“if you’re not going to say it, i’ll say it, unfortunately the majority of the time they’re cooking to show you how smart they are or how pretty they can make a plate and they forget about [how good simplicity/tradition tastes] – Anthony Bourdain Taste comes first for me. Here are a few dishes where …
“We think about food all the time, we cook for our friends and families and eat out on our time off, and we dream about food and agonize and argue about it… A new way to prepare something that makes you crazy because you didn’t know about it before, a fish so beautiful it brings …
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 …
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 …
Hello, my name is Ito the Shiba Inu hunting dog. And this is my story of a random day of badassedness. Yo dog, Yes, I YAM handsome! You like my fur? That pickup line is so passé. But don’t let my looks fool you. I’m also SMRT! And exotic mix. Half Teddy Bear, Half Shiba Inu, …
The other day I opened an egg and it had two yolks in it. It could have been twinnie chickens but instead it became a high cholesterol scramble. Like most of my posts, my brain is scrambled today. Let me talk about knives.#random Sometimes you get the inspiration for a dinner from something you ate, …
Eating from Above Land, Underground(potatoes), Air and Sea! Earth’s bounty is amazing if you open your eyes and see for yourself!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 Homemade, handpicked, fished, and hunted! Homemade bomb (as in AMAZING, not terrorist joke :)) country bread (the best bread) by Ori Menashe, w/ wild boar head terrine, sweet fat, & roasted pistachios Country …
On camera the other day with a film crew, I shot a pig with a bow and arrow. It was a heart shot that penetrated the belly of the pig and pierced perfectly through the heart and then the opposite shoulder. The blood sprayed left and right and then gushed from both sides of the …
Dear faithful reader, Apologies that the meat and potatoes of the blog (writing + food being killed, cooked, and/or eaten) has been drenched by periods of absence – but there is good reason for it, and it will be uncovered shortly. For now, two of the better menus of this week… pacific gold oysters sauvignon …
Pictures of food while I confit 40 duck legs. 6 amaebi. one got eaten raw. one with eggs. oysters, 5 grilled sweet shrimp. one got eaten raw and missed the photoshoot. clam chowder + chablis. duck legs + california pinot + french pinot/burgundy. Then some classic Tannat pairings clam chowder w/ leeks & crispy bacon …
The Focus of the last few posts has been on what we are hunting and eating with little emphasis on what we’ve been drinking. And while the point of this blog is to encourage others (and show what fun it is) to hunt, dive, cook, and eat, all of that to me is just a …
If you missed Part 1 of Russian Boar, go back. Anyway, Welcome to my butcher shop 🙂 At this property, there have been a few logistical problems when we have a successful hunt. It’s far. So by the time we arrive back to Urban Lyfe, it is late, we are tired, and we throw some ice …