I’ve always wanted to own a farm. I don’t know wheeerre that came from because I grew up in Laguna…(a city in Orange County, California.) I don’t know anybody there with a farm, and I really never think I went to a farm until last year when I went to Many farms scouting for possible …
I use the beef back ribs and oxtails because everyone knows that the meat next to the bone is the most flavorful, and with these cuts, ALL the meat is next to the bone. The recipe is pretty simple, but because there’s a lot of good meats and lots of bone, it’s flavorful and …
SEA URCHINS: The general rule when you are harvesting, is that you look for the ones in the kelp zone. Kelp is the primary source of food and it normally goes from about 20 ft to about 60-80 ft depending on the bottom. The ones that live shallower may switch to different algae for food …
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Got trigger happy. The first step to making wildboar salami!!!!!!
A few meals on the truck tailgate… Bacon wrapped hotdog with guacamole, caramelized onions, & hot sauce homemade hummus, homemade salami, homemade pickles, red cabbage & babaganoush
A Conversation in Innovation & Social Media – Big Venture Capitalists Tim Chang, http://www.destinationluxury.com/, Far East Movement Hip Hop Group, original investors in Twitter. Short Youtube clip from the night: http://youtu.be/xSUE5Sfa4AA Was a leek ravioli w/ Butter poached Lobster dish in the works 🙂 12 lobster tails
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With a dish as simple as steak Tartare, the highest quality ingredients are imperative to the quality of the dish. Here I use fresh shallots, nonpareil capers, a touch of mirin and zest from the oranges in the backyard. The beef I’m using is 100% Grassfed from Montana through Bos Creek. Usually I would not …
One of my best friends was about to spend his birthday at work. The menu was all over the place but it was last minute thing and sue me. 🙂 Surf &turf. Vitello tonnato w/upland cress salad veal tacos – veal filet w /queso Oaxaca & habanero salsa saffron risotto tasting of Bos Creek …
On Tuesday, I got an email to cater an event for 12. It was a mix of very large (in monetary status, not width – that’s after the dinner 🙂 ) tech investors meets Hollywood. There were a number of different movers and shakers in the tech industry: Facebook Mobile app founder, the son of …
The way to catch rock scallops is to find them and pry them off a rock, quite simply. The depths range from 5 feet deep to sometimes we pry them off of some good spots freediving at 75 + feet, which makes for a very good workout. These areas have little pressure and large scallops. …
100% Grassfed beef is hard to find year-round. Traditionally, farmers only harvest during “green grass” months, which leaves out the entire winter. I’m working directly with a rancher in Montana whose family has been ranching for over a hundred years, and for four years experimented with how to overcome the lack of availability of Grassfeed …