World Premiere! The Onion Rings!
Introducing the world premiere of the 15-minute documentary on the West Village restaurant Cecchi's, its creator, and its extraordinary onion rings.
I told you I was going to get to the bottom of the best onion rings I’ve ever had. They are, as readers of this newsletter know, prepared at the bar and grill Cecchi’s, New York City’s West Village.
I’m proud to present here for the first time a short film on the restaurant, its creator, Michael Cecchi, and the onion rings that he and Chef Cesar Balderas have created.
This is a film by my friend and colleague Jonathan Hawes-Dressler. He has created a series called “Hustle Romantic.” I hope you enjoy episode in a special edition of Ruhlman’s Newsletter.
Please feel free to share it. I believe it is a moral imperative to cal attention to the finest preparations in America. This is one of them. I hope you’ll let onion ring lovers far and wide know about this genuine achievement.
Paid subscribers, I have sent you a printable recipe as thanks for your support. Your generosity has helped to cover the time and expense and work that goes into this newsletter. Many thanks! Email me directly if you did not receive it.
And please, if you are moved to attempt the onion rings yourself, I hope you’ll share pix and your experience of them.
This free newsletter will be in lieu of next week’s edition. I’ll be back here with all new recipes, news, travel, and book and movie recommendations in two weeks.
See you then!
With gratitude,
—Michael
What a delightful video! It nicely showed the heart and soul that goes into perfecting a dish.....even the humble onion ring. Also loved Cecchi's lit up energy for creating a space to welcome people in for an experience of eating good food. Nicely done!
A masterpiece of the short food video genre! Onion rings are a moral imperative I can get behind. Before watching it I read up on how many billions the great rulers of my state (California) have spent on our mythical Fast Rail with nothing to show for it and you just got a demonstration how to make perfect onions rings in no time and little expense. Please come to CA and run for governor - at least we'd know our tax money was going to better onion rings rather than Newsom's hair cuts. Although, Michael, you might ask Newsom for his brand of gel.