The Art of Blending: Stories and Recipes from La Boîte's Spice Journey
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Preheat the oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the dough on a cutting board and cut it into 1-inch squares. Transfer the squares to the prepared baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges of the biscuits turn light brown. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack and let cool.
Make the dressing: In a mixing bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the lemon juice, mustard, garlic, Worcestershire and Lula. Slowly whisk in the oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper and refrigerate until ready to use.
Prepare a hot grill or heat a grill pan over high heat. Brush the romaine hearts with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the lettuce until lightly charred, about 2 minutes per side.
Divide the lettuce among plates. Using a vegetable peeler, shave some of the Parmigiano-Reggiano on top. Sprinkle the lettuce with the cheese biscuits, drizzle with dressing to taste and serve.
Acknowledgments
The Art of Blending is the result of more than 20 years of cooking, traveling, eating and meeting incredible people along the way. This book would not have been possible without the support, love and help of many of these people. I would like to thank you all for believing in my vision. Thank you to all the chefs I have worked with and learned from, and to my coworkers, bosses, friends and family. Thank you for your advice (good or bad) and mainly realizing that “impossible” is a lazy term for possible.
To my parents, Ayala and Moshe, for letting me follow my dreams, to my wife, Lisa, for supporting my crazy lifestyle and for the creative direction of this book, to Shelly and Iris my sisters, to all the amazing recipe contributors, to Thomas Schauer for the incredible photography (and his wife, Sahinaz Agamola-Schauer, for helping with props and styling), Jaime Gottlieb for her magical writing, Nick Fauchald for helping me put this book together, Laura Palese for the amazing design, Jodi Morlock for the illustrations, Jeremy Flowers for the recipe testing, Abby Tannenbaum for the copy edits, Daniel Boulud for the preface and friendship, Eric Wei at Artron, Migina Tsai, all my clients, Susan and Gary Fisher, Dana Cowin, Susan Choi, Lionel Poilâne, Pierre Poivre, Vasco de Gama and everyone that I have not forgotten but did not mention: Thank you.
—LIOR
Contributors
THOMAS SCHAUER: PHOTOGRAPHER
One of the world’s most renowned food photographers, Thomas Schauer has had a passion for capturing moments on film from an early age. Born in Austria in 1969, Thomas spent the first half of his life living and working in Austria. With a number of clients in the U.S., he now spends much of his time working out of his New York City studio while maintaining relationships with his European clientele. He has worked with Nespresso, Uncle Ben’s, Grand Marnier, BBDO, The New York Times, Henkel and Masterfoods. Chefs Daniel Boulud, David Bouley and José Andrés have all had Thomas work on various cookbook projects. In 2012, he was rewarded with the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the “Best Cocktail and Drink Book Worldwide” for Cocktails.
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JAIME GOTTLIEB: AUTHOR
Jaime Gottlieb is a Portland, Oregon-based food and travel writer, brand copywriter and the principal of Mighty Specs, a written communications company. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree at one of the top creative writing programs in the United States. After several years as a journalist and copywriter, Jaime enrolled herself in the French Culinary Institute in New York City to further explore her passion for cooking and world cuisines. For 10 years, she has written for a number of notable brands across the food, spirits, entertainment and hospitality genres. Her projects have included works for the Jim Beam Global brands, Vera Bradley, ESPND, HBO Latino, FHM Online, The James Hotels and Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ W Hotels, St. Regis Hotels, The Luxury Collection and Le Méridien brands.
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ALL DAY PRESS (WEBSITE)
All Day Press is a small, independent publisher of both print and digital products, including books, ebooks, apps and websites. It was launched in 2012 by Nick Fauchald, a Brooklyn-based journalist. Nick’s career has been divided between print and digital media: He has been an editor at Food & Wine, Wine Spectator and Every Day with Rachael Ray magazines, and he was the founding editor and editor in chief of TastingTable.com. His writing has been featured in numerous publications and the Best Food Writing series.
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Photographs copyright © 2012 Thomas Schauer,
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Published in the United States by Lior Lev Sercarz &
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No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Fisher
DESIGN BY Laura Palese
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Thomas Schauer
ILLUSTRATIONS BY Jodi Morlock
COPY BY La Boîte and Jaime Gottlieb
PUBLISHED WITH All Day Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-68093-4
ISBN-10: 0615680933