Did I just read a cookbook?

broderic on January 15, 2010

I asked myself that question as I laid the Momofuku Cookbook down and hit the sack. Did I just read a cookbook like a regular book?

Indeed I did. It was that interesting. But I didn’t read it for the recipes. I read it for the story.

David Chang is pretty much as driven a chef as any other chefs are. That’s me being nice and not saying how much of an asshole chefs can be. They want perfection. They’ll get perfection any damn well way they want. That’s okay as long as they make great food.

From reading the book and glancing at the recipes, it seems like Chang does make great, tasty food.

Banoffee Pie

broderic on November 22, 2009

Celebrated CapitolSwell’s birthday yesterday at Againn Gastro Pub in DC. I had the Lanashire Hot Pot which was some tasty lamb and had a side of some delicious red cabbage. But for desert I had their Banoffee Pie. It was the greatest desert I ever had. It came in a jar wasn’t really a pie but a conglomeration of the ingredients of the pie. Graham cracker crust. Dulce de lece. Bananas! Ganoche. Damn. Yum.