I have recently acquired, through the magic of the “holiday season,” the magnificent, the inspiring, the delightfully different – Farmer John’s Cookbook:The Real Dirt on Vegetables. Perhaps you have seen the preceding documentary, The Real Dirt on Farmer John and you know what I am talking about. Perhaps you ought to add it to your [...]
Read More»I can’t leave that Passionfish meal alone. I wanted to let Dad’s glowing review cover the evening. I wanted to never write anything shy of a rave for my favorite Pacific Grove eatery. Goshdarnit. This is why a body can’t review a restaurant based on one night, one meal. This is why real critics go [...]
Read More»12/23/06: 6:15 meal @ Passionfish in Pacific Grove: Scallops in tomato-truffle butter with risotto and baby bok choy. Dad says: immediately following the meal: those were pretty good. later the same evening: those were maybe the best scallops I’ve ever had. the next day: those were the best scallops I’ve ever had. Please see also [...]
Read More»We go on a Monday night – the one night of the week famously wrong for trying new restaurants. It is my understanding that the Thursday through Saturday-and-possibly-Sunday stretch is the important part of the week in a kitchen. The Executive Chef – if he or she is anything like the cooks I know – [...]
Read More»In culinary school, our final exams often took the form of what we called Black Boxes, which were, of course, neither black nor in a box exactly. But “black box” does lend a certain intimidating ring, doesn’t it? They went like this: Nervous students in ridiculous starched hats and bleached aprons line up in the [...]
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