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Veal Stock Soba Noodle Soup

May 18, 2010 by ericriveracooks

It’s nasty outside….have some soup! Sauté some onions, zucchini, then add veal stock and cooked soba noodles.  Add those pickled sweet chili pepper flakes (this is the key!),  small amount of rice vinegar, soy sauce reduction (so many secrets),  and fresh ginger.   Let it work a bit then add some of that roasted turkey, egg,  green onions, and leek strips.   Confuse the hell out of everyone when they want to know what it’s called.  Welcome to my world  Soooooooooooooooooooo […]

Categories: Soup, Starches, Turkey • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Noodles, recipe, Soba, Soup

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KennyBenchTravels: Dragon Fruit in Vietnam

May 15, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Kenny is back again with more fruit from Vietnam.  I love his posts and once again, thanks for coming to the dark side!!  Take it away Kenny! Here is a fruit that many people have probably seen, but when I first started to travel through Vietnam was completely new to me.  The sheer stark contrast of the inside versus the outside and the vibrance just under the skin was amazing. When I took photos of the fruit it might look […]

Categories: KennyBenchTravels, Uncategorized • Tags: Blog, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dragon Fruit, Food, Fruit, recipe, Travel, Vietnam

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Leek Wrapped Seared Scallop Pincho, Garlic Stuffed Olive, and Alfredo with Basil Flower Garnish

May 14, 2010 by ericriveracooks

My leeky scallop idea worked out better than I had originally thought. I originally wanted to do a leek three ways with the scallop but the main thing I wanted to see was how the scallop would react with the leek being wrapped around it while it was being seared….it worked!   I took the three ways idea in a different path because I have changed my mind about it….when I do it I’m going to do it with a raw […]

Categories: Appetizer, Sauce, Seafood • Tags: Alfredo, Basil, Basil Flower, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Green Olive, Pincho, recipe, Scallop, Seafood

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Roasted Lavender Honey Glazed Turkey Breast with Fingerling Medallions and Leek

May 13, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I got a book (click) a while ago and had some honey that I infused with lavender to so I decided to put it to work. Take a turkey breast that you have brined then get it ready to roast. Season with salt, pepper and the usual suspects then roast it until it’s done. Save the pan juices then deglaze with white wine and reduce until it’s almost nothing. Work in the lavender honey to make a glaze. The fingerling […]

Categories: Potatoes, Sauce, Turkey, Vegetable • Tags: Brine, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Fingerling Potato, Food, honey, Lavender, recipe, Turkey

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KennyBenchTravels: Fruits in Vietnam

May 13, 2010 by ericriveracooks

My friend Kenny has been in Vietnam for quite sometime now and I have been begging him to take pictures of food related items for about a year now.  Finally, he has agreed to come to the dark side! He’s funny as hell and he takes amazing pictures…..perfect fit for this blog! He has had his work published on http://www.activeasiavn.com (click) and a few other sites too so it’s a huge honor for me to have him on here.  I […]

Categories: KennyBenchTravels • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, Langon, Travel, Vietnam

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Eat The Street: Western Ave. Seattle, WA

May 12, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Say hello to a new category on my blog.  I’ll be updating these as I get a chance to visit more streets in/around Seattle or wherever I go (uh oh, where is he going?!?!?! You’ll see). This is more of a public service project.  People are always asking me about places they should go or check out when they are in Seattle.  Now that I live here it’s a little easier for me to find those places.  I’m starting with […]

Categories: Eat The Street • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Etta's, Food, Paris Grocery, recipe, Seattle, The Spanish Table, Tour, Tourism, Western Avenue, World Spice

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Drool.

May 11, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Sha Ra Ku Mono.  It’s not my first time talking about these knives. Last August I did a knife post about the do’s and don’ts with your knives (click). I would like to make a correction and say that I sharpen my knife every day or two with a long sharpening happening twice a week. Long sharpening? Don’t worry about it.  I cut things a few thousand times every week so it’s needed but you most likely don’t. I am […]

Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, Knife, Seattle, Sha Ra Ku Mono

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Shrimp, Soba, Black Beans

May 11, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I’ve been drawing a few things lately.  Normally I would just cook these ideas on the fly but I’ve been busy so things have slowed down a little bit.  I have a little more time to think about the next dish.  I’m not sure if this is a good or bad thing but the first version of this dish is definitely moving in the right direction. You can see what I wrote above and it’s a pretty complex dish but […]

Categories: Seafood • Tags: Beans, black beans, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, shrimp, Soba noodles

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IxaRiveraCooks: Happy Mother’s Day (A little late but I’ve been busy)!!!!

May 11, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Happy Mother’s Day Mom!  You’re the best ever! She sent me these pictures along with a few more with my grandma’s. Happy Mother’s Day Grandma’s!!! Eric

Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Cooking Blog, Food, Mother's Day

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Fried Pork Chop with Fuji Apple Chutney and Veal Stock Orzo

May 11, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Think pork chops and apple sauce but with a few tweaks. TWEAK! There is a spice rub that I put on the pork chops that consists of turmeric, salt, aji dulce powder, cinnamon, grains of paradise, and urfa biber (What are things you can’t buy for $1000 Alex).  Then it’s fried! Before that started I worked on the fuji apple chutney.  It has a base of brown sugar, white wine vinegar, and fructose. I added a few spices once it […]

Categories: Pork, Sauce, Starches, Uncategorized • Tags: Apple, Chutney, Cooking Blog, Food, Fried, Fuji Apple, Pork Chop, recipe

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The King County Water Taxi a.k.a. Eric’s Luxurious Yacht with Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams

May 11, 2010 by ericriveracooks

(Insert Robin Leach voice here) Welcome to another episode of lifestyles of the not-rich and not-so-famous! Today we will be following Eric Rivera  (insert montage here of who I am and what I do) as he shows us his new mode of transportation to school.  Let’s check in with Eric to see what he has to say about his new yacht. Hey guys, so why are you filming this again? We heard of your new yacht and we wanted to […]

Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Blog, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, King County Water Taxi, Taxi, Water

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Book Reviews That Can Tell the Future. Eric is movin’ on up!

May 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

A few months ago I reviewed Eric Ripert’s “On the Line” book.  The last sentence in the post I wrote has finally come true (click).  It took a little longer because 3 days after writing that review this happened (click). I’m faster now than I was before and while getting to this point has been a wild roller coaster ride I’m ready for this. There was never a question in my mind about stopping or slowing down, I was just […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, Line Cook, recipe, Seastar

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Roasted Chicken with a Mango/Togarashi Glaze with Ginger Rice and Yellow Bell/Carrot Topper

May 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I had some of that honey mango puree leftover from the scallop “carpaccio” so I decided to make it into a glaze to put on some chicken.  ”Wow Eric, you’re like McGyver in the kitchen without things going all explody time. The glaze started off with a little chicken stock then I reduced it, added togarashi, added cornstarch then finally added the honey mango puree.  I used the glaze on the chicken and to cook the carrots and yellow bell […]

Categories: Chicken, Rice, Vegetable • Tags: Blog, Chicken, Cooking Blog, Food, Ginger, Honey Mango, Mango, Rice, Roasting, Vegetable

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Scallop “Carpaccio” with Honey Mango Puree and Pickled Mango Relish

May 5, 2010 by ericriveracooks

This is a good one!!!!!! I have been on a great ride over the last 24 hours. A lot of great things have happened and the best thing is that I don’t feel like it’s over or even close to accomplishing my goals.   I’ll get into more details soon but for now just enjoy this little plate of awesome. I took some scallops and thinly sliced them then “cooked” them in an orange juice and lime mixture.   The […]

Categories: Seafood • Tags: aji dulce, Cooking Blog, Food, Honey Mango, Mango, Onions, Pickled, Scallops

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Cookbook: Minnie Rose Lovgreen’s Recipe for Raising Chickens

May 5, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Mindy wants a farm one day. I’m not the farming type but I have to do what she says so I can keep getting amazing micro-greens for my plating.  She used to have chickens when she grew up in Lacey so I have always been intrigued with the process. I received an e-mail a few weeks ago from NW Trillium Press about this book.  I think it’s the perfect time to re-release it.  More people, myself included, have interests in […]

Categories: Cookbooks • Tags: Blog, Chicken, Cooking Blog, Food, Minnie Rose Lovgreen, NW Trillium Press, Raising Chickens, recipe, Recipe for Raising Chickens

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