in which we lay out a spread of caviar and canapés, with  the final part of the evening including...