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Friday Cocktail Hour: Key Sunrise

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: May 10, 2013

Key Sunset, Goddammit. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

Key Sunrise, Goddammit. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

So my oldest and dearest pal, Lester, feeling a bit fidgety several Fridays ago, texted to coax me off work early. I had cooking to do so I said, "Come over. I'll make us some Clover Clubs while I finish prep." After imbibing, I recalled the savvy note from Danny Guess of Fly Bar & Restaurant and video "host" of the iBook 25 Classic Cocktails, that if you add applejack brandy, you have a cocktail called a Pink Lady (all of which were covered in this post). Having finished our drinks and with more egg white on hand, I made us a second, this time a Pink Lady. Killer cocktail, but such an unfortunate name! This is something you will ...

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Also posted in Cocktails | Tagged apple brandy, cocktail, Epicurious, friday, Gin, key lime juice, Key Sunrise, recipe | 9 Comments

How to Cook Morels

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: May 1, 2013

Fresh ramps and morel mushrooms. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.

Fresh ramps and the coolest edible to grow out of the ground, morel mushrooms.
Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.

No surer sign of spring, this lovely photo above. And when wild edibles grow together they're often great cooked together. Last week for one of the final shots for the new book I ordered fresh morels from a fabulous company in northern Michigan called Earthy Delights (thanks, Chip and Ed!). I love the food of Michigan—the stone fruit, the eau de vie made from their skin, the tart cherries, the mushrooms. Same as the Great Lakes territories of Ohio, which booms with ramps right now. We get so many wild ramps that Jonathon Sawyer, who turned 13 today, spiritually (good luck at ...

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Also posted in Farming, Food Adventure | Tagged Connie Green, Earthy Delights, Epicurious, Jonathon Sawyer, morels, mushrooms, ramps, spring | 13 Comments

Chasing the Dream: Chef Patricia Tracey
(with Salsa Verde)

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: April 29, 2013

Baked eggs – ready to be topped with salsa verde

Baked eggs with salsa verde. Photo by Patricia Tracey.

People call me a chef (even says so here). I’m not a chef. Ted Allen is not a chef (as if his round wood spoons didn’t say as much). Rachael Ray is not a chef. None of us ever said we were. (I have on occasion, claimed to be, but that was just to piss off Michael Symon, who is a chef, or was—now he’s a TV cook, entertainer, and successful restaurateur. I cooked at Sans Souci, a Marriot-owned restaurant, ages ago, but I wouldn’t last an hour on the line today.) Terms matter. I say this because today’s guest poster, Patricia Tracey, is and remains solely a chef. Not a celeb chef like Symon or Bobby Flay (both of ...

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Also posted in chefs, Eggs, Food Adventure, Food Business, Guest Post, sauce | Tagged baked eggs, following a dream, kick starter, Mediterranean Salsa Verde, Myriad Gastro Pub, restaurant, san francisco, starting a business, Trish Tracey | 13 Comments

Pressure Cooker Sauce

By Emilia | Published: April 29, 2013

Use your pressure cooker to make an artichoke, pancetta, and egg sauce, via Hip Pressure Cooking.

Also posted in blog, pressure cooker | Tagged egg, hip pressure cooking, pancetta, pressure cooker, sauce | 1 Comment

Friday Cocktail Hour: The Man About Town

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: April 26, 2013

A rum Negroni, otherwise called a Man About Town. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.

I pay for a service called SaneBox to deal with email overload, so much of it mass PR mail. Somehow a diligent soul, Sally Alfis of M Booth, who represents the company's spirit clients, got though the barricades. Having seen my Friday cocktail hour posts, she asked if she could send me some premium hooch. I never turn down free premium hooch. Thus, the most excellent rum in the photo (it's very good). Surprisingly, though, she continues to read Friday posts and, following my hasty Negroni post (no link, Donna unhappy with photo), sent me a new cocktail made by Scott Fitzgerald (no, relation, though he does beat on, like all ...

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Also posted in Cocktails | Tagged Bitters, Brugal 1888, campari, cocktail, Epicurious, friday, Man About Town, negroni, rum | 15 Comments

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Friday Cocktail Hour: Key Sunrise

How to Cook Morels

Chasing the Dream: Chef Patricia Tracey
(with Salsa Verde)

Pressure Cooker Sauce

Friday Cocktail Hour: The Man About Town

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