“Why do you think I’m getting fat, I eat pizza every day for the last 16 months trying to perfect the dough.” ~Perfectionist & Chef Ori Menashe, Los Angeles in March, 2012 For the last 9 months, I’ve been fundraising with, photographing for, and watching the development of a project of one of Los Angeles’s …
Welcome to my toolbox 10.1.2012, in pictures These are some of the tools I use to catch, then cut up my dinner. Sumora is my Spearfishing company. Sumora Stealth Spearguns (great for hunting reef fish) Sumora Apex Spearguns (designed for bigger fish) (roughly 5 pounds) We teamed with 11x National Champion Tommy Botha to build …
You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don’t want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something. -Mitch Hedberg A few notes from earlier years – On Fish. June 2007: The tailor Al down the street says …
“As Life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that’s better than sex. But only if the salami is thickly sliced.” -Alan King, Comedian Thought: If I could rewrite the rhythm and harmony that the salami sang to my belly when my teeth dug.. Thought: Pavarotti, I’m sure, ate a …
The taste of Abalone, namely, its taste in proportion to its astronomical price, was a bewilderment to my childhood days as a Kumon arithmetimagician! Upwards of $75USD/ pound gross weight, a single abalone would fetch in the $300-500USD+ range for some chewy, braised, doused in cornstarch and mushroom XO sauce. But was it the lack …
Lately, I’ve been trying to stock my freezer with things other than hotpockets and frozen corn dogs. Hungry Man Meals just aren’t cutting it anymore. It’s nice to have something always on hand that is tasty, quick to make, and home-made. So as I move boar legs left and Nilgai hams right, I’m excited to …
If you were to come and tell me that there were a better Mac and Cheese than Kraft’s Cheesiest, I’d send you to the mental institution. You Crazy! The Mac and Cheese I grew up with? The one so close to my heart that even my Chinese mother could not pry me from with her …
The other day, I went to the largest distributorship of Maine Lobsters on the West Coast, and toured the magnificent, home-depot sized facility. The processing plant calls for its own on-site USDA Inspector to regulate the issh, carrying tight controls over the bacteria levels, the temperatures, and everything else that would improve the health and …
“Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension. -Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes Once in a while I’ll take a trip and eat around a city. Nothing was killed on this 2 day trip to San Francisco, CA. I lied. This Awesome (Heron?) hunted a fish. Something was killed! Hooray burberry was not harmed twin …
Cooked a dinner for someone I used to watch on MTV! (Suchin Pak!) It was an absolute blast, a sweet kitchen and very nice guests who enjoy eating for 3+ hours 🙂 The dinner menu: Aperetif Cremant de bourgogne d blanc d blancs Parigot Home cured salamis, wild boar salamis & lambrusco Villa Corlo Seared …
When the wind blows at this particular location from east to west, the pigs cannot smell us. Their large eyes that look like human eyes cuando los ojos sacarian (round, not slanty) >.< But the chance of success can change in an instant. Should the wind change, the strategy changes. I’m not talking about the …
On the private properties where the pigs come down to feast, there are ripe almond groves that go on for miles. And where those groves end, uniformed rows of fresh, green pistachio trees begin. As of last week, the pistachios were still soft, tart, and sour. The thousands of trees probably go on for a …