I’ve been entertaining professionally for ten years. Click below to see various collections of items I’ve repeatedly purchased in my pursuit of elegant, effortless at-home hospitality.

I also enjoy writing about home cooking and the art of entertaining.

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Paris

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Accelerated Dry-Aging at Home

Exposing meat to cold, circulating air for an extended period of time gently dehydrates it, concentrating flavor and increasing the ratio of fat to muscle. You can easily do it at home.

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Recipe: Poached Fish with Buttery Sauce (Video)

A simple, satisfying technique for flaky, perfectly cooked fish enrobed in a velvety butter sauce that can be easily riffed on with other ingredients or spices.

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How to Cook Over Direct Flame at Home

Hosting is all about exceeding expectations, and when I cook directly over my burners, I can make quick, simple dishes that taste like they've been cooking on a fire for hours

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The Dreamiest Dinner Party Menu That Won't Overheat Your Home

An expert entertainer shares his flavor-packed peak-summer dinner party menu that keeps the kitchen—and the host—cool as an icy dessert.

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6 Pantry Ingredients to Make Your Home-Cooked Meals Less Meh

Try rubbing a few drops of fish sauce onto a steak a few hours before searing, and marvel as it tastes somehow steakier.

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Cooking Duck Breasts at Home Is Easier Than You Think

With a gently gamey flavor and gorgeous contrast between juicy lean meat and caramelized crisp skin, duck breasts make an elegant focal point of any home-cooked meal, whether casual or celebratory.