Dinner Party Challenge: Super Easy (and Perfect) Roast Chicken

“You’re going to question my method on this one,” I warned Brian. “My technique will seem strange, but I need you to just trust me, and not question my methods, okay?”

“Are you going to brine it?”

“Shhhhhhhhhhhh…” I said, tiptoeing and putting a a finger to his lips.  Read more

Dinner Party Challenge: Budget Beef Wellington

I love the show Mad Men. The attention to detail is amazing. The characters are believable and complex. However, there’s one scene that’s almost too unbelievable to be watchable. It’s the one where Joan and Rodger have just completed a tawdry tryst at a fancy hotel and Joan insists she must get back to work rather than nomming on the amazing room service spread that has been ordered for her.

Roger couldn’t believe it either. “Look, we’ve got oysters rockefeller! Beef Wellington! Napoleons! We leave this lunch alone, it’ll take over Europe.”  Read more

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