The Portly Chef

A collection of what was posted here and elsewhere during the work week.

• I introduced my orange tres leches with chocolate candied orange peels, experimented with neck (which my friend Greg pointed out can be done in numerous forms of braising) and we debated pre- and post-tax tipping.

• The ever-talented Clotilde Dusoulier of Chocolate & Zucchini provided a scrumptuous chocolate cake, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

• Derrick of Obsession with Food explained the differences between frittata and omelets (a topic that came up in my office the same day).

• Bee of Rasa Malaysia was sick, but still managed to make a mean Beehoon Soup.

• On the same day she gave away a Valentine’s Day lunch to the Russian Tea Room, Restaurant Girl reported that Chef Gary Robins stormed out of the Tea Room earlier in the week. Restaurant Girl got credit for scooping that story in a major New York Times piece covering her site. The NYT article was later re-printed with correction appended, crediting Snack.