So It has been way too long since I last wrote about my station, or what I was doing, so Ill catch everybody up on everything. After I finished working on the grill, I moved to the plancha. 3 weeks of cleaning something more than I was cooking on it. My first week was “semana [...]
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2 Weeks Left
Posted in Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain, experiments, memories, staging, techniques, tagged philosophy on September 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
McCradys: Salvation
Posted in memories, top 5 meals, truffles on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Good God. What a lifesaver this restaurant is. I walked in and saw about 20 arm-sized zucchini from Chefs garden. A great sign. Hospitable wait staff made for a really great time. We looked at the tasting menu, and asked chef to cook whatever he felt like. I only have about 2/3 of [...]
(Some) Tasting Menu Photos
Posted in experiments, memories, techniques on January 12, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Brulee Kuri squash. Made a terrine (another, yes) out of a squash puree bound with some brown butter and flour. The flour is cooked out and the thickened puree is set in a mold. We slice and brulee with sugar to order. The texture is like that of a traditional creme brulee. Really delicious. Very [...]
Tasting Menu
Posted in memories on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My good friend Adam came in for dinner last night. This is what he ate.
Plumpjack Café
Tasting Menu
1.06.08
Caramelized Red Kuri Squash
Warm Mushroom Salad, Sierra Beauty Apples, Pedro Ximenez Vinaigrette
Crisp Veal Sweetbreads
Vanilla Celery Root, King Trumpet Mushrooms, Apple Cloud
Soul Food Farm Egg
Barley, Gruyere, Onion Chips
Artisanal Terrine of Foie Gras
Negroni flavors, [...]
Alinea – the definitive post
Posted in alinea, chicago, experiments, memories, mushrooms, techniques, top 5 meals on December 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Hello to all my tens of semi-regular readers!! I went to Alinea recently for a one night trip to visit friends and eat well. I left on the 23rd and came home to San Fran on the 24th. Pretty sweet. The only not-so-sweet part was the lack of flash. They wouldn’t let me use [...]
Memories…
Posted in amuse, memories, mushrooms, techniques, terrines, whole animals on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With the holiday season coming up, and a bunch of work to be done, I was looking at all the past dishes I’ve seen at my restaurant this year and figured I’d post the ones I thought were really delicious. ((mouse over for description) )
Pork- not the best photo, but it was delicious.
Game hen – [...]
