Posts Tagged ‘Cook’s Illustrated’

What Do Eve’s Renovations Say About the State of Fine Dining?

You may wonder why I care about the mostly cosmetic renovations taking place in Restaurant Eve's Tasting Room. I mean, why should most people care that owners Cathal and Meshelle Armstrong have purchased new furniture and fixtures for their showcase dining room, where a prix-fixe, multi-course meal can easily surpass $200 a head? Let me [...]

Picking Apart The Family Thanksgiving

Another family Thanksgiving is history, and I have plenty to be thankful for. Among the blessings I'm counting: That my mother-in-law Kay's very first brined turkey (apparently suggested by me last year in a fit of drunken expansiveness on ways to keep breast meat moist) was not a flop. I had visions of the family serving me a [...]