"Michael, have you heard of Lefty's," asked Kelly Dirks, my Legal Assistant. It rang a bell, but I couldn't quite place it…which is quite bizarre, actually, considering it is directly across the street from Special Delivery where I cook on a weekly basis. I can't walk out of … [Read more...]
RECIPE: Wild Rice Pancakes with Gravlax and Spicy Blackberry Relish
Savory, sweet and pancakes -- can they play together nicely in the sandbox? This dish -- which combines a wild rice pancake with Gravlax (a traditional Swedish cured Salmon dish) and a Spicy Blackberry Relish (the Scandanavians might have used Lingonberry) shows they can. It is, … [Read more...]
CALIFORNIA CUISINE: Bay Area Cioppino
"California Cuisine." The words connote Alice Waters salads, alfalfa sprouts and tofu, farm-to-table (better yet foraged) food and Wolfgang Puck-inspired pizzas. But long before Waters or Puck came on the scene Californians had a series of unique dishes that spoke of who, what … [Read more...]
MEXICO: Menudo Colorado
“I was born a poor black child.” Steve Martin, The Jerk While I clearly was not born a poor Mexican child, there were times when I ate like one. For a significant period in the early 70s my mother was working in Los Angeles and my father at the hospital. That left our Mexican … [Read more...]
FUSION CUISINE: Culotte Steak with Ginger Scallion Sauce and Pink Pickled Onions
It may be America’s cuisine; not that most in our culinary scene would want to admit it anymore. But as a nation of immigrants, and one without any shared long-standing culinary heritage, we could do a lot worse than claiming Fusion Cuisine as ours. McDonald’s, for example. Or … [Read more...]
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