New link posted – Steakhouse Blues

http://www.steakhouseblues.blogspot.com/ I highly recommend this blog from “old school steakhouse general manager–80 hours a week putting out fires [sometimes literally], correcting grammar, opening wine, directing traffic, trying not to kill everyone, and happily receiving the financial tributes of our adoring guests one benjamin at a time“ It’s not often that a post on a blog almost [...]

Cookbook of the day – Cooking With Fire and Smoke

Cooking With Fire and Smoke by Philip Stephen Schulz Simon & Schuster (May 15, 1991) ISBN-10: 0671733095 ISBN-13: 978-0671733094 Well, it’s the Sunday after memorial day and many people are dusting off the grill and icing down the beer, inviting their friends and family over for the communal event that we call “barbeque”. This is [...]

Sometimes it’s the little things…

Grabbing a handful of forks or plates and having exactly the number you need to set a bunch of tables, especially when you make a conscious effort to estimate the number that you’re going to need. A child’s delight at being in the proximity of a live lobster. A table saying, “We know you want to get out of [...]