The ‘Best’ Way to Cook a Thick Steak

According to this one author, it’s in a skillet, over medium heat. With butter. Okay, so here’s the Ducasse method of making a rib steak, as interpreted by me. This is a 45-minute process, assuming you start with a steak that has been allowed to come up to room temperature or that at least has […]

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On making gin

I got on a bit of a craft liquor kick a while back, and recently started making wine, syrups, shrubs, and other bartending-related treats. The latest was to make gin (and allspice dram, but that’s still aging; check back near the middle of July). There are many many recipes online for making home gin, most […]

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