THE ADVENTURES OF A WAYWARD CHEF

Minted English Pea Soup with Herbed Crab SaladButternut Lasagna with Ceasar SaladHomemade Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnuts and Frozen Hot Chocolate

It was just a simple dinner tonight.
The English Peas for the soup came from a great little farm nearby called Bluff Gardens. Everything in Bluff Gardens is miniature – the potatoes are sorted by size and color; the [...]

Spicy Cole Slaw with a Lime-Cilantro VinaigretteRoasted Sweet Potato FriesSpice Rubbed, Mesqiuite Grilled Flank Steak with Salsa VerdeCorn Bread with Basil and Fresh CornCorn on the CobHomemade Blueberry Pie with Almond Crumble Topping and Whipped CreamHomemade Raspberry Sorbet with U-Pick Raspberries from Pond Hill Farms
“What IS this?” she said, standing over the platter, two quivering [...]

Chilled Avocado and Cucumber Soup
With a Sorrel and Cucumber Salad
Smoked Pimenton and Toasted Garlic Oil
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Garam Masala Rubbed Swordfish with a Spicy Vindaloo Sauce
Cilantro Yogurt Chutney
Pistachio Jasmine Rice
Fresh Aniseed Nann Bread and Pappadam
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Rum Infused Tropical Fruit Salad
Homemade Coconut Sorbet
Pistachio Praline with White and Dark Chocolate

There are two types of surprises in life. There is [...]

Fresh Ginger-Lime Mojitos

Pear and Arugula Salad with Miso-Yuzu Vinaigrette

Sesame Crusted Seared Tuna with Long Beans and a Pyramid of Sushi Rice

Bittersweet Chocolate-Almond-Raspberry Cake with Gold Leafed, Rose Scented Raspberries and White Chocolate Shavings.

The birthday celebration [...]

Curried Butternut Squash Soup

Rack of Lamb Marinted in Homemade Yogurt and Spices

With Fresh Mint Chutney

Wild Rice Pilaf with Cranberries and Apples

Grilled Asparagus

Chocolate and Orange Flower Pot de Crème with Komquats

Passion Fruit-Coconut Pana Cotta

The owners came aboard last Sunday just for the day, to meet me and try my cooking. There wasn’t much ambience to [...]

I had just begun working an internship at a restaurant in Paris. It was the first professional kitchen I had ever worked in and to say that I was a little naive to the inner workings of a restaurant kitchen could be the greatest misnomer of the 21st century. I walked into the kitchen timid [...]

Chilled Cucumber, Avocado and Watercress Soup
Whole Roasted Wild Black Bass with an Herb Pistou
Grilled Escarole with Lemon
Wild Rice Salad with Toasted Almonds, Cranberries, Mint and Raspberry Vinaigrette
Coconut-Espresso Panna Cotta with Chocolate Sauce and Toasted Coconut Shavings
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I cooked for a client yesterday at their lovely vacation hideaway on Fire Island. The kitchen had open, airy, floor [...]

As I recoup back here in NYC and await my knee surgery, I have time to test out some new recipes – a little re-organizing of the kitchen and I can sit and do my prep.
My mind is wandering though lately, the sense of wanderlust and adventure creeping back in… I found myself in Union [...]

Hors-devours:Pancetta Wrapped ScallopsGuacamole with Yucca Chips
Dinner:Gazpacho Petrale Sole with a White Wine Mushroom SauceRoasted Artichoke Hearts, Baby Little Neck Squash and Pommes ParisienCheese Course with Bleu D’Avergne, Rebluchon and Concord GrapesMango and Blood Orange Marinated in Contreau and Tarragon served with Vanilla Ice-Cream and Biscotti
Gazpacho is a chilled tomato and bread soup and although [...]

By noon the first day the sea was really rolling and sea sickness was a definite. I tried to stifle it as I was the rookie and had something to prove; I didn’t want to be the first one down. But as evening came and the winds picked up we started hitting 10 to 12 [...]