Love of Food p 1

First of 3 installments on why I love food People ask why do I love food so much, my first thoughts are we get 5 senses (I’m no Haley Joel Osment): SEE, Touch, Smell, Hear, Taste And get to experience all 5 in the Pursuit of Food!!!! making pasta dough spending days looking at ingredients

1 Fish 5 Dish

No writing just pictures! i take pictures while driving.  pictures are more important than your safety on the road! just kidding… no, i’m not kidding. You’re probably wondering what is the big deal with the picture?  Catalina Island 26 miles offshore was incredibly clear yesterday. once down the hill. try: i walk down the hill …

Wildboar Shoulder + menu for your daddy

Menu for yo daddy w/ commentary!  no pretty plates today, just ingredients. Rustic family style. fun.  Pork shoulder and fresh picked (from the trees or the ground) vegetables were the centers of attention.  Alice Waters would be SO PROUD! (and green, at the amazing vegetables – we pay so much attention to our marbling of our meat and forget …

Fish are Food

The whole point of my getting fish is to use it in freshness and in health.  Vows of importance: do not freeze fish.  #fishsnobbery Here are some of the dishes made in the past 2 days alone. applewood smoked bacon fish chowder (sheepshead meat). Cause you gotta have soup! even though it’s 80 degrees outside in the wintertime… …

The Making of LARDO from a Pig Hunt (part 1)

WARNING?  (Graphic pictures) You don’t need a warning. You already know what this blog is about.  Two cups of coffee, Nine shots of espresso, a six-pack of celebratory beer at 2pm, and now my 4th glass of (box) wine at 3am, I’m finally ready to write, so here goes… The duck legs that were rubbed in a special …