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Lemony Chicken Stew with Dill Dumplings
Lemony Chicken Stew with Dill Dumplings

“I am the emperor, and I want dumplings.” -Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, fiercely Catholic leader of much of Central & Eastern Europe during the late 1500′s

Gỏi Dưa Chuột (Vietnamese Cucumber Salad with Pork, Chicken, & Shrimp)
Gỏi Dưa Chuột (Vietnamese Cucumber Salad with Pork, Chicken, & Shrimp)

“I’m chill. I’m chill as a cucumber, man.” -Canadian actor/comedian Seth Rogen as process server Dale Denton in Judd Apatow’s 2008 celebration of stoner hijinks, Pineapple Express

Soba Noodle Salad with Pan-Fried Tofu, Edamame, & Peanuts
Soba Noodle Salad with Pan-Fried Tofu, Edamame, & Peanuts

“They’re only noodles Michael.” -Kiefer Sutherland as David, the darkly smug leader of Santa Carla’s vampire gang, in Joel Schumacher’s classic 1987 movie The Lost Boys

Hearty Wild Mushroom & Barley Soup
Hearty Wild Mushroom & Barley Soup

“Thank you Mario, but our Princess is in another castle.” -Toad the Mushroom Retainer, guardian of Mushroom Kingdom’s Princess Peach, bumming out 1980′s children everywhere in the wildly popular 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System game Super Mario Bros.

Guinness-Braised Short Ribs
Guinness-Braised Short Ribs

“Ribs? Great…..why don’t you just kick the dentures out of my mouth?” -Late American actress Estelle Getty as pint-sized Sicilian pistol Sophia Petrillo on the brilliant 80′s sitcom The Golden Girls

Moroccan-Style Spice-Braised Chicken over Noodles with Raisins, Almonds, and Powdered Sugar
Moroccan-Style Spice-Braised Chicken over Noodles with Raisins, Almonds, and Powdered Sugar

“People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it’s impossible to count them accurately.” -Oscar Wilde, 19th century Irish writer, sexually ambiguous lover of beauty, and total brat

Chinese-Style Ground Pork Dumplings with Soy-Based Dipping Sauce
Chinese-Style Ground Pork Dumplings with Soy-Based Dipping Sauce

“What do you do when the lights are too bright? You dim sum.” -My awesome Daddy, American architect, food/wine nerd, and frequent deliverer of terrible, eye-roll-inducing jokes like this one

Ragoût of Rabbit with Hand-Rolled Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Shiitake Mushrooms, & Pan Jus
Ragoût of Rabbit with Hand-Rolled Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Shiitake Mushrooms, & Pan Jus

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” -John Steinbeck, American novelist and writer of one of my most all-time most favoritest books (I have a lot of those), East of Eden

Spiced Braised Lamb Shank with CousCous
Spiced Braised Lamb Shank with CousCous

“On my fifth trip to France I limited myself to the words and phrases that people actually use….Things began to come together, and I went from speaking like an evil baby to speaking like a hillbilly. “Is thems the thoughts of cows?” I’d ask the butcher, pointing to the calves’ brains displayed in the front window. “I want me some lamb chop with handles on ‘em.” -David Sedaris, American story-teller and frequent NPR contributor, in his year 2000 essay collection Me Talk Pretty One Day

Bacon-Wrapped Roulade of Veal stuffed with Caramelized Onions, Dried Cherries, Brioche Breadcrumbs, & Herbs, Laird's Applejack Jus
Bacon-Wrapped Roulade of Veal stuffed with Caramelized Onions, Dried Cherries, Brioche Breadcrumbs, & Herbs, Laird’s Applejack Jus

“Mmmmm…..unexplained bacon.” -Homer Simpson, Renaissance (Every)Man, beer guzzler, patriarch of The Simpsons family, and die-hard bacon fanatic

Classic Beef Stew
Classic Beef Stew

“If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.” -Dr. Seuss, pseudonym of American writer/illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel, writer of (hands, like, totally down) my most beloved and revered children’s books ever in the history of…..ever

Classic Pot Roast
Classic Pot Roast

“Being American is to eat a lot of beef steak, and boy, we’ve got a lot more beef steak than any other country, and that’s why you ought to be glad you’re an American. And people have started looking at these big hunks of bloody meat on their plates, you know, and wondering what on Earth they think they’re doing.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American writer and satirist

Ragoût of Lamb with Spring Vegetables
Ragoût of Lamb with Spring Vegetables

“Ghostbusters. Yes, we’re back.” -American actress Annie Potts as quirky, bug-eyed secretary Janine Melnitz in “Ghostbusters 2“ I’m proud to announce that we’re back online, coming to you live and direct from our new headquarters in a renovated firehouse in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.  It’s just like Ghostbusters, sort of!  The new kitchen is amazing and I [...]

Pompano En Papillote
Pompano En Papillote

The prospect of directly referencing a recipe that I’ve learned at The French Culinary Institute is a bit of a daunting one.  I don’t want to anger the school I adore by violating copyright or anything like that, but at the same time, I want to document what I’m learning for my family, my friends, [...]

Cinnamon-Spiced Red Lentil Stew with Chorizo
Cinnamon-Spiced Red Lentil Stew with Chorizo

“I travel the world, and I’m happy to say that America is still the great melting pot – maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.” -Philip Glass, American composer


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