Homemade Mayonnaise
A couple of summers ago Jeff and I stayed with our friends Ted and Barbara Alfond in Maine. We had dropped Cate off at summer camp and...
Chopped Liver
Growing up we always had a ham alongside our turkey at Thanksgiving. And then one year we didn't. Maybe we got a bigger turkey that year,...
Fish Cakes!
I'm not really a fan of exclamation points. You should be able to stress your urgency or elation through words alone. That's not to say...
Mashed Potatoes For Passover
The first time I had Jeff's kids over for Passover I wanted everything to be perfect. He and I were recently engaged, and I adored his...
Balsamic Pickled Eggs
As the countdown to Passover begins, I find myself immersed in planning our seder and reflecting on holidays past. I liken Passover to a...
Turning Lemons Into . . . Preserved Lemons
A beautiful hostess at this busy restaurant was telling my friend and me the other day about the pop-up option for lunch. It's a great...
Brisket
There's an urban myth about a hostess who stumbles out of the kitchen with a roast, sending dinner crashing to the floor in front of a...
Fig & Olive Tapenade
During the summer before Watershed Restaurant opened its new location in South Buckhead, Chef Joe Truex often found his way to the...
Winging It Weeknight Pasta
I'm an unapologetic control freak in the kitchen. Ok - I'm an unapologetic control freak, period. You can count on me to get things done....
When Bacon & Eggs Become Transcendent For Dinner
All the Oscar buzz about Meryl Streep's performance in "Florence Foster Wallace" - this is her 20th nomination - brought me back to 1986,...