Sea Urchin Soup
sea urchin soup. rock shrimp, lobster stock foam, local sea urchin (Palos Verdes)
PETA
imo is a Hypocritical propaganda organization that lays blanket statements on not eating meat, and then euthanizes thousands of animals within 24 hours of arriving to its shelter. Really? I thought you were out to SAVE animals and PROTECT them Peta? Fundamentally, I agree that certain farms and practices are unethical, but laying a blanket statement …
Sea urchin / UNI arancini
sea urchin risotto fried balls…topped with sea urchin. The creaminess needs to be tasted and felt. With UNI, you can’t skimp, otherwise you are wasting your time.
Perception and Food Price
Is our perception of food price way off base? We’d gladly pay $18-25 for a pasta, or $50 for black truffle pasta, $100 for white truffle pasta. $500 for a tasting menu or easily $10 a beer at a gastropub. $10 for a slice of fish on rice. $25+ if it’s toro. But $10 is …
Arzak
Got a sick tour of the Arzak lab forgot the pen and the pad. lot of cool stuff going on in there with sketches in a sketch cook book, then materializing new concepts and ideas (wine ice). dehydration chamber of different ingredients for seasoning (i.e. to season a steak, dehydrated steak is used). Had a …
Octopus
Octopus Selfie. caught this guy. he only had 6 full legs and 2 stubs, caught and released… but not before he sprayed ink all over the ocean and the boat.
Grassfed flat iron bolognese part 1
So, I like using chuck portion to make ground meat. There’s a lot of flavor in the shoulder/chuck area, particularly the neck and flat iron as well. With the grassfed flat iron, however, I prefer to take the sinew out of the middle before grinding. See the short process as follows…quite simple. Whole flat iron
High above the clouds w/ a bottle of wine
You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!” Isaiah 40:9
washing the blood
washing the blood after a wild boar hunt…
Cecchini Tasting menu
dining at Dario Cecchini’s steak restaurant. meat tasting of grassfed beef cuts. 50 euros for meat. All you can drink grappa. dessert. hospitality. awesome.
Chianina
Here are the beautiful (and extremely old) – 12 year old chianina cows of Dario Cecchini. We got a tour of the small farm that adjoins a chianti vineyard. Traditionally, Dario was only getting cattle in Spain because of the lack of good quality cattle in Italy. Across the board, I really feel we …
3 star Michelin Martin Berasategui
Nature is Wise