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 …

Heading to Montana!

I haven’t done a lot of hunting this year – a bit of diving here and there but I’m really excited to get back in the field, in totally new settings – hopefully snow. rain. ice. hail.  hunting hilltops and on rivers.  I can’t wait.  I’ll write ya from Montana with Pictures!   E  

Taco Dollar

If you can find this place amidst the ambuLANCEs racing up and down the streets, the 5-0 patrol cars cruising to make sure the gangsters are overseen, the half dozen fire trucks sirening, and 747s booming overhead, you will find a homey parking-lot hangout where mexican CDs are sold, movies played on a 12inch Television …

Island

I’m going to write a more detailed report with a bit of screencaps, but this year is going to be good with warm water, El Niño I saw: Bluefin Tuna! 4 ft jellyfish Sea lions harassing the catches walls of yellowtail Big single yellowtail White Seabass and Big Sheepshead.   a picture of my bud …

Tried to be healthy

brined then roasted the chicken. cooked the casarecce in a chicken stock. mire poix for the stock was cooked for 6 hours before adding to the stock.  So it had a very chickeny flavor.  I was trying to be healthy with all these greens but I ate the whole 12″ saute pan.  

When I was young.

My dad (who went to MIT and Harvard Business School) said to me and my brother… I don’t want you to be equal to me. I want you to be better than me. #respect

Yellowfin Tuna

  See the effects of bleeding a fish correctly. Clean meat, free of nasty metallic taste.  Here: yellowfin tuna belly and loin sections +/- 15 kilos.  Caught in Mexico.