Welcome to my Blog! Here you will find chronicles of my day to day life as a Chef. In it you will find pictures from my travels, read anecdotally about my dreams and aspirations, share my excitement on the discovery of a new (to me) recipe, tool or technique, as well as my trials and tribulations as a new entrepreneur, and anything else that strikes me as interesting, odd or just plain cool.

Rustic Apple, Nectarine and Grape Tart

This is one of those recipes you must keep in your arsenal of "emergency go-to" dishes.  Oh please don't tell me you don't have an emergency list of go-to dishes.  You know the ones when someone is dropping by on short notice or you are just too tired to make a fancy dessert.  This tart [...]

Rustic Apple, Nectarine and Grape Tart2020-10-12T19:37:41-04:00

Garden to Kitchen – Enabling Garden Program at The Riverwood Conservancy

Earlier this year I wrote a small blog about a new venture I was starting with The Riverwood Conservancy's (TRC) "Garden to Kitchen" program as inspired by their "Enabling Garden".  The Enabling Garden is a hands-on teaching garden that is fully accessible and innovatively designed to accommodate physically and developmentally challenged children, youth, adults, the elderly and [...]

Garden to Kitchen – Enabling Garden Program at The Riverwood Conservancy2020-10-12T19:37:41-04:00

Potato Pizza – must try!

I've been making this pizza for a number of years and have seen many variations on the theme. In Italy, where simple and fresh is the premise of any dish, in France, with a béchamel sauce as a base and here with many different additions in many different pizza locations. This is one of my [...]

Potato Pizza – must try!2020-10-12T19:37:41-04:00

Spring Frittata

As a budding young Chef, this was one of my favorite dishes to make for my family for breakfast on the weekends. I think I saw it made for the first time on The Galloping Gourmet - Graham Kerr, remember him (that's how small a bud I was when I first made this). I liked [...]

Spring Frittata2020-10-12T19:37:41-04:00

Napoleons – Corned Beef and Cabbage, all grown up!

Okay I couldn't resist one more Irish dish. This is a classic taste with the combination of sweet cabbage and salty corned beef. Layer them like you would a Napoleon pastry and voila, you've just brought country food to the city! The addition of some heat takes it up a few levels but layering like [...]

Napoleons – Corned Beef and Cabbage, all grown up!2020-10-12T19:37:41-04:00

Spicy Irish Skillet Cornbread

Okay, I really don't know what makes this Irish, but thought it would be a good addition to your list of go to dishes and give the plethora of "Irish" recipes out there, it fits. The Spicy (really, you thought Irish food was safe from the chili - sorry Joe!) Skillet Irish Cornbread. This didn't [...]

Spicy Irish Skillet Cornbread2020-10-12T19:37:42-04:00

Keeping the faith – Guinness and St. Patrick’s Day!

I've got a couple of different recipes for this year's St. Patrick's Day.  Yes I know, everyone is posting a variation or two.  This is my favorite go-to comfort-food, Shepherd's Pie. It uses Guinness in the body of the recipe - although there's nothing stopping you from having a cold one once it's all done [...]

Keeping the faith – Guinness and St. Patrick’s Day!2020-10-12T19:37:42-04:00

Hamantaschen for Purim!

Happy Purim! In our family we have many different cultures, mostly as our extended families have married into other cultures. So this is for my Jewish friends and relatives.  I understand that Hamantaschen is typically served for Purim (honestly it's so tasty, I'd sneak a batch in whenever no one was looking). So I made some today, [...]

Hamantaschen for Purim!2020-10-12T19:37:42-04:00

A Bloody Good Caesar… Salad!

What a refreshing thing a salad is!  It becomes even tastier when you can add a few simple ingredients that taste good (are good for you) and easy to do. This is called a Bloody good Caesar because of the addition of blood orange segments (I know, they look orange - sadly I cannot make segments [...]

A Bloody Good Caesar… Salad!2020-10-12T19:37:42-04:00

Curried Cauliflower and Edamame!

This is a twist on the classic Aloo Gobi dish.  I was going to call it Cauliflower and Edamame - Gobi Style, but that would mean "Cauliflower" style, and really, what does that mean?!  So, Curried Cauliflower and Edamame it is.  I love this dish even though it has no meat in it.  I love published [...]

Curried Cauliflower and Edamame!2020-10-12T19:37:42-04:00
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