Wednesday evening, April 21. IACP 2010 Opening Reception: The ballroom of the very zexxxy The Nines was alive and buzzing with energy emitting from many of the 900 attendees of the 32nd annual IACP Conference held in the fantastic host city of Portland, Oregon. The large main room was jumping with guests exalted practically to [...]
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Messin’ up the Kitchen With…Jessica Jerome
March 30, 2010 – 12:38 pm
During very wintery February, Kari and Herb gave us a peek into their well-cultured enterprises with the first installment of Messin’ Up the Kitchen With…. Schizophrenic Cleveland weather aside, the calendar now says “SPRING”, which triggers thoughts of fresh, green, planting, and the sweet vegetable garden in my friend Jessica’s backyard.
Sunday Duck
March 16, 2010 – 6:22 am
An easy Sunday celebration of local bounty: slow-roasted fresh duck from Plum Creek Farm. Rubbed with sea salt, lazily glazed with a dulcet slick of Ohio Honey, and left to roast at 325. Basted, when I entertained the notion, and “done”, when my eyes, nose and fingers told me so. Simple.
The Recipe That Got Away
February 28, 2010 – 9:49 pm
Back in October of ’08, I was busy in the kitchen, working happily up to my elbows during the recipe testing phase for Michael Symon’s…Live To Cook book. It was during this time that I was presented with a recipe for pickled lamb’s tongue – remember this post?
A Chicken Limerick
February 10, 2010 – 7:07 pm
There’s a man you might know we’ll call “Barry”. Thus far, he’s found four gals to marry. Wife two left this dish, I’m three – it’s DELISH! And now make it for Matt, Joe or Gary.
Have A Little Sweet, Spice and Smoke In Your Bowl
August 15, 2009 – 6:26 pm
My music-maven friend Kelly asked me via Twitter if I had yet prepared anything with freekeh – the nutritious young, roasted greenwheat that is low GI and high in fiber – I hadn’t, and had not even seen it on any of our local grocery shelves. Learning that Trader Joe’s is now carrying the grain [...]
Chef’s Garden 2009 Food and Wine Celebration Giveaway for Veggie U and an Unbeetable Beet Salad!
June 24, 2009 – 2:26 pm
It’s time to host my first contest/giveaway, and what an amazing prize I have for one lucky winner! If you recall, I received and have been enjoying a gargantuan cornucopia of the loveliest of produce from Farmer Lee Jones of Chef’s Garden. Each Summer Chef’s Garden stages a sensational event to further benefit their outstanding [...]
Kale Caesar with Bottarga for Veggie U
June 11, 2009 – 11:27 am
If Caesar Cardini, creator of the caesar salad had lived in Tuscany instead of Tijuana, this might be the way a caesar would look. But my inspiration for an Italian interpretation of this classic came from that fine city of Nashville. While seated at the chef’s bar at City House restaurant with my Nashville musical [...]
Why Must I Feel Like That?
January 22, 2009 – 11:55 pm
Somewhere between getting my reggae on and doing the dogcatcher I was exposed to some atomic (pun, yes, so what) cooties that laid me out with the nastiest head and chest cold I’ve sustained in years. Losing both the senses of smell and taste are surefire ways to also lose an appetite, and starving my [...]
Balance: The Five Flavors
September 4, 2008 – 7:07 am
Sweet: Deep concentrated bursts of roasted cherry tomatoes Sour: Aged sherry vinegar Bitter: Leaves of peppery arugula and fragrantly spicy basil Salty: Milky yet sharp ricotta salata cheese Pungent: Crunchy bite of shaved shallot Not only does this colorful seasonal salad satisfy all of the five basic flavor receptor requirements in terms of taste, let’s [...]
