RecipeMuncher

I am underwhelmed. Some Smackdowns are toe-curling, orgasmic. Some shatter your preconception of what a good dish is, rebuilding it in their image. Some have you licking the plate, and depressed when the meal ends. They are world-changing. It’s what the Smackdown lives for. This meal is not that meal. This meal – olive oil poached halibut with fennel, rosemary and garlic, paired with peas and pancetta, from Michael Symon’s Live to Cook – failed to whelm me. I am, in po (...)