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5 Compound butter recipes

Got a few ingredients floating around the fridge and have no idea what to do with them…perhaps a compound butter is in your future. Compound butters have been around for what seems like an eternity and hold a very special place it the annals of culinary history. One in particular, Maitre D hotel butter is [...]

Thanksgiving Leftover Recipe – Easy Turkey Benedict

Cyber Monday I think they call it, for chefs it’s the day of reckoning. Turkey 4 days after the holiday? C’mon now…Opening the restaurant at 5 am this morning I “found” a couple of pieces of turkey breast, a cup or so of gravy and wondered what I could whip up with it in about [...]

Dumpster Diving v.2.2 – Rice (Congee/Juk Recipe)

Monday’s…I really don’t know what to say about them except that they are usually my day off. Sleeping in, doing laundry, and attempting to catch up on my “other” life are the goals for the day. After a day of wine tasting yesterday I awoke to a very busy day off. Opening day for baseball [...]

Black Garlic Recipe, Aged and Impressions

Black garlic…it seems that there is quite a buzz these days about this tasty yet exotic ingredient. I kinda stumbled on this when an editorial assistant sent me an email asking questions for an upcoming issue. I know, I know I should have been “in the know” but with the hotel nearing completion and our [...]

How to make a Sushi Roll

Who says it never rains here in San Diego? Working on a Sunday, I had to run down to the office from my 4th floor kitchen to finish up some paperwork for an extern I have from the Art Institute. The day started off a bit cloudy and as I was just about to leave [...]

Corn Dogs Recipe

So I have been wanting (and trying) to post this for a month or so, but with some great magazine write ups, it seems that my time to blog has, for now been curtailed. It is kinda funny that when one gets a bit stressed and busy you automatically think of comfort food…which may be [...]

Macaroni and Cheese recipe

So now it’s cold…I have been (in my mind) dreading this time of year since last year. The days are oh so short, the sun never seems to warm up the days and the nights and early mornings are chilly to say the least. As much as I love the heat of summer (and winter [...]