first taste: soup and rice Thank you, Maurice Sendak, for inspiring irreverent, honest, wildness in all of us. My small homage can't begin to express your influence.
weekend class: roasted beet and blood orange salad This salad is brazen. Powerful. Violent even--the dressing at least.
a real pickle: fermented lemons This year I choose to demystify...fermentation. You either got really excited just now or removed this site from your RSS feed.
risotto-stuffed chard bundles with browned butter oyster mushrooms These were the star of the night, and I should tell you, they shared a table with a banana cream pie.
sauteed brussels sprouts with fried shallots and almonds Caramelized, with some of their bright green leaves just wilted, toasted almond flecks plus shallots fried in butter.
roasted domino potatoes Soft scalloped-potato-like texture and a crispy, shattered edge too--the little burnt edges are actually awesome.
banana cream pie. (the best ever.) This the best banana cream pie (banana on banana on banana) and a pie for when you're pulling out all the stops.
jackfruit biryani To say that my family and I were happy with the results of this experiment would be completely underselling this.
spiced, fried potatoes These potatoes are my mom's specialty and James' absolute favourite dish of hers.
