Would u guy's believe..my wife ..whom knows my shit as a chef b4 I semi retired..who stood by me all these yrs. and championed my work ..even in newspapers back in the day..had the drunken (not 2 much) nerve 2 tell me quietly over dinner @ some fancy joint in Cherry Hill N.J. that I had lost my spunk in my late 50s ..& that I don't cook her complicated dishes anymore...another words...I'm not in the game anymore!..Suffice 2 say , I do agree w/ her..because 1..age 2, no practice, & 3 , she has seen some of my most beautiful work..IE ..she's not WOWED anymore like the days when we 1rst went 2gether.....SO...I decided 2 go back 2my old school days & start a tsunami of shit 4 her on the weekends & provided i had acsess 2 all what I need..4 instance..(BANG THE GONG PLEASE)..2 nite I sweated my balls out an old school VEAL OSCAR......Had a neighborhood butcher slice me down some real veal tenderloin (not inexpensive)..pounded it out myself...fresh asparagus..made my own Hollandaise sauce (tech note..it should b bearnaise sauce which is tech. holl w/ Tarragon , but the wife don't like tarragon)..& get this...in stead of buying lump crab (very xpensive)..I got 2 clusters of snow crab , handpicked them myself when thawed...& SLOWLY heated them in white wine .....the steaks I pan seared in a cast iron skillet till just carmelized..(finished in a preheated oven when everything is about 2 com 2gether.. anyways..im notgonna bore u w/ step by step shit..u get the pic..o..yeah .....& baked potato w/ BLACK TRUFFLE BUTTER..courtesy of D'artagnan.....long story short..I called her bluff & will continue 2 do so w/ old school shit...many a chef has said :"Theres no school like old school"...Maybe 2 morrow..OSSO BUCO!!!!!...later dudes.