Corn-Crusted Catfish 10 ounces catfish fillet 1/2 cup buttermilk 2 tablespoons cornmeal 1 tablespoon flour Cayenne to taste 2 teaspoons canola oil 2 slices crusty bread 1.

LEMON MAYONNAISE Time: 10 minutes 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard Kosher salt, to taste 1 cup olive oil.

Spaetzle Time: 30 minutes Salt 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, more to taste 3 eggs 1 cup milk, more if needed 2 to 4 tablespoons butter or olive oil Chopped fresh parsley or chives for garnish.

Tasted oil and metal all through dinner.

WATERCRESS SAUCE 1 bunch watercress (reserve 4 to 5 sprigs for garnish) 1 egg yolk 1/8 cup lemon juice Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup olive oil.

Chinese broccoli (gai lan) 350g salt to taste cooking oil 4 tbsp ginger 2 tbsp, finely chopped Shaoxing wine 1 tbsp sugar tsp potato flour 1 tsp mixed with 1 tbsp cold water (optional)

Arugula Salad 1/2 pound arugula leaves 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic 1/2 cup coarsely chopped red onion 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 4 tablespoons olive oil.

For a moment he could taste oil in his mouth and the tiny hairs in his nose seemed to bristle as if with an electric shock, and then he was kneeling between the pilot's and copilot's seats.

Once they taste blood and oil, there will be no containing their ambitions.

"Most people have never tasted olive oil the way we do here," said Ryan McConnell, a former Goldman Sachs analyst and a second-generation owner of the property.