Nunavut Char Dinner at Blackbird
It is too rare that an opportunity comes along to collaborate and cook side by side with fellow chefs. We all seem to do enough benefits and I am grateful that these offer the opportunity to get to know some colleagues, but they rarely amount to more than hellos and possibly drinks afterwards since we [...]
The Speakeasy Throwback: A Summit of Local Spirit Producers and Chefs to Benefit Shawn Koch
A few months ago, as I was getting ready for my 40th birthday party, I had the good fortune of having Adam Seeger of Hum Spirits and John Kinder of Death’s Door Spirits assisting me in the creation of the drinks to be paired with the miracle berry I was planning on handing out for [...]
Wild King Salmon – Locally Foraged Accompaniments
Garlic Scape Vichyssoise Morels Nettle Pistou Wood Sorrel Lamb’s Quarter Cattails Sweet Cicely A couple of weeks back, I was representing Lockwood at the Wine Enthusiast’s Toast of the Town at the Field Museum. All was under control at our station where we were serving a chilled asparagus soup with a mushroom dumpling and truffled [...]
