Archive for December, 2009

Today at the Market

Posted in Market on December 31st, 2009 by Peter – Be the first to comment

Last Farmers’ Market of the year:

onions
shallots
kale
spinach
salad mix
yuzu
figs
Valencia oranges
satsumas
cauliflower
beets
carrots
sweet potatoes
eggs
spiny lobster

The Second in a Series of Posts Pointing Out That I Was Way Ahead of the Curve

Posted in Cuisine on December 9th, 2009 by Peter – Be the first to comment

What should I see in the Times today but this:

ONCE you sous vide, you never go back.

That, at least, is the chant of a global pantheon of chefs — like Heston Blumenthal, Joël Robuchon, Ferran Adrià, and Tetsuya Wakuda — who have made this low, slow cooking method the standard in the last decade.