Uni pasta

Test test! I’m testing posting on the blog from my phone, so here’s two pictures with rough instructions. As with most simple recipes, the quality of ingredients is paramount to the final dish, so get top quality everything. The pasta I use here is rustichella bucatini, the Uni is Maruka from San Diego (larger than …

Eleven Madison Park

I’m pretty sure that a meal at Eleven Madison Park, the number 5 restaurant in the world (not that it matters) was the perfect bookend to an awesome week and half in NYC.  I believe the opening was Da Wong with Quintarelli’s wines.  Eleven Madison Park has this beautiful entryway.  Is this called a courtyard?  And actually, I’m still …

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 …

Lamb Chops

Lamb chops – specifically – great lamb chops like Colorado or Sonoma = Nokia’s favorite 🙂 Colorado Lamb chops, over 3 pounds for the rack, fat cap on.  (is there any other way?).  See how the fat goes all the way to the top?  I don’t understand why they’re ever cut without this.  In a …