So I have to add another service to my blog homepage. I can create a Food and Wine experience around what’s in your wine cellar. This is how it went down. I had very nice couple who came to two of the classes in my wine series at the Kitchen Table. At the end of [...]
Filed under: Heavenly grazing grounds, The flock, Wine | Tagged: Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Fantesca, Joseph Drouhin, Morbier, Ranch Foods Direct, Roquefort, Screaming Eagle, Silver Oak | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend we had 21 close friends and family over for lunch at our house. This time of year the garden is beaming with produce and begging for simple dishes that exploit the flavors of the summer sun. I made an awesome Asian slaw and used Vietnamese cilantro from the garden (very unique flavor) [...]
Filed under: Favorite Presentations, Food Products, Heavenly grazing grounds, The flock | Tagged: Campari aged Balsamic, Caprese salad, Mike Callicrate beef, Ranch Foods Direct | Leave a Comment »
The first day at a new job is always interesting. What to expect? What to discover? New people to meet and get to know. After a fairly long courtship and multiple interviews I have been hired as the General Manager for a small recreational cooking school, kitchen supply store and European style espresso bar called [...]
Filed under: Heavenly grazing grounds, Kitchen Equipment, The flock, The Kitchen Table | Tagged: Cook Street, Cooking School, Culinary School of the Rockies, Culinary Tours, Greenwood Village, Home Cook Schools, Landmark Shopping Center, Recreational Cooking Programs, The Kitchen Table | 1 Comment »
Drinking Cuban coffees first thing in the morning has been our ritual since I arrived. I love these coladas. Super concentrated coffee with a heavy hand on sweetness to counteract the bitter. They have just enough caffeine to jump start your morning. Of course we get there in Ted’s Carrera and we usually run into [...]
Filed under: SOBE Wine and Food, The flock | Tagged: Aaron Sanchez, Bobby Flay, Burger Bash, Daniel Boulud, David Burke, Delano, Dorchester, Drew Nieporent, John Besh, John Gray, Larry Stone, Lee Schrager, Michael Symon, Morimoto, Patrick Leon, sacha Lichine, Tim Love, Tony Ayoub, Trois Gros, W hotel | 1 Comment »
Recently on Michael Rhulman’s blog, he discussed the reason why he cooks and challenged other food bloggers to do the same. I ponder this often. What was the original reason I chose to cook? What was the motivation? How did this love of cooking evolve to the present day? I first caught the cooking bug [...]
Filed under: Pulling the wool off, The flock | Tagged: Cooking for the family, France, la cuisine est un jeu d'enfants, Michael Rhulman, Why I cook | Leave a Comment »
I just wrote a brief post for my good friend and fellow blogger Julie Mautner. Since Valentine’s day is right around the corner, you must all be thinking chocolate and maybe wine (or Champagne). Go check out the Provence Post and let yourself be transported to a chocolate factory in the middle of the vines [...]
Filed under: France, Heavenly grazing grounds, Pulling the wool off, The flock, Travels | Tagged: Black truffles, champagne, Chateauneuf du Pape, chocolate, Chocolaterie Castelain, chocolates, Domaine de la Janasse, galets, Julie Mautner, Laurence Castelain, Long slow braise, marc, nougat, palets des papes, picholines, Provence olive oil, Provence Post, truffle omelettes, Valentine's day | Leave a Comment »
Here is the final slide show of the food created by the students of the September 180º class. They were a good class on the whole and I am content the last class I had a part in teaching was a positive experience. It really is the students and the dynamic of each group that [...]
Filed under: 180 dining, Bauscher Plates, Cook Street, The flock | Tagged: Andy Floyd, Ashley Frederiksen, Chef Andy, Chris Heinritz, Cook Street 180º, David Mendoza, Denison, Duane Bunch, Gary Wong, Genevieve Marcellino, Gian Luigi Frau, Jordan Muraglia, Lasater, Lasater Ranch, Laura Montgomery, Laura Stever, Linda Fitzpatrick, Micheal Pollan, Oprah Wynfrey, Ron Farinelli, Shannon McClane, Steve Ells, The Sink, Todd Somma, Tully Cox, Victoria McGuire | Leave a Comment »
Through reading Michael Rhulman’s Blog I became aware of this new online shopping experience called the OpenSky Project. The concept is that blog writers can become shop keepers on the OpenSky Project site. Since blog writers are usually specialist in their chosen field why not utilize them to sell the products they care about the [...]
Filed under: Kitchen Equipment, Open Sky, The flock | Tagged: Kitchen Equipment, Michael Rhulman, Open Sky | Leave a Comment »
Being at home non stop changes my whole routine, but shouldn’t limit what I can do in the kitchen. My kitchen at home is well equipped and I can still make a lot of nice food without the vast easy availability of food at my former workplace. I will continue to submit entries to the [...]
Filed under: Bauscher Plates, France, Recipes, The flock | Tagged: Bauscher Plates, Cannellini Beans, Deep Plate Blog, Pesto, Soupe au Pistou | 1 Comment »
A close friend of mine, Julie Mautner, who lives part of the year in France and has a really nice blog called The Provence Post, has just finished writing a cookbook based on the SOBE (South Beach) Wine and Food Festival . The book will be published by Clarkson Potter, just in time for the [...]
Filed under: Heavenly grazing grounds, The flock, Travels | Tagged: Anthony Bourdain, Clarkson Potter, Daniel Boulud, Food & Wine Magazine, Food Arts, Julie Mautner, Padma in a bikini, Padma Lakshmi, Provence Post, SOBE Food and Wine Festival, Top Chef | 1 Comment »
