Truffled Cauliflower du Barry Soup

On January 16, 2013 9 Comments
In Recipes, Tunitas Creek Kitchen, Vegetables

It’s difficult to think of the bulbous cruciferous vegetable – the cauliflower – as sexy. But indeed this soup was named after one of the most beautiful (and the… Read More »

Prohibition Hot Apple Pie Sundae

On January 4, 2013 7 Comments
In Fruits, Recipes, Sweet Pastry, Tunitas Creek Kitchen

This is an adult hot apple pie sundae loaded with holiday spice plus a hefty prohibition kick! Walnuts, golden raisins, and Potrero Nuevo Farm heirloom tart-sweet mystery apples (Golden Delicious… Read More »

Double Beet Borscht

On December 24, 2012 12 Comments
In Recipes, Vegetables

In my family Borscht is made a couple of ways. It’s either blended and served cold with a dollop of sour cream and looks like an alarming bowl… Read More »

Caviar appetizer

Caviar Egg Cups

On December 18, 2012 12 Comments
In Fish, Meat, Recipes

Here’s a New Years Eve appetizer that is sure to impress: a caviar topped Gruyère & Pancetta flan cooked in a beautiful brown farm egg with micro broccoli… Read More »

Beer Shortribs

Beef Shortrib Stroganoff with Buttered Pappardelle

On December 16, 2012 17 Comments
In Meat, Savory Pastry

Everyone has a signature dish and this is mine. Juicy shortribs rolled on the bone, braised low and slow to mouth watering perfection, finished with a red wine… Read More »

Ms. Glaze

Delicata Squash Flammekueche

On December 10, 2012 11 Comments
In Recipes, Savory Pastry, Tunitas Creek Kitchen

Flammekueche or Tarte Flambée (German or French for ‘flame tart’) is an Alsatian pizza with a luscious crème fraîche or frommage blanc base that is topped with thinly sliced onions… Read More »

Potero Nuevo Farm ham

Ale & Apple Cider Glazed Ham with Rosemary Mustard Crackle

On December 7, 2012 21 Comments
In Chef Stories, Meat, Recipes, Tunitas Creek Kitchen

It’s me and two farmers. We sit in a cozy farm house living room with wood burning stove a-blazing sipping homemade kombucha with notepads, diagrams, and computers all around… Read More »

The Pickle Bar: Fresh & Fermented

On November 19, 2012 9 Comments
In Recipes, Vegetables

Do you go to La Boulange so you can sneakily pick at their pickle bar? I do. And I also drink pickle juice straight from the jar and even… Read More »

pretzels, Todd Parsons

Pretzels!

On November 18, 2012 5 Comments
In Recipes, Savory Pastry

I have begun a new venture with Suzie & Jay Trexler: Tunitas Creek Kitchen! The Trexlers are the proud farmers of the beautiful coastal Potrero Nuevo Farm and… Read More »

How to Roast a Whole Pig

On November 17, 2012 21 Comments
In Chef Stories, Meat, Recipes

So you want to roast a whole pig… but you don’t want to freak out over whether or not the spit can handle 160 pounds. Or worry about… Read More »

How To Smoke Pork Picnic!

On August 28, 2012 111 Comments
In Meat

Since our ancestors figured out how to make fire with flint, I think I can figure out how to spray lighter fluid over charcoal and light a match –… Read More »

Chicken Liver Tartine with Strawberry-Sherry Vinegar Jam

On August 2, 2012 9 Comments
In Fruits, Meat, Recipes

Chicken liver sounds a lot more elegant and tasty in French. Doesn’t foie de volaille sound pleasant? Like you might actually give it a go even though you… Read More »