Category Archives: CVap

Italy With My Son 2012; Arrivederci Roma!

Posted on August 6, 2012 by John Sconzo

Leaving a wonderful trip always results in mixed emotions. The trip had so many wonderful moments and highlights, but we had a very strong tug to home. Both my son and I were very much looking forward to getting back [...]

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Goose Cassoulet – An Idea in Food

Posted on February 26, 2011 by John Sconzo

Goose was the one constant going in to the weekend. Knowing that Alex and Aki would be visiting and having had the good experiences that I have had with Mary Pratt's Elihu Farm geese, I thought it would be [...]

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Dinner with Friends – Alex and Aki Come to Visit

Posted on February 21, 2011 by John Sconzo

TV shows like Iron Chef America, Top Chef and Chopped all riff on a theme of spontaneous cooking to varying degrees. Iron Chef America specifies a specific ingredient that must be showcased, Top Chef offers surprise scenarios that must [...]

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Summer Fare

Posted on July 29, 2010 by John Sconzo

A recent dinner at home featured grilled chicken and Sheldon Farm corn on the cob. The corn was rubbed with butter, salt and chipotle powder. The chicken had been spatchcocked, marinated in Big Bob Gibson's white sauce and parcooked [...]

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Starchefs 2009 – Sean Brock Shows His Kind of American Cuisine

Posted on July 25, 2010 by John Sconzo

Sean Brock and benne – precursor to today's sesame.
I apologize for having been remiss in not finishing my detailed individual profiles of the presentations at the 2009 Starchefs ICC, having only made it partially into Day 2 of the [...]

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TGRWT#21 Sage and Roasted Peanuts – My Dish

Posted on May 25, 2010 by John Sconzo

The blog Humbling Attempts at Creativity is hosting the current round of TGRWT, a cooking exercise devised by Martin Lersch through his blog: Khymos, designed to pair possibly disparate-seeming ingredients using a pairing profile that predicts compatibility between [...]

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A Birthday Dinner – 51

Posted on May 6, 2010 by John Sconzo

I turned 51 this week. It wasn't a milestone, but I figure it is better to celebrate it than not have it. The last few years, I have been able to celebrate my birthday with dinners at well [...]

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Taste of the Week – January 3rd – 9th – Wild Mallard Duck Breast

Posted on January 10, 2010 by John Sconzo

I had never had wild mallard duck before, always farm-raised magret. I was recently given some freshly shot and field dressed mallard breasts by my friends Albert and Pat Sheldon. Normally when I cook duck it still has its [...]

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Goose

Posted on January 2, 2010 by John Sconzo

I recently took the opportunity to buy a goose for the holidays from Mary Pratt of Elihu Farm at The Saratoga Farmers Market. The goose was an American heirloom variety – a Buff. I cooked it following instructions from [...]

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Starchefs 2009 Day One: Chris Young & Nathan Myhrvold: Culinary Engineers

Posted on November 17, 2009 by John Sconzo

I first became acquainted (virtually) with Dr. Nathan Myhrvold, the former Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft and current CEO of Intellectual Ventures, a firm dedicated to creating and investing in inventions with culinary technology an important component of [...]

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