Sauté

Sauté (from the French sauter: to leap) holds a special place for me in cooking. I can think of no more aggressively connected act of cooking than sauté: making the food leap from the pan. Only exquisite knifework better exemplifies culinary skill, but of course, knifework is prep.

Thursday, June 03, 2010

How I Poisoned My Family

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A Tale of Two Hasselbacks The internet is rife with Hasselback potato recipes. Many of these recipes refer to Hasselbacks as "Swedis...

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Friday, August 07, 2009

The Heat Goes On

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Hell Is Other People I completed the majority of this entry a month ago, so the references to the summer heat might sound odd. Still, the di...

Monday, July 13, 2009

Where's the Beef?

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Not the Heat In October of last year I had spinal surgery. My lowest disc had been ground to the consistency of hamburger, and—despite epidu...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Debriefings

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Near Misses This past week I served the family two stew-like dishes. Both were dishes I've prepared in the distant past. Both were well-...

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Secret Language of Fish, Part 8: Three Crusts

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Synchronicity Goes Crunch In the past few weeks, we've had three different varieties of crusted fish. I hadn't really planned a stud...

Sunday, June 08, 2008

The Problem of Evil

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Without the Darkness How Can We Know the Light? My Catholic friends call it The Problem of Evil, but it exists in many forms in many culture...

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Comfort Angles

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Comfort Zone Food I've never really seen the attraction of backyard grilling. Oh, grilling has charms I understand, but I prefer cooking...

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Prince Valiant: Nearly thirty years ago, I worked in a fine restaurant in Denver for not quite a year. Since then, I have never wanted to work in another. I am glad for the experience, but I have no desire to reproduce it. Cooking at home is fun--a combination of amateur chemistry, amateur sculpture, and a chance to play with knives and fire. A few years back, I married an Italian sex goddess--my darling Princess V. Life is good.

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