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Chef de Cuisine Frederick Carl (Fritz) Blank Jr Easter, April 2010For the first time in about almost 16 years, this spring I have not made “Easter Pitz” (as my Sicilian mentor “Old Man Tony Amato” ba …

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FEB 18, 2023 Gigi Makes Gobi Manchurian window.SHOGUN_IMA …

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April 5th, 2020 Pau's Braised Lamb Birria window.SHOGUN_IMA …

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Gleeful squeals coming from the coffee bar are a sure indication that Fante’s Granita is back in season! This homemade specialty is pined for year-round, and not a day goes by that someone doesn’t req …

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Summer holds so many great food memories from my childhood in Italy. One of my favorites is the smell and taste of a ripe tomato right off the vine. Everyone in our town had a vegetable garden, and no …

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In the spring of 2020, like stores across the country, we pulled down our grates, shut off our lights, and unplugged our Granita maker. We were lurching into the unexpected; the sounds of the Italian …

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My family is from rural Tennessee. In the summer, the fence rows swarm with blackberries and raspberries leap out of quiet nooks in the woods. The berries are melt in your mouth delicious. I always th …

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I don’t think my mother has ever sharpened her knives. After each use, she takes out a honing steel, runs it along the edge, and considers it sharpened. It may, or may not, surprise you to know that s …

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Professional cooks know the importance of having high quality tools in their kitchen, the most important of which are knives. However they’ll tell you that having good knives is just the first step. O …

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So: I’m hosting my partner’s new coworkers. We’ve all been there. It’s never fun. You’ve been preconditioned to not like so and so, you’re told to love so and so, and the whole time you’re hoping you …

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You know what they are. They’re beautiful. Your grandma had one or wanted one. They’re not cabinet pieces, no, they’re practically table decor. They’re cult-like; your cousin’s been building a subtle …

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We have a saying at Fantes: there’s no ‘best’ when it comes to coffee. It’s about preference. Your grandmother’s never going to like the fancy coffee machine you buy her: if she’s been using a percola …

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