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Written the way a kitchen writes them.

Menus with a shopping list and an hour-by-hour prep plan, so the dinner is good and you still get to sit down for it.

A long candlelit dinner table set for six with a cast-iron braise in the center

Guide 01 · Available December

A three-course dinner party without spending all night in the kitchen

A winter menu for six: a bright first course you plate cold, a braise that is better made the day before, and a dessert that sets in the fridge while you eat. Comes with the complete shopping list sorted by store section, a two-day prep timeline down to the quarter hour, and the plating notes I'd give a new cook.

  • 24 pages
  • Serves 6
  • Make-ahead
  • PDF

$19

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A dozen kitchen tools laid out on linen

Guide 00 · Free

The ten tools I'd buy before any gadget

Eight pages. What to spend on, what to skip, how to tell a good pan from a pretty one, and the order to buy things in if you're starting from an empty drawer. Free when you join the email list.

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What comes next

  1. Five restaurant sauces you can actually make at home

    Pan sauce, beurre blanc, salsa verde, a proper vinaigrette, and a quick jus. Each with the one mistake that breaks it.

  2. Better vegetables

    Roasting, glazing, purées, and finishing. The chapter most home cooks skip and most restaurants obsess over.

  3. A Sunday of prep for a week of dinners

    Two hours on Sunday, five weeknight dinners that don't taste like leftovers.