Henrik and I decided to go all out for NYE — we served a six-course dinner for 4 of our closest friends. 1) Salmon tartare from Thomas Keller’s French Laundry Cookbook (Amazon also has Chef Keller’s other 2 books, Ad Hoc at Home and Bouchon, each for ~$18 off cover price).  Paired with a *delicious* [...]

I received 2 new Le Crueset mini-cocottes for my birthday, so I decided to do something unique with them. First I lined the bottom with halved cherry tomatoes. then I cut asparagus in 1″ pieces to create a little forest of asparagus. I think they’re pretty cute, don’t you? Served with pork tenderloin, potatoes, herb [...]

For our May anniversary dinner, we decided to make Pork Osso Buco with Citrus Gremolata and Saffron Risotto. We enjoyed a bottle of Villa di Capezzana carmignano wine with the Osso Buco, and a little Cinque Terre Monerosso Limoncino afterward. Since traditional Osso Buco is made with veal and I was using pork, I gleaned [...]

The skinny: Charlotte Trend | Baltzarsgatan 31, Malmö Cost for Le Creuset 4.2L Enameled Oven: 1095 SEK The fat: This week I went to Charlotte Trend and purchased a 4.2L Le Creuset enameled cast iron oven. I’ve been waiting a long time to get one, and let me tell ya… I’m pretty giddy to use [...]