sideways!

picture is sideways, (wordpress) but this red duroc was fucking juicy! Brined for two days.  #juicyAF .  Served w/ mustard/white wine/caramelized onion sauce

food rants

No offense, but if you’re in America and there’s no asians in your restaurant, your food probably sucks ass.  That’s what we do.  We take pictures of food.  We dream about food.  We grew up eating good food so it’s easy to tell good from an imposter.  One time someone took me to a sushi …

Hiring.

cooks. bussers. hostess/host. front of house. retail. San Francisco. Email!   jobs@thepursuitoffood.com pursuitoffoodjobs@gmail.com  

relationship

It’s important to have a relationship with your sushi guy in your town. Just as it is with a fishmonger..a butcher…or anyone feeding you really. For fishmongers…there’s very few in the US. Butchers…well butchers in NYC are awesome. Butchers in LA are weak. That said, KZO in LA is my favorite Sushi spot in LA. …

relationships for food.

It’s very important to create a relationship with a few people: 1) your fishmonger 2) your butcher (real life, or online) 3) truffle dealer 4) wine dealer 5) your sushi restaurant.  you get the best cuts. you’re served on time.   that’s all. go drink.      

after I take care of the meat and age it, I’ve never had a better piece of beef. not from any restaurant. not from any 3 michelin restaurant. 

bad ass cleavers.

  check out the badAssedness of these old cleavers.  Panzano, Italy.  Maccelleria Dario Cecchini.  p.s. my most favorite experience in Italy.  http://www.dariocecchini.com/

a picture from Montana. Elk Hunt

3:30am hike for 13 hours, with a pack full of water (turns to ice quite rapidly in -20F). this view –  the reward of strenuous work! managed to view two big mule deer and a spike elk, with some monster bedding and tracks.

Chicken plumpin'

https://www.facebook.com/iamIneya/videos/976492629030691/   plumping up chickens likely with saline solution, chicken broth…additives and other mystery ingredients. And this is why I get the best meat I can find, because this is gross.