Pesto
I love what I do, I just hate the restaurant business and this is why I somethings find myself going in the Kitchen at very odd hours so that I don’t have to deal with the bullshit and I am left alone to just cook. Its those times in the …
Tag: Cooking
Marco Pierre White is a sellout….Yeah, I said it.
King Marco this, the Godfather that, the Devil in the Kitchen…. But Knorr Chicken stock was his secret ingredient the whole time? Are you serious? I really don’t know what’s worse, the idea that he was using that shit at Harvey’s or that he’s lying now but either way he’s …
The Loco Moco
Easily one of my top five favorite meals of all time, the Loco Moco sounds strange until you find yourself shitfaced in Hawaii at an L&L Barbecue. In this case you’re open minded enough to try whatever the locals recommend and chances are, this is what you’ll be given. It’s …
Rosemary Simple Syrup
This is one more step to the basic simple syrup recipe and is a good way to show you how to adapt the basic recipes into something more dynamic. Yes, I know this sounds strange but this goes really well over ice cream or in a mixed drink Mise En …
Tortillas from Scratch
I love Tacos. I don’t need to explain this, tacos are tacos. Then I realized that come Taco Tuesday, I get a bunch of fresh veg for the pico and I marinate some steak but I buy Tortillas. Wait wha? Why? It’s corn and water, they don’t take long to …
Fried (or Roasted) Shinshito Peppers
Even most chiliheads don’t know about these small, sweet, East Asian peppers but they make a great appetizer. I like to fry em personally but you can easily toss em in some oil and roast them in the oven. In fact, this is healthier than my way but I’m a …
Blue Cheese Bechamel
This is one of those things that happens when you spend a lot of time smoking grass trying to come up with something different for your bar customers. Plus we had taken blue cheese crumbles off the menu and had a five-pound bag that I didn’t want to go to …
Why I don’t bash on the Vegans
Food is supposed to unify and yet, like everything else, we have found a way to create pointless factions amongst ourselves. It’s become hip and trendy to talk trash about other people’s diets and this makes no sense to me. The biggest line in the sand seems to be between …
Slaw
In the south, everyone has their own way of making Coleslaw. Personally, I’m not a fan yet it makes sense why people enjoy it over a spicy pulled pork sandwich on a summer afternoon. There’s a balance in the contrast between hot and cold. This is an oversimplified recipe, just …
Cornbread
It’s dawned on me that a lot of you have never eaten real cornbread. Yeah, whatever, you ate those things at that new “Southern” place but that was made with a mix and not cooked in Cast Iron. That shit ain’t Cornbread…. Real Cornbread is made from scratch and baked …