The Canadian Mike Weir featured roasted elk, wild boar and Arctic char.
Other standouts included the braised beef short ribs with handmade cavatelli, wild mushrooms and truffle mousse; the filet of veal with parsnip purée and beet sauce; the seared monkfish with a broth that featured roasted Peppadew peppers; and the oversize slab of dry-aged rib-eye, a stellar piece of meat, its deep brown crust mingling with pink juices encouraging bite after bite.
Equally satisfying is the elote, a hearty Mexican dish featuring roasted corn, poblano peppers and cultured cream, and topped with sausage slices and crumbly cotija cheese.
For Stan, who for many years owned Vasata, a restaurant that specialized in Czech cuisine, is the host for an annual prehunt dinner featuring roasted duck with homemade dumplings and sweet-and-sour cabbage.
Their first cookbook, The Art of Eating Well, features roasted bone marrow, osso buco and a hunking great steak, fried in ghee or duck fat and served with a mustard leek sauce.
Last night's instalment, featuring roasted cauliflower and an express bacon and pesto pasta, was ahead of Panorama – about an organised crime syndicate – which had 2.5 million viewers, an 11.7% share, at the same time on BBC1.
The Da Vinci is basically a croque-monsieur, a French-style grilled ham and cheese; the Monet features roasted turkey breast, cranberry mayonnaise, homemade stuffing and cheese; and the Van Gogh is a combination of chicken, Swiss cheese and caramelized onions ($8 for any, served with potato chips).
North Fork farm stands feature "roasted corn".
One of the menus featured roast peacock stuffed with foie gras; guests were served a 1911 Moët & Chandon.
Perpetually hungry, I often recalled my family dinners before I went to sleep, constructing elaborate menus that featured roast lamb or ham-and-cheese crêpes or my mother's spinach pie.
