Compound Interest

One of my favorite things to do as part of pre-prep is to make compound butters, especially maitre d’hotel butter

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Blanche DuBois

“It means white woods.”

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Cowboys on the Strand

Back in my teens, the butcher shop was the wild, wild west of the food market.

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"Alva, Tell Us . . ."

Fresh, beautiful-looking produce was always something of a family obsession.

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The Dough Boy That Was

So I buy my pasta now. But it’s not the same. Not even close.

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(Don't) Hurtle This Turtle

“I know up on top you are seeing great sights. But down at the bottom, we too should have rights.”

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What Lies Within

It is a bit humbling to be invited into the quirks of people’s lives. We are all much stranger and more interesting than outward appearances let on.

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And, in the End, The Cake You Take . . .

(surely you can finish that ellipsis yourself)

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Good Timing: A Sensual Obsession

Let’s just say that when two desirable but wildly dissimilar things actually do converge, the fusion is nothing short of magical.

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If You Trim It, They Will Come

Grandma Annie would have wanted it that way.

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Cowboys on the Strand

Back when I was a teen, the butcher shop was the wild wild west of the food market.

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What the Hell is French About Y'all?

In the South, the typical fruit used in a French clafouti (a type of baked pancake) is adapted for a grape I only know from my part of the world: muscadine or scuppernong.

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Cornpone Cookery

Like most things in life, cornbread is all about the respect it is accorded.

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"I'm All In"

This stack of breaded green tomatoes reminds me of a stack of poker chips. Metaphors don’t lie.

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I Could Do That

Southern Translation: I COULD theoretically do what you are suggesting. But I have no fucking intent doing so. Thank you so much for your concern.

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I'm Stuffed. Are You Stuffed Too?

Cram these Madjul dates full of aged balsamic vinegar, parmesan cheese, lemon zest, parsley, salt, pepper, and olive oil, and bam.

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Whoever said "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" Never Cooked

I have my own ridiculously long list of obsessions in the kitchen

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Function Over Form

Did it really matter for a magazine shoot if the food tasted good?

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In the Midnight Hour

For me, the disturbance often takes the form of figuring out the sequences for the next day’s cooking orders.

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Making Potions in a Traveling Show

Let’s not label it, especially something as cold and clinical as OCD

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Sderot Chen 51 Tel Aviv, Israel שדרות חן 51 תל אביב, ישראל

OPEN MONDAY — FRIDAY

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Sderot Chen 51 Tel Aviv, Israel
שדרות חן 51 תל אביב, ישראל

+972-54-236-0781
Martin@etzlenu.com