Perhaps the most exciting thing about this transitional period is that I'm afforded the time to dust off years of accumulated books and magazines, notes and recipes- not just from others, but my own as well. This sifting and sorting helps put my whole career into perspective. It's a reflection of how I've evolved over time and a roadmap for where I will go from here.
As I embark on several new content-generating projects, I'm not sure whether this blog (and Notes From the Kitchen) will see any more updates and maintenaince. I have, however, always felt it important to leave them up for as long as possible- a resource and a document of an important period of my development. And in recent weeks, I've received a lot of questions and requests about the recipes that have been posted; they have always been available through each individual post, but I never took the time to archive them in any way, in any one spot. Until now.
To satisfy all of those requests, I've consolidated all of the recipes and charts posted here- over 140 in all, plus almost 30 recipes from the early NFTK blog- into two files. It is a book's worth of material, for sure, but on the surface, random and scattered. I would encourage readers to sift back through the sites to get the full context of each. The posts and recipes represent about a year's worth of daily work- the personal discovery and in some cases, re-discovery of techniques and ideas. Sharing and exchanging information has always been the motivation for much of what I've done, and will continue to be in the future.
Download: Workbook Recipe File 2009-2010
Download: Notes From the Kitchen Recipe File 2008
