Retro Season

It may be nostalgia. It may be January's chilly temperatures. Maybe the two go together. Regardless, I've been going into a retro food phase. Most recently I made quenelles, the classic pike or fish dumpling poached and blanketed with lobster...

Holidaze!

Yes, my three weeks of festive hell has ended! My final Wellingtons were a bloody success, so much that, after selling eight servings for a single lunch, I had to put together a new batch on the fly. Unbelievable.Today I am still in my pajamas, doing some gift...

Back to the future, my Waterloo!

It's the height of the holiday season and I have been tested in battle, my Waterloo. A request was handed down from upstairs.  Beef Wellington will be offered for the Christmas season. Emphasis on the "will be served." Not mentioned, first it must...