Abalone
ABALONE SASHIMI in a few steps. After driving a million miles and diving with the great white sharks… assuming you were successful and your limbs are somewhat in tact… take it out of the shell with a rice spoon or similar…
"Hookup" Ragu
wild boar legs and shoulders marinating in wine & aromatics & herbs There’s a few principles that I use whether in a duck ragu, a wild boar ragu, or oxtail vaccinara. 1) I like to use the best quality meat in my ragus (all of my dishes, really). I see chefs doing expensive pop ups …
Sept 7 Meals on Wheels LA Picnic
I’m pretty blessed to be part of this crew, (read part 1 here) and to be helping this amazing organization St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. http://stvincentmow.org/ Voltaggio won top chef season 6. Ray Garcia won the Cochon competition for pig. Neal Fraser is an LA Standout chef. All the others are legit with some of …
Monday's Schedule
2am finish blogging 8am wake up to go to Newport Beach to check out a wedding location 11am do a walk through of the kitchen and the space 12 noon meet up with pilot @foodtravelinsider for french pressed coffee (and he brought back amazing Pecorino from Sardinia 1:30pm eat pho in Westminster 3pm do work in …
Yellowtail Sashimi
Sashimi is one of the things that YELLS GET THE BEST INGREDIENTS and then process it right. (READ: catch) the best fish, then processit correctly – that involves bleeding it & allowing it, at least for yellowtail, to go through rigor mortis to break down the cell structure and in turn, make the flesh more tender. …
Fast food
Fast food is convenient for saving time and money, but in the end, there is no convenience for the animals. And i’m sure lacking convenience for human health.
Learning and Fire
One of the things I’ve found absolutely undeniable hunting in the field, exploring the ocean, and banging pots and pans like a madman in the kitchen is that it’s truly impossible to stop learning.
Camaraderie in Hunting
I learned last weekend that there are very few things that make me happier than witnessing my friends have a successful hunt.
Wine…Meat Boar
Roasted a boar. Check it OUT! Friend is a sommelier and a wine rep!! Link to the story HERE: http://italianwinegeek.com/2013/08/02/a-beautiful-beast-pursuitoffood/
Meals on Wheels event – Saturday, September 7, 2013
There’s an EVENT. Saturday, September 7, 2013. St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. Charity. Proceeds go to the charity, not to the chefs. Chefs donate their time and food. So come out and support! More details about the meal and the ticket price to come…but I’m pretty stoked cause… Here’s the list for the current chef participants, …
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San Francisco Day 1 Continued
After going through the first wedding space, I met the couple and started planning the menu for the second wedding that precedes the larger one in december – it’s a 120 person wedding at a winery with both a kitchen and a tasting room in DT San Francisco. Very nice couple, love food & clean, …
San Francisco Day 1
HI! I recently got back from San Francisco. And by recently, I mean about an In & Out double double and an animal fries and 3 glasses of wine ago. (24 minutes) Isn’t that how we neanderthals measure time? zug zug.