At lunch recently I was eating one of the burgers at my Manhattan French Bistro Café du Soleil, and my friend Erika, who is constantly begging for insider tips which she can shamelessly steal for use on her own family and friends, came by to say hello. Between bites, I was spilling my encyclopedic knowledge. Another friend, Nina, happened by, overheard us, and was too sucked in to go back to her own table.
Then it hit me – in the interest of better eating everywhere I really should share this stuff. And thus this blog was born.
Every week I’ll post a different menu item from my restaurant and modify it for home cooking. My focus will be to teach you a thing or two about cooking, especially my approach to writing recipes based on the ratios of ingredients in a recipe. But anything food-centric is fair game, so stay tuned.
6 Comments
July 31, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Happy Birthday Matthew!
Ellen
August 11, 2008 at 4:39 pm
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August 21, 2008 at 1:04 am
Hey Chef, Just found your blog while looking at what others are doing with tuna tartare these days. Chive oil is alot of fun.! Thanks for spreading the love with your food knowledge. We all learned it from someone else right? Check out my blog, Hailing from the Pac. Northwest – cheffyboy
March 21, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Great Blog….Bon Appetit
March 31, 2009 at 7:47 am
Thanks, Jaques – I’m glad you enjoy it
Matthew
May 13, 2009 at 8:34 am
beautiiful blog merciiiiii