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An (in)Appropriate Amount of Butter 

Recipes, Stories, and Advice from a Life of Chasing More Perfect Dishes, Dinner Parties, and Discourse 

is the cookbook from our chef and owner, danny boylen. It is a long-simmering project finally brought to fruition by the quarantimes. The recipes are largely originals with a handful of “classics” that have been modified in such a manner that they demand inclusion.

 

An (in)Appropriate Amount of Butter also features guest recipes from CE Sauté's pastry chef and baker of sublime cupcakes, Kat Schroeder, and former chef and dear friend, James Sullivan.

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About the Book

Why Did I Write It? How to Read It.

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This is a collection of recipes and many of their origin stories too. I set the mandate for consideration as original recipes that would at least make the first draft of a “cook for my life” menu or classics that have enough “danny modifications” that I think other cooks and chefs should follow and build upon their concepts. I will not promise readers that every recipe in this book will be the best thing you've ever tasted, but they are certainly the best versions of themselves that I've ever experienced.

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The book first outlines my “system” of cooking and “base” recipes upon which other recipes will build. For example, readers get the story and recipe of a Louisiana Grandmother teaching me why and how to make a remoulade on page 27. That remoulade is then referenced for coleslaw and shrimp rolls in subsequent pages. In total, the book features more than 80 recipes for soups, sauces, salads, and steaks - yeah, those are just the "S's".

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