It was time once again to document the making of Shanghai-style soupy dumplings.
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Aug16
L’Espalier (Boston)
Located in fashionable Boylston Street, near the Prudential Center, is one of Boston’s fancier places to eat, the celebrated L’Espalier. A recent menu details what you might expect. Prix fixe three course? Degustation? Tasting Journey? Three major routes to take… I learned about L’Espalier from an article in Cheese Connoisseur magazine, featuring their Maitre d’, fromagère Louis […]
Filed in: French Restaurant Review
Aug15
l’Ecole en Washington, DC
I recently had the chance to visit the J. Child exhibit again at the Smithsonian’s American History museum. I also took advantage of the time in D.C. to visit two great places: Zaytinya near the convention center near G and 9th; and a new place for me, Sushi Taro. “Z” is a tapas or “small plates” […]
Filed in: Out-of-Town Restaurant Review
Aug1
Pizza Time (again)
There was a request earlier this weekend “for pizza featuring tomatoes.” I’d pictured one of those “pizza margheritas,” but I always like a little more sauce than plain tomatoes. I started with Hanover tomatoes and roasted them in a 250 degree oven for 2 hours to a) remove the skins, and b) reduce some of the […]
Filed in: In the Kitchen Italian
Jul15
Mezzanine
Visit Carytown here in Richmond, and you can dine with other localvores at Mezzanine 3433, a restaurant serving creative, locally-sourced cuisine. I started with their tomato stack (a seemingly reconstructed sliced tomato, with slices interleaved with cheese), a play on a caprese salad, which was good. Even better was a refreshing cocktail that was icy cold […]
Filed in: Restaurant Review