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Archive for September, 2008

General Tso’s Sweetbreads

Broccoli Puree
Fried 64 degree egg yolk
pork fried rice (belly, lard, braised shoulder)
really, really delicious, props to Andy Allen for pullin together the General Tso idea

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Salami Cappota

Coppa wrapped in Spicy Soprasatta
Aged for 4 months

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Poached and Chilled

Pickled Radish
Miso-Buttermilk Dressing
Wood Sorrel
Crispy Nori

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Raw

Kona Kampachi
Spiced Saduchi Puree
Puffed Kelp
Miso Powder
Shiso
Apples compressed with Sake

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Television

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food-network-challenge/challenge-the-next-great-chef/index.html

Full broadcast schedule as follows:

Oct 05, 2008, 8:00 PM ET/PT

Oct 06, 2008, 3:00 AM ET/PT

Oct 08, 2008, 7:00 PM ET/PT

 
tune in and wish me luck!
this was a really crazy experience
email me and let me know how it goes, I will be out of the country and will not be able to watch it!

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Star Chefs 2008

 
Just got back from the annual star chefs trip.  Trying to backtrack and reflect.  This is such an important trip.  It really gets the wheels turnin.  I filled up an entire moleskine notebook full of ideas and thoughts.  Not only do you get to eat great meals and see great demos, you get to catch [...]

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My New Favorite Magazine

A Celebration of Southern Lifestyle
click on the link below
http://gardenandgun.com/stories/features/best_of_the_new_south-166

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The Pappy Van Winkle Dinner

Come and experience a once in a lifetime opportunity.  Julian Van Winkle will be at our restaurant to tell stories and drink his wonderful bourbon on the 28th of September.
We will taste the 12 year, 15 year, 20 year, 23 year and the Rye.  I am so excited to have this opportunity.  We will pair [...]

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The Richard Blais Dinner

On August 31st we hosted chef Blais for our guest chef series.  I first me Richard almost 5 years ago at his restaurant “Blais”.  I can honestly remember the entire menu, it was that good.  Richard was one of the first chefs in america to start pushing the boundries.  My first dinner with him was truly [...]

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