If you watch Top Chef as much as we do, then you should very well know that whenever anyone made a salad dish, they were pretty much DOA. However, during our last visit to one of our favorite haunts, The Bristol, we had a salad combination that rocked our world: caramelized parsnips, savory buttermilk panna [...]

A few weeks ago, Jared had the opportunity to work alongside Aaron Crumbaugh of HomeCookedCatering.com for a privately catered dinner.  One of the dishes that caught his attention was the amuse bouche with corn puree and lobster.

Several years ago, we dreamed of opening up a restaurant.  Specifically we wanted to open an izakaya (a Japanese pub)- also our favorite type of Japanese cuisine.  Once we had that idea in our heads, I immediately started waitressing on the side to learn front-of-house operations while Jared started working part time in the kitchen [...]

Aaand we’re back… (ish).  Though the nights have been a little sleepless, we mustered the energy to produce this delectable restaurant recreation.  A few weeks before baby made his appearance, we checked out Davanti Enoteca, one of the newest arrivals in Little Italy on Taylor.  In a few words it’s tapas meets Italian cuisine.  And [...]