Chef's Table: Winter Celebration Meals

February has always been a month of extreme differences for me. It can be a long, cold, miserable month, despite being the shortest of the year; snowstorms, blustery winds and staying indoors for most of the month can give us cabin fever. However, it’s also a month for celebrations, at least for my family, since we have some birthdays this month (including my own), and of course that of The Gilded Fork!

While I was in college, I discovered a long-standing tradition on campus called “Feb Club,” in which there was a huge party every night of the month, in a different location on campus each time. This seemed to be the only way to endure the misery of the coldest month in Connecticut. It was also long before I had much culinary sophistication, and the available libation choices usually came out of a tube attached to a metal canister.

Now that I do celebrations for a living, I’ve learned quite a bit more about how to have a good time in the cold winter months – in a way that celebrates gustatory pleasures and doesn’t end in a wicked 28-day hangover! (read more)

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