From Gourmet, January 2005. Chris’s favorite sauce for Roast Beast at Christmastime. 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon minced garlic (4 cloves) 1/2 California bay leaf, broken in half 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Waffles
When this recipe came out in The Best Recipe, by the editors of Cook’s Illustrated (1999), Chris and Andy were still living at home. We love our waffles and Andy's kitchen training included egg separation. He regularly quintupled this recipe to provide enough waffles … [Read more...]
Rosemary Foccacia
Adapted from Cook's Illustrated, May 1997. This is the bread that inspired 5-year-old Rob’s question, “Why does Granny put Christmas trees on her bread?” Chris and I discovered foccacia during our first week in San Francisco in 1992 at L'Osteria del Forno in North Beach, … [Read more...]