[pugmama]

I make Scott Peacock’s menu for Christmas eve last year. I doubled the stew recipe and froze some for later. It is very rich, but we loved it. The whole menu was just lovely.

http://www.bhg.com/recipe/rich-beef-stew-with-bacon-and-plums/#page=0

[miss marmelstein]

Scott Peacock! An unknown name generally but for his caretaking of the great Edna Lewis. I have their wonderful southern cookbook.

I like that we are switching to fall food as much as I'm already noticing a diminishing of the corn and melons at my local market. Soon we'll be overrun by pumpkins.

I love beef stew and have taken to reading Richard Olney, one of those intellectual egghead types who have so influenced people I admire like Laurie Colwin and John Thorne. I must seek his take on Beef Bourguignon. Undoubtedly snooty and indigestible but worth a try. For this, I might buy the wonderful multi-colored carrots at my market next week.