Cold & rainy? Start your feast with a flan

Last Friday I hosted my first Dining at the Foot of the Hills event. It was a great opportunity to see how the dishes worked and understand what needed tweaking. Speaking to my guests afterwards, it looked like I made only one mistake: there was too much food! I really took this on board and from…

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After a lot of tasting and experimenting…

Countless vegetable flans later, after tasting and experimenting with a long list of ingredients, I’m (nearly) ready for my supper club. This Friday a few people will come to my house for the first of hopefully many ‘Dining At The Foot of the Hills’ events. The name is suggestive of my native Piedmont and the…

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A beautiful game night

Last night a sleep deprived chef made me fall in love with game all over again. After some shaky experiences with too pungent meats, I was slightly ambivalent about eating it. But the accomplished cooking of Toto at the Italian Supper Club reignited my passion for wild meats, birds in particular. Toto, who became a father…

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