This year's Christmas dinner marks the beginning of a new holiday tradition. A Christmas without Turkey... without stuffing, without mashed potatoes and best of all... without driving for hours on end on Christmas eve.
Instead, a chance to relax and enjoy the perfect holiday meal... beef tenderloin with a green peppercorn sauce. On the side—sautéed savoy cabbage with pancetta and rosti potato.
Happy Ho Ho
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Not Turkey
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Pre-Show Snack
Before a night in the mosh pit you really need to fill up with a good meal. The new Rodney's, cleverly wedged into what had been a handful of parking spots, seemed like a good place to have our pre-show meal. We started with oysters and then sampled a few other dishes.
When it comes to dessert I often like to take a second look at the menu. A piece of cake is great and all, but wouldn't you rather have an oyster BLT? A fried oyster sitting atop cripsy panchetta, peppery greens and a juicy tomato beats cake any day.
After the oysters we shared a delicious piece of black cod with wilted greens, red pepper and shitake mushrooms.
For dessert – some Frightened Rabbit at the Horseshoe Tavern.
Monday, August 11, 2008
BBQ Salad?
Short of throwing the spinach on the grill and figuring out how to melt the goat cheese on the same gril, we bbq'd everything else. Roasted peppers and onions turned out great and you can't really see the pancetta in there but trust me, it is... I think we just put a little balsamic and oil on this one but with all the sweet vegetables adding a little lemon into the dressing wouldn't hurt.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Signature Dish

Everyone has to have a signature dish so I stole this one...
Emeril missed a few essential ingredients however, namely bacon, or in this case pancetta and bbq'd lemon chicken. Considering the crap they use in most restaurant dressings I think I'm still ahead here.