The meanderings of an overactive imagination
Heirloom recipes are a time machine of taste, a portal into the past flavor experiences of your ancestors. A good recipe recreated is an homage to our forebearers. A spell we cast a summoning of sorts to have them among us again as we partake of the thing. When I was just a little […]
A Summoning of the Gaels Read More »
Over the course of my professional training, I have many Kung Fu (not the Martial art but the David Carradine TV Series) style recollections, just as Grasshopper did, I relive the scenes in my head as I recall some bit of wisdom or knowledge that is imparted and indeed imprinted on me. A chef instructor
Thom Yorke or Mise En Place and Me Read More »
Lycopersicon esculentum or in some circles called the humble tomato, was hitherto unknown in Europe until Christopher Columbus made his fateful trip and discovered the New World. Thus, ushering in a new age of exploitation the fruits of which among other things included corn, vanilla, chilis, chocolate (talk about a guilty pleasure), and of course
The Blood of the Fallen aka Tomato Sauce Read More »
