Monthly Archives: September 2011

Chocolate, Avocado, Lime

Sorry for the quiet time here; some travel and work obligations have kept me out of the kitchen more than I’d like. Before I get into this dish, I found something interesting I thought I might share. On a recent weekend trip, I finally had the time to read “Life, On The Line”–Chef Achatz and [...]

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Replicated Innovation

One of the most intoxicating aspects of being in a kitchen for me (besides, of course, being intoxicated while in the kitchen) is the vast opportunity for creative common-sense problem-solving. It seems that everyone who loves being in the kitchen has a little bag of ‘tricks’; things meant to make our work easier, more-efficient, more-exact, [...]

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Blackberry, Tobacco, Smoke, Bee Balm

So, I’m obsessed…obsessed…with “dapper” things. The trappings of pure manhood are so captivating and awesome to me; I have a cutthroat razor that I shave with, after lathering up with a bristle brush dipped in either almond- or lavender-scented tub shaving cream. One year, for my birthday, my friends pooled their financial resources to buy [...]

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