Cioppino! Reaching back to my San Francisco roots, inspired me to re-create an iconic dish from the City by the Bay known as Cioppino. Cioppino is believed to have been brought to San Francisco in the late 1800’s by Italian... Read more →
June 2020
(cheese & pepper) is a classic pasta dish from the Lazio region of Italy. It is at the same time humble but yet, sophisticated. Simplicity is key with just a few ingredients, pasta usually spaghetti or tonnarello, pecorino romano, black... Read more →
Photos taken at Caw Caw Interpretive Center, South Carolina. This is the place that some of the original rice plantings in the United States happened during the 17th Century Read more →
Cleanseas.com.au Last night, I worked with a sustainably farmed Hiramasa Kingfish from Spencer Gulf in Australia. I decided to prepare the fish two different ways, the first preparation was raw Sashimi style, the other, grilled over hot charcoal. The Sashimi... Read more →
Mexican Shrimp Escabeche & Spicy Thai Shrimp Salad with fresh Coconut. Last night, I prepared two very different dishes both using the same protein, local shrimp. One dish was Mexican, the other Thai. I decided to compare a Riesling (off-dry... Read more →