Got Coconut Milk

Coconut Sweet Potato Soup

Coconut Sweet Potato Soup with Smoky Lentils: After skiing in negative degree temperatures this past Christmas, the idea of 40 degree January days would seem welcoming. However, 40 degrees on a damp day with thirty mile an hour winds just … Continue reading

Pheasantly Surprised

Pheasant Stew in Puff Pastry

Pheasant Stew: As I sit pondering over writing this recipe with both a sense of indecision and ignorance, I’m left with a surprising solace. It is always entertaining to venture into the unknown, equipped with only a spoon and sense … Continue reading

Partridge in a Canadian Pear Tree

Braised Partridge with Mushroom Sauce

Braised Partridge with Mushroom Sauce & Raspberries: We spent the holidays at Mont Tremblant, a beautifully majestic ski resort in Quebec north of Montreal. Canada as a whole is a wonderful country with welcoming people and an array of fine … Continue reading

Layer Cake

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Bolognese Lasagna: Layering flavors is a term that is straight forward and equally mind boggling. Much like an author writing a compelling and emotional scene that excites, terrifies, and makes you feel content at the same time, there are similar … Continue reading

Feeling Blue

Crispy Bluefish with Spicy Udon Noodles

Crispy Bluefish with Spicy Udon Noodles: I have extremely fond memories of fishing with my uncle off the waters of Nantucket. Even though I’ve been fishing since I was old enough to hold a rod and reel, and have experienced … Continue reading

No Pie Left Behind

Thanksgiving Pies

Thanksgiving Pies: On the morning of this Thanksgiving, I sit timidly before five beautiful and enticing pies and a plate of double chocolate cookies that my family concocted the day before. The anticipation of which particular pie will be served … Continue reading

Get Shorty

Braised Short Ribs with Crispy Polenta

Braised Short Ribs with Crispy Polenta Coins: Chasing complexity, for me, usually begins with diving headfirst into something I’ve never done before, but endeavoring to simplify it along the way. And not knowing how to do something is every reason … Continue reading

Bird is the Word

Roasted Chicken with Herb Butter & Farro

Roasted Chicken with Herb Butter & Farro Salad: Cold rainy days always make me smile, and as silly as that sounds, it remains true for me. Perhaps from some deeply suppressed childhood memory, or simply because it inspires me to … Continue reading

Check Mate

Roasted Pork Empanadas with Gruyere Cheese

Roasted Pork Empanadas with Gruyere Cheese: My grandfather taught me how to play chess at a very young age.  He would without fail always win and then would say – “Christopher, you need to be thinking three moves ahead.” As … Continue reading

Macalatern

Pumpkin Mac & Cheese with Smoked Gouda

Pumpkin Mac & Cheese with Smoked Gouda: Growing up in Florida with Halloween night at 80 degree temperatures seems foreign to me now having spent the better part of twenty years enjoying the crisp New England Fall weather. There’s a … Continue reading