Mr. Jaffe, a Culinary Institute of America graduate, uses fresh local seafood, produce and meats in his uncomplicated yet intelligently planned dishes.
He started working on the menu and ingredients' list three weeks ago, planning dishes that were free of detrimental ingredients like cream sauce and fat but were highly flavorful nonetheless.
The chef is Leah Cohen, who plans dishes like pork shank in soy sauce; grilled pork neck and watermelon; and crispy quail with Sichuan peppercorns, coconut vinegar and soy sauce.
The first time I hosted Thanksgiving, I planned every dish to be a special, fancier version than the traditional counterpart, but that was a headache.
At the weekend America said it would suspend $800m in military aid, around a third of the total it planned to dish out this year, citing a lack of co-operation by Pakistan in fighting extremists.
A friend of mine says that whenever he walks into someone's home he's tempted to yell out, "Hey, Alexa," or "O.K., Google," and order 50 pizzas, just to see if there's a device listening in on whatever gossip he planned to dish out next.
Pizza Hut, which was founded in Wichita, Kan., said it planned to dish out the gratis pizza on campus.
After W.W.E. announced its plans, Dish Network dropped all its wrestling pay-per-view offerings.
Seven of the planned 80 dishes of the array, known as MeerKAT, have already been built.
Impressively, the chefs planned their dishes for Saturday's Chinese New Year feast separately, but have managed to come up with a menu that has a huge variety of offerings.
