Faith Restored

Today when I came home my wife was beaming.  “What happened”.  She said someone found your backpack.  I contacted the O.R. nurse who found the bag and he arranged to have someone keep it until I pick it up tomorrow.  Apparently I did leave it in the lecture room of the Anschutz outpatient medical center.
When [...]

The up and downs of inauguration week

The week started with MLK day which we actually had off from school.  I had to take care of my son, who of course had the day off.  I received a call from my wife telling me that Soleil my youngest daughter was sick and needed to be picked up.  I can’t tell you how [...]

Someone toss me a hanky

More fun with plates. This time the compliments line from Bauscher.  In the last shipment Jeff sent me this beautiful bowl and today I thought it would be awesome for this pasta presentation.   Fazzoletti (means handkerchief) with shrimp scampi.  We laminate the pasta with parsley and saffron and tuck in some sautéed shrimp scampi with [...]

My Deep Plate entry for this month

Here are my two choices so far for this month’s Deep Plate entry.  The dish is Potato wrapped Kona kampachi with saffron olive broth and seared sea scallop with smoked red pepper coulis.
Which one do you like best?  Vote at bottom of post.

TV debut recount

So TV goes extremely fast.  I spent a good amount of time that day trying to predict what might happen once I got to the set and to insure I had all bases covered.  One of my new students, Cami, volunteered to assist me and I am quite happy she did.
When I went into this [...]

Check me out on TV tomorrow

So, I should be on Television tomorrow, barring any other top breaking stories.  In a weird course of events, I volunteered to do a cooking demo for the Anschutz Medical Center for women at risk of heart disease on the 20th and 21st of this month.  Last week while I was on vacation at the [...]

The launch of the “Deep Plate” blog

I received the following email from Bauscher Plates today and wanted to share it with all my readers.  I urge you to participate and contribute your presentations.  This is a great opportunity for you to show off your talent while using one the company’s featured plates.  It does not take much time and you would [...]