Archive for December, 2007
Scenes from a Chef’s Table
Posted in chef's table, service on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Puffed Allium
Posted in puffs, silly on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
an old technique revisited
Rita’s Roots
Posted in farmers, products, taste on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Rita Bachmann grew this incredible cauliflower. It ended up whole roasted, shave raw and scrambled. For a recent chef’s table we presented and carved it tableside to accompany some grass fed beef.
South Carolina Squab
Posted in farmers, products, purveyors, taste on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Letting off some Steam
Posted in execution, pressure cooker, technology on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
man we use the hell out of our pressure cookers
A Day in the Dirt with my Good Friend Yuzu
Posted in biodynamic, garden, our kitchen garden, products, pugdog, relax, respect, staff, taste, team, the creative process on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
micro palmex carrots, surrey arugula, scarlet queen turnips, asian cress, red russian kale, yuzu
Kitchen Garden
Posted in biodynamic, execution, our kitchen garden, products, taste on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
These are wonderful braised in clarified butter with a couple of drops of lemon juice and a splash of agave nectar.
We are lucky enough to get this fish straight from the boat. Grouper and Porgy, although each catch may bring lots of different fish. These fish are caught by two guys with two hooks. Very cool.
Alaskan King Crab
Posted in chef's table, products on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
crab, apple, radish, yoghurt
after plating this dish, I realized that every component was in it’s natural state….great products just need a little salt and some acid
Winter Truffles
Posted in black truffles on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
the aroma is incredible….it’s hard to not eat them like apples…buy some from tyler at mikuni wild harvest
The Flavor of the Sea
Posted in products on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
foie gras pound cake
Posted in foie gras, ideas, silly on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
shit, why not, where there is butter there can be foie
Makin Bacon
Posted in pork on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tamworth Pigs….Hangin out
this was cured for 8 days with spices, sugar, and salt
cold smoked with maple and it will hang for 1 month
“Early Wonder Beets and Fall Lettuces”
Posted in execution, fresh, garden, our kitchen garden, products, respect on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Harvested this morning
Don King???
Posted in foie gras on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »