Who knew our LOVE apron would go to Paris – one of my favorite food cities! Meet our dear friend Al Zdenek on one of his nine balconies in his Paris apartment. His partner Alain presented him with a LOVE apron for his birthday last week. (they make great birthday presents)
Al started out as a client for us and has become a great friend. He is the president of an incredibly successful wealth management firm. Trust me, if you want to be like Al, with fantastic apartments in NYC and Paris, leave your money with him to manage at Traust Sollus.
And to all you men out there asking for a men’s size in the apron, you can see that it truly is unisex.





















Four or five years ago, I made this same Beef Wellington recipe for Steve’s birthday. Whenever he gets a chance to make a request, he goes for this dish. It is not hard, just a lot of work and very time consuming. But now to do Tyler’s whole meal is a lot! Complete with flaming skillets, they made every recipe and used chicory with garlic scapes for the wilted (winter) greens, which was brilliant! The honey combined with the balsamic vinegar and toasted walnuts was divine. And it was enough cooking of the chicory to just pour the hot liquids over the washed greens. (I was secretly concerned about that but I did a good job of keeping my mouth shut.) The potatoes were amazing. And the beef, well, the beef was divine! So good in fact, it really didn’t need any green peppercorn gravy.








