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This goes down as one of the coolest looking things I’ve ever made. Yup. Before going into the oven I sprinkled cinnamon and powdered sugar over it then glazed it once it came out. It’s super simple to make and it looks great, I’m happy. Eric
Categories: Baking & Pastry • Tags: Apple Tart, Baking, Cooking, Food
(Take those 3 beans out of the front, buy a square plate) Just working on a few things here. Mostly different starch like products I can introduce into a meal without having to go there. I picked up these sunchokes at the farmers market this past weekend and I wanted to put them to use along with the beans I picked up. It’s basically the root from a species of sunflower. It cooks like a potato and has a nice […]
Categories: Pork, Sauce, Vegetable • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Fried Pork Chop, Jerusalem Artichoke, Pique, Recao, recipe, Sauce, Sofrito, Sunchoke
I’m part of a cult. I know what you’re thinking… “NO ERIC COME BACK, SEE THE LIGHT”. No, I have seen the light, it pinches a little but with a little work there is a plentiful bounty of white meat to be had but only if it’s sustainable! The homerun hitting Waterfront Seafood Grill brought together their amazing crew for another night of showcasing one of my favorite things to eat, crab! “Eric, would you like to attend this event?” […]
Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Cooking, Crab, Cult of the Crab, Dinner, Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Randall PR, recipe, Restaurant, Seafood, Seafood Waterfront Grill, Seattle
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I went down to the West Seattle farmers market this past weekend and I saw these beans and I knew I needed to do something great with them. I love beans! I grew up on them so when I have a chance to work with some great quality varieties my mind starts racing to figure out a way to make them amazing. (soaking in water) It doesn’t take much but you know me, I’m crazy and I like to do […]
Categories: Beans, Pork • Tags: Cannellini Beans, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Linguiça, recipe, Sous Vide, Stew
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Oh experiments….where are you going to take me? Probably drive me mad but it’s ok. I am working on a few things so don’t pay attention to this post too much. I used lecithin to achieve the foam with the red bell pepper. I had larger granule lecithin which I need to grind into a powder next time so it doesn’t weigh the foam down. The recao oil was perfect with a little agar to stabilize it into an almost […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Breakfast, Cooking, Foam, Food, Recao, recipe
Mindy’s dad is building a shed for us outside of our house so we can have extra storage. It amazes me to see someone who can take a few pieces of wood and make something so functional and brilliant out of it. His work inspired me this morning to create this dish. I started by grating fingerling potatoes then cooking them in a cast iron pat with lots of clarified butter, salt, pepper, and tarragon filler. On the stove for […]
Categories: Breakfast, Duck, Eggs, Potatoes • Tags: Carrot, Cooking Blog, Duck Egg, Food, Fried, Glace de viande, Green Peppercorn, Hash, Leek, recipe
I f’ing love pasta and shrimp day. I need to go to Puerto Rico….. Take it away mom! “Hello boy! Today was one of those busy days. All I wanted was to hurry up, get home and fix something quick, fresh and yummy. Well, while I was driving I said to myself, “it is pasta and shrimp day”. Here is the finished product. All the herbs are fresh from my garden and of course the aji dulce. “ LYA, Ixa
Categories: IxaRiveraCooks • Tags: Cooking, Day, Food, O, Pasta, Pasta and Shrimp Day, recipe, shrimp
Back in October of 2009 I had the pleasure of dining at Spring Hill. It has taken me four months to go back between all the moving, schooling, working, and all that jazz. I told my wife and countless others about the fantastic the food at Spring Hill. When people asked me where they should eat in Seattle I would give them a list of three restaurants with Spring Hill being the first. (1/2 Dozen Kumamoto Oysters, Medium Brine, From […]
Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Cooking, Food, Places to Eat, recipe, Restaurant, Seattle, Spring Hill
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I love clean soups. I love clear soups even more but I decided to bring a few experiments together in order extract the most amount of corn flavor into a soup. What this ends up being at the end could be called a creamed corn soup but I think it’s a bit more than that. I saw Heston Blumenthal do something similar to cauliflower except for his was a dish where he used a puree, a sauteed piece, and a […]
Categories: Soup • Tags: Chicken, Cooking Blog, Corn, Corn Soup, Food, recipe, Soup, Sous Vide
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This sandwich has a little bit of everything and while it may seem there is too much going on the flavors compliment each other in such a great way. I made my way to the farmers market and picked up some pancetta and then brought it home then sliced it up in order to lightly cook it. This is an easy way for me to salt something without having to add a bunch of extra salt, also the fat that […]
Categories: Pork, Sandwich • Tags: Cooking, Food, Pancetta, Pickled, Sandwich
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The sauce is a hollandaise minus the egg yolk being worked in. When you break the yolk on the fried egg it combines with the sauce to give you the complete hollandaise experience when eaten. The linguica sausage is seared then the pan is deglazed with white wine, then the potatoes are cooked in clarified butter until they are tender. Add the leeks, mushrooms, and linguica back and cook until mushrooms have released their flavor, the seasonings of salt and […]
Categories: Breakfast, Potatoes, Sauce • Tags: Fingerling potatoes, Fried Egg, Hollandaise, Linguiça, Mushroom
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Want to eat great pork? Ask a Puerto Rican to make it for you. Keep telling me about your great pork recipes and then I’ll wait patiently until you visit Puerto Rico (or me) and you will finally see why I smile a little bit everytime I try your recipe. Take a trip, it’s worth it (click)!!!! Ingredients: Smoked Ham, cubed Recao leaves (coriander leaves) Yellow and red roasted bell peppers Sweet onion Pique, my own, made with peppers from […]
Categories: Puerto Rican Style, Sandwich • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Deviled Ham, Food, Puerto Rican Style, recipe, Sandwich
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HEART ATTACK TIME!!! Whew, it was only a small one that time. Yeah, this is one of those things you don’t want to eat very often. This is my answer to all those people who have “health” blogs that continue to preach the ideas of health and in the meantime they have banners and ads on their site for the most unhealthy garbage you’ll ever see. I make no such health claims, I want you to eat whatever you want….as […]
Categories: Meat, Sauce • Tags: Beecher's Flagship Cheese, Cooking Blog, Diet, Diet Food, Dinner, Duck Fat, Food, Healthy, Healthy Food, Potatoes, Poutine, recipe
How do you plate up chocolate? I don’t know! hahahahahaha This little bite of amazing has been brought to you by my entry into the world of chocolate making. I’ve made chocolate before on here but I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. I know a little more but I still don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Knowing what the hell I’m doing….probably about 65%. Anyway, this little bite of amazing is great and I highly suggest […]
Categories: Dessert • Tags: Black Pepper, Chocolate Truffle, Cooking Blog, Dessert, Food, Merlot, recipe
(A little close up of a merlot and black pepper reduction) I’ve been working on a few smaller components that will be part of a few meals here and there. I hope to bring these on the blog soon but until then all you get is a weird little picture with a description of what I am working on. Merlot Black Pepper Chocolate Truffles. The sauce is ready and the ganache is ready. All I have to do is melt […]
Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, recipe
