The Pleasure Is All Mine电子书

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

The Sick Handshake

Best Steak au Poivre with Frites

Best Mac ’n’ Cheese

Best Braised Lamb Shank

Best Chicken Pot Pie

Best Duck Confit

Best Crab Cakes

Best Pork Chops and Applesauce

Best Fish & Chips

The Cruel Revenge of General Tsao

Chinese

General Tsao’s Chicken

Cold Sesame Noodles

Crispy Duck with Warm Fresh Plum Sauce

Indian

Coconut Fish Curry

Home-Style Yellow Split Peas

Homemade Naan Bread

Thai

Jasmin’s Pad Thai

Tom Yum Kung Soup

Grilled Lamb Chops with Lemongrass

Fast Food

Pizza Margherita (not Domino’s)

Fried Chicken with Buttermilk Biscuits (not KFC’s)

Quarter Pounder with Fries (not McDonald’s)

Dinner Guests

Three-Cheese Ravioli with Shaved White Truffles

Roasted Lobster

Pan-Seared Wagyu Steak

Sea Urchin Risotto

Croque Monsieur with Smoked Salmon and Caviar

Escalope of Foie Gras with Wild Mushrooms and Aged Balsamic

“You Wanna Know How I Got These Scars?”

Calamar Relleno con Setas y Vegetales

Clips de Cogollos con Mango

Ristretto Di Piselli con Gnocchetti Di Pane all’Uva e Fresco Di Capra

Soft-Shell Crabs with Lima Bean Salad, Grilled Bacon, and Cornbread

Grilled Peaches with Amaretto

On Grazing

Wild Sea Bream Seviche

Sea Scallops with Seaweed Butter

Bacalao Croquettes with Aioli

Carpaccio of Beef, Pecorino, and Black Olives

Wild Mushrooms on Grilled Ciabatta with Garlic Lemon Aioli

Pissaladière

Zucchini Fritters with Dill

Yellowtail Sashimi with Green Apple and Yuzu Dipping Sauce

Grilled Sardine Panzanella

Vietnamese Summer Rolls

Frisée with Manchego Cheese, Roasted Marcona Almonds, and Quince Dressing

Basquian Lemon Shrimp

Suzie Manners’s Guide to Modern Etiquette

Bread

Homemade Parker House Rolls

Soup

Classic Winter Vegetable Soup

Spaghetti (or Any Long Pasta)

Pasta alla Bottarga

Tagliatelle with Black Truffles

Little Bony Birds

Grilled Spatchcocked Spiced Quail

Shellfish

Cazuela de Arroz Langoustines

Eat Your Greens!

Three Ways

Just Messy

A Big Ol’ Burger

Brunch: Why?

Blueberry Pancakes

Scrambled Eggs

Home-Cured Gravlax with Bagels and Cream Cheese

Fried Duck Egg with Guanciale and Toast

Frittata con delle Erbe

Warm Beignets

BLT on Toasted Brioche with Garlic Aioli

Sixties Granola

Waste Management

One Big Profiterole

Crêpes Suzette

Fresh Pineapple Tarte Tatin

Cake

Lemon-Lime Gelato

Warm Banana Toffee Mille-Feuille

Apple Turnover

“There-is-no-way-in-hell-I-am-waiting-in-line-for-two-hours” Cupcakes

Pignoli Biscotti

Butterscotch Panna Cotta with Roasted Macadamia Nut Praline

Wild Blueberry Tart

Affogato

An Homage to Willy Wonka

Warm Chocolate Fondant

Peanut Butter Cups

A Brownie

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Chocolate Cookies

Valrhona Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate Ice Cream Float

Bread and Chocolate

Ménage à Deux

Bonus Recipes

Duck Confit

Duck Ragu with Papparadelle

Duck Rillette

Foie Gras Stuffing

Bacalao (Salt Cod)

Baked Salt Cod Fillet

Bacalao with Fresh Orange and Black Olives

Baked Potatoes

Gnocchi

Duck Fat

Lemongrass

Mussels in Lemongrass Broth

Steamed Fish

Guanciale

Pasta Con Guanciale e Prezzemolo

Scraps of Pasta Dough

Scialatielli con Pomodori Ciliege Arrosti

Seven Uses For Extra Mascarpone or Crème Fraîche

Herbs

Pistou/Pesto

Salsa Verde

Salad

A Mojito

The Toby Cecchini

Your Bare-Bones Cupboard

On Drinking Alone

Sources

Acknowledgments

Searchable Terms

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher