Because my wife will be traveling during Father’s Day this year, she decided to move Father’s Day up to this Sunday so we could all be together for it. When I woke up this morning I was hussled outside with eyes closed to see what the newest toy for Dad would be! And to my surprise after two years of looking, this greeted me when I opened my eyes. A bra... Read More

Everyone who knows me well knows how much I enjoy Champagne. (Well, good sparkling wines of other kinds are also delicious, but nothing tops the “real thing!”) So, Monday night’s “Champagne Gala,” benefiting the various scholarship programs of the AIWF - New York Chapter was right up my alley!

I know you’re asking WHAT did ... Read More

two days ago i turned in my first job application, and it was at a new restaurant in town, a restaurant attatched to a small golf course/driving range. i used to party with the exec. and the new pastry chef is the wife of one of my best friends, and a good friend herself. surprisingly she doesn’t have much experience, so I figured I had a good shot myself for so... Read More

Where do I start…

Well our Bed and Breakfast is nearly ready to move into. We have a move in date of July 1st. Our first booking is July 7th and from there on in its crazy busy.

Gavins’ parents have been kind enough to take our bookings for us so that we don’t loose out and they have also been getting the deposits in. It seems so real... Read More

The old saw in the food biz is “Work Hard, Play Hard”, but sometimes, when you get time off it just feels damned good to do absolutely nothing. I spent a large part of this Spring in the kitchen under fluorescent lights having little contact with the outdoors other than br... Read More

So there I was this morning at our nearby grocery store, and it’s about 8 a.m. I have a half hour to run in (well, not in my shape, actually, more like a fast snail’s pace …)pick up some necessary items - and then wait maybe 10 minutes to get across the Hulton Bridge (AKA the lavender link, because some brain decided to paint it that color so we ... Read More

I’d been baking biscuits since I was 11. Biscuits were one of the things my mom, a fabulous cook and baker, was “famous” for, and it was understood that her protégée (me!) was expected to turn out light and fluffy biscuits every time as a matter of course. Now I was living in Boston, not Chicago, and I‘d been challenged by a very special man to pre... Read More