Two of my articles on cooking up a storm at the Modernist Cuisine Lab in Bellevue, Washington came out recently on Fine Dining Lovers. 82 Degree Sous Vide Salted Caramel Centrifuged Fig Juice Hate double boilers? Love caramel? Think immersion circulators are the bees knees? Me … [Read more...] about Two Articles on Fine Dining Lovers: 82 Degree Sous Vide Salted Caramel and Centrifuged Fig Juice
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My First Garden – Step 1
I might have mentioned I have a community garden plot. It's as though I won the lottery. Except there's a lot more work and a lot less money involved. Here's what it looked like when I first went to my plot, gardening gloves in hand, to take account of what would have to be … [Read more...] about My First Garden – Step 1
It’s Always Sunny in Lima: Community Gardens, Snowflakes, and Spring Springing
"Congratulations," said a less-than-enthusiastic female voice. "You have a community garden spot. If you wish to confirm your spot come to our office at..." I waited three years to hear those words. That was the phone message I received a few weeks ago from my local municipal … [Read more...] about It’s Always Sunny in Lima: Community Gardens, Snowflakes, and Spring Springing
Pacojetized Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in Fine Dining Lovers
My first of a series of articles on Modernist Cuisine came out in Fine Dining Lovers yesterday. Please check it out, like it, share it, pin it, etc. then invite me over (when you invest in a pacojet) and I will make you heaps and heaps of gelato. Heaps. Sold? Here's a video of … [Read more...] about Pacojetized Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in Fine Dining Lovers
Sushi Making Class in Montreal This Friday, April 26th, 2013
I'm giving another sushi-making class this Friday from 6:30pm-9:30pm. We'll do a mix of lobster nigiri, real seasonal snow crab California rolls, inside-out rolls, rainbow rolls, caterpillar rolls, handrolls and I'll try to find some sustainable fish to do sashimi. Come learn to … [Read more...] about Sushi Making Class in Montreal This Friday, April 26th, 2013
Walls of Watermelon, Aisles of Potatoes, Bushels of Chili Peppers and a Lifetime Supply of Mangoes in Lima, Peru
I've been putting off writing this, because every time I look at the photos of this market in the north part of the city of Lima I want to cry. Editing them was very difficult for me. I see mangoes and I can taste their juices. I see heaping piles of dark purple yams and I … [Read more...] about Walls of Watermelon, Aisles of Potatoes, Bushels of Chili Peppers and a Lifetime Supply of Mangoes in Lima, Peru
Interview with Chef Henry of El Almazen Organic Restaurant in Lima, Peru
Almazen is the only organic vegetarian restaurant in Lima, Peru. It's been open for four years, and is run by Henry Vera and his wife, Mariella Matos. But it's really a 30-year old project in the making. Henry is the kind of chef that leaves his kitchen to walk individual diners … [Read more...] about Interview with Chef Henry of El Almazen Organic Restaurant in Lima, Peru
Cooking in Huaraz – Cleaned Guinea Pigs and Pigs Heads
Long before I met a guy in Peru who studies neurocysticercosis, I avoided eating pork. My homeopath said it was too similar to humans, that disease passes too easily between the two, and that made it dangerous to eat. My homeopath told me lots of crap, but for some reason the not … [Read more...] about Cooking in Huaraz – Cleaned Guinea Pigs and Pigs Heads
Adventures with Batman: Rockclimbing in Huaraz
I'm in Huaraz now in the Cordillero Bianco, rockclimbing with a friend from Lima and some local friends of friends from PIRQA, the rockclimbing gym in Miraflores. We've had two days on the rock - first at Los Olivos, a short combi ride up a winding mountain road from downtown, … [Read more...] about Adventures with Batman: Rockclimbing in Huaraz
Rich for Two Weeks: My Traveling Tourism Article in The {Warehouse} Magazine
Check out my article on anticuchos, exchange rates and not being a heel,recently published in The {Warehouse} Magazine. … [Read more...] about Rich for Two Weeks: My Traveling Tourism Article in The {Warehouse} Magazine