About the work

A closer look.

You remember a dish. Someone made it in a kitchen that no longer exists, and every version you try is close but wrong. Tell me what survived: the name they called it, the pot it was made in, what the room smelled like when you walked in, the one ingredient you are sure of, and the thing you are not sure of. Two details that contradict each other are fine. Memory is wrong in interesting ways. Dishes I cook from memory and can put on paper: meatballs, braciole, lasagna, chicken cutlets, a pot of Sunday sauce that takes three hours, the gravy that goes on everything. An Italian kitchen in Brooklyn, nothing measured, everything tasted. If yours is not on that list, describe it and I will tell you honestly whether I can get close. WHAT YOU GET, INSIDE 7 DAYS - A written recipe built from your details: amounts, heat, timings, order of work. - The reason behind each step, so you can fix it yourself the second time. - A short honest note on what I had to guess, and why. - One revision after you cook it. WHAT I WILL NOT DO - Invent a dish to fill the page. If the details you send cannot carry a recipe, I tell you before you pay and nothing is owed. - Pretend a guess is a memory. To start: send the dish and what survived of it in a few lines. I answer whether I can get close before any money moves.