Three Things

Easy comfort food dinners, a twist on chocolate mousse, my new favorite mixing bowls

Greetings eaters and readers! Last week some friends were in town seeing Nick Cave at the Beacon, an iconic New York venue only a few blocks from our new apartment, and asked if they could swing by to say hi. This has been a regular occurrence — the “I’m in town, can I come over?” or “I’m in town, want to grab coffee?” — that I hadn’t counted on logging in the PROs column of living in the city. It almost outweighs the number one con in the CONs column: Taking an elevator to walk the dog a hundred times a day. Anyway, we made gin and tonics for our concert-going friends and I put together this fun little starter plate you see above which includes: Chili-Roasted Pistachios, figs, grapes, a hunk of Humboldt Fog, smoked trout dip (with dill instead of chives), an aged gouda, then crackers and baguette slices. Not bad, right? In other news, subscribers: This Friday I’ll be doing an Ask Me Anything thread, so if you have some burning questions for the House of DALS, get ‘em ready. And now, …