How to Prepare an Italian Feast (with Mark McEwan)
The first sensible thing to do when setting out to cook an elaborate, multi-course meal for a dozen-odd guests is to line up a helpful sous-chef. Someone who knows what’s what in the kitchen: not just how to cook, but in what order to go about things. In my experience Mark McEwan is pretty good if you can get him.
“How about I get started on making the ricotta, and you get organized for the risotto?” I suggested to him one recent afternoon, with a view to sensibly