Monthly Archives: November 2011

Foie Gras, Spicy Cinnamon Puff, Apple Candy

Seeking to maximize mileage with the foie gras, at the same time I was working on the previous Pear dish I also made this one. Working on these both in tandem was actually quite fun from a budgetary standpoint. I managed to time most everything well, and was able to serve them both simultaneously. The [...]

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Pushed Foie Gras, Sauternes, Pear, Anise Hyssop

I hope the Thanksgiving Fairy left everyone a delicious turkey under your pillows this year! I was feeling adventurous yet lazy this Thanksgiving, so decided to try deep-frying a turkey for my first time. The short version of this story is that I burnt the shit out of it. It seems my problem of adding [...]

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Sugar Cane, Rum, Mint, Lime

A few weeks ago, Sarah and I went to see Ferran Adria speak in San Francisco. He was there largely to promote his new cookbook, but he talked a bit about the creative process and the future of elBulli. He was introduced by a woman from Phaidon, the cookbook’s publisher, who also noted she’d written [...]

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Salsify, Smoked Steelhead Roe, Parsley Root, Radish

“So what are you doing now, just coming home every day and thinking ‘Let’s see…do I want to watch “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”, or cook an entire Alinea dish tonight?’” Francisco was laughing at my bandaged fingers while we waited in line for burgers from the FiveTen burger truck behind work. I’d been telling [...]

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Croquette, Smoked Steelhead Roe, Endive, Radish

Continuing on with the roes, I’m down to one tin left: smoked steelhead roe. It’s a garnish in this dish, both inside and out. The ‘croquette’ here is a crunchy breaded sphere that encases warm molten creme fraiche, cucumber, and smoked roe. It’s wrapped with a candied belgian endive leaf strip, then topped with radish, [...]

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