The Content of Tables

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What better way to spend a chilly, snowy winter than in the kitchen and around a warm stove?

As we put the final touches on the first Beekman 1802 cookbook, Heirloom Recipes (due in October 2011), we thought we'd get back to basics so that everyone can develop some heirloom recipes of their own (and share them with the rest of us)

We turned to one of the best cooks we know, our own Ross Wasserman.  Over the next few weeks, he's going to discuss a low-tech, low cost and low stress approach to assembling a meal using readily available ingredients.   Over the many dinners we've shared with Ross, he's taught us one important lesson that we carry with us every time we fire up the oven:  there are no mistakes in the kitchen, only new dishes.

In Heirloom Recipes, we suggest that you take the recipes we've created and adapt them so that they become heirlooms in your own families–suitable for passage from one generation to the next.

Over the next 10 lessons, we'll give you all the underlying skills needed to become a true heirloom craftsman in the kitchen.

First lesson:  Soup for Starters