Category Archives: Events

Chorizo Powder

March 1, 2011 by ericriveracooks

I was talking with chef about a month ago about tapioca maltodextrin and how cool it was. Take something with a fat content and mix it together and you can create powders! Even something without a fat content can be transformed, it’s amazing! I was selling the idea to him like it was a late night infomercial and he said, “alright, show me”. So the next day I brought in my tub of maltodextrin into work and proceeded to […]

Categories: Events, Proteins • Tags: Blueacre, Chorizo Powder, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Restaurant

Festa Italiana 2010

September 29, 2010 by ericriveracooks

MEAT-A BALL-A!!!! Ericci Riverotti (my self-made Italian name….I still think it’s funny) is back!!!! Last year I went to the Festa Italiana and I was working the event as a chef assistant. This year I was back as an observer (school needed volunteers but I had an opportunity to interview a cookbook author at the event….cool vs. cooler). and I had a great time. I didn’t have much time because I had to go to work later in the day […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Festa Italiana, Food, Italian Food, Luigi DeNunzio, recipe

Bite of Mud Bay Cooking Demonstration

September 13, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I was asked to cook up a few things for the Grand Opening of a store called Mud Bay. They cater more to the four legged friend variety so they asked me to use ingredients normally found in their pet foods in order to feed some people at the event. No problem! After a little back and forth with emails I decided on a dish that would incorporate a lot of the things I like to make as well as […]

Categories: Events, Seafood • Tags: Bite of Mud Bay, Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Restaurant, Risotto, Salmon

Bite of Mud Bay!!!!!!!!!!

September 12, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Eric on the mainstage!!! They’re even calling me chef! How cool is that?!?!?!! So um, if you’re not doing anything then you should come check it out. What am I cooking? Wild Alaskan Salmon Heirloom Tomato Risotto Buerre Blanc Blueberry Black Pepper Sauce The best part is that Mindy and Blue get to come hang out!!! Eric

Categories: Events • Tags: Bite of Mud Bay, Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Mud Bay, recipe

Cedarbrook Lodge: Tomatofare 2010

August 26, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I was invited to attend a celebration of heirloom tomatoes at the Cedarbrook Lodge over the weekend. They said heirloom tomatoes and I was there but they added a lot more to the lineup to solidify yet another amazing experience at the Cedarbrook Lodge (click). A list of amazing restaurants: Chef William Belickis, Mistral Kitchen Chef Mark Bodinet, Cedarbrook Lodge Chef Christine Keff, Flying Fish Chef Bobby Moore, Barking Frog (Willows Lodge) Chef Jason Wilson, Crush Chef Michael A. Young, Olives Café Wine Bar Chef Paul […]

Categories: Events, Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Cedarbrook Lodge, Cooking Blog, Crush, Food, Fresh Bistro, Mistral Kitchen, Seattle

Queen Anne Farmers Market Write Up About My Cooking Demonstration

August 16, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Thanks for the great time and awesome write up! (click to go to the write up) Eric

Categories: Events • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, Queen Anne Farmers Market

My First Cooking Demonstration!

August 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Wait, someone else is taking pictures??? Thanks Mindy! The debut of a new food blogger! I have been studying cooking demonstrations for over a year in the hopes that someone would ask me to do one. I have seen Nick Stellino rock a stage like no other, I have been part of a demonstration as an assistant during last year’s Festa Italiana (click), I have seen The Chef In the Hat and Ethan Stowell work seamlessly together and feed off […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Blog, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Plantain, Queen Anne Farmers Market, Sofrito, tostones

Bite of Seattle 2010

July 22, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Mindy and I made our way through the Bite of Seattle this past weekend in search of food and for me, a cooking demonstration by Chef Ethan Stowell and Chef Thierry Rautureau. First we stopped at the Alley which had a few different restaurants offering a bite or two of some of their best dishes in order to benefit Food Lifeline (click) Lots of great stuff to get the stomach rolling in the right direction. We walked around some more […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Bite of Seattle, Blog, Cooking Blog, Ethan Stowell, Food, Halibut, recipe, Restaurant, Thierry Rautureau

Foodbuzz 24×24: My Stagiaire at Allium Restaurant on Orcas Island, WA

June 27, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Eric, what is a stagiaire?!?!?!??!!??!?! Well, it’s like an internship but it’s more of a tryout for a new person coming into a kitchen. It’s a great way for restaurants to see if that fancy resume of a new employee will hold up. Basically, you send your information to a restaurant….they look at it and say, “yeah, come on in for a day or two”. Then you walk in and show them what you’re capable of. Depending on the position […]

Categories: Events, Restaurants • Tags: Allium Restaurant, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Orcas Island, Stagiaire

Merlot Gone Mad (Tulalip Casino)

May 4, 2010 by ericriveracooks

This past weekend Mindy and I were invited to attend the Mad Merlot event at the Tulalip Casino. It’s been a little while since I have visited the Tulalip…..the last time I was there the hotel was not built yet. It’s a whole new experience now! The restaurants sprinkled throughout the casino and then finally the hotel, which looks like a luxurious resort…..in my little Washington and not Las Vegas! I love going to Las Vegas so if I close […]

Categories: Events, wine • Tags: Food, Mad Merlot, Merlot, Merlot Gone Mad, Tulalip Casino, Tulalip Resort Casino, Washington Wine Industry Foundation, wine

TEDxCLE with Michael Ruhlman: The Cooking Animal

April 28, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Hallie the co-founder of this TEDxCLE talk sent me over this video to share with you. Michael Ruhlman, in my opinion, is one of the best if not the best food writers out there. He has written some of my favorite cookbooks (Ad Hoc, A Return to Cooking, French Laundry, The Soul of a Chef, and the amazing list goes on) and books having to deal with the world of cooking (you have seen a few on here and there […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Eric Kogelschatz, Food, Hallie F. Bram, Michael Ruhlman, recipe, Ted talks, TEDxCLE

Eric Rivera Live!

April 18, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I was invited to do a cooking demonstration at the Queen Anne Farmers Market on August 5th. I think you should be there too! What am I going to cook? I don’t know, that’s where you come into play. Help me think of something fun to cook during the demonstration. I have two hours to cook it so I’ll probably end up cooking 10 things …….all you have to do is give me a few ideas then please show up […]

Categories: Events, Random Rants • Tags: Blog, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Cooking Demonstration, Farmers Market, Food, Queen Anne, Queen Anne Farmers Market, Seattle

Cheri Walters Schools Me on Wine

March 5, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I attended a wine tasting for the International Society of Africans in Wine the other day arranged by master coordinator Keren Brown. She read my little wine rant and decided to show me the light…..the red, white, and sometimes sparkling light (oh man, I’m on fire!). Cheri Walters, a sommelier, was there to explain a few things about wine and then Keren pointed out that the only reason I use wine is to deglaze food or cook with……awkward!!!! Cheri decided […]

Categories: Events, wine • Tags: Cheri Walters, Food, International Society of Africans in Wine, Keren Brown, M'Hudi Wine, Seven Sisters Wine, wine

2010 Seattle Food and Wine Experience

March 2, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I have a wine class next quarter so I decided I would start studying a little early and by studying I mean drinking……weeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! I’m still having a hard time understanding this whole wine thing so I have decided to immerse myself in the world o’ wine. It tastes fine to me but I don’t understand how people devote blogs, b.s., and incessant blabber about it. (Cafe Campagne- Lamb Merguez Sausage with Chickpea Puree and Herbs) Yes, I get it, you […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Cooking, Events, Food, recipe, Seattle, Seattle Food and Wine Experience, wine

Cookbook and Private Party: Andrea Nguyen- Asian Dumplings

February 12, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I received an e-mail from an online friend of mine, Traca Savadogo a.k.a. Seattle Tall Poppy. She asked me if I was free to attend a private party featuring Andrea Nguyen, writer of Asian Dumplings (above) and multiple award winning cookbook “Into the Vietnamese Kitchen”. I didn’t hesitate, I said yes and made a mad scramble to Square One Books in West Seattle to see if they could order the Asian Dumplings book (I wanted a clean signed copy!). Square […]

Categories: Appetizer, Events • Tags: 99 Ranch, Andrea Nguyen, Asian Dumpli8ngs, Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Gyoza, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, recipe, Rose Brand, Samosas, Seattle Tall Poppy, Spring Rolls, Square One Books, Viet Wah

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