I am the king.
Awhile back, my friend Rachel of the fun blog Rachel’s Table dubbed me the King of the Food Snobs. More
Skinny Girls at Rachel’s Table
13 Sep 2013 3 Comments
in Humor, Observations, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: Bobby Flay, Cooks Illustrated, food, humor, iberico bellota, Rachel's Table, Saveur, Taco Bell, Thomas Keller
Panzanella
10 Sep 2013 12 Comments
in Recipes, Sensational Salads Tags: Bread, Florence, food, humor, panzanella, salad, summer, tomatoes, Tuscany
Summer! A magical land of flip flops, sunshine, rock & roll, olive oil, zinfandel, barbecues, sunflowers, golden sunsets, the laughter of children, hummingbirds, wild salmon from Alaska, zucchini blossoms, sand stuck to your feet, pink wine, watermelon, baseball, baby deer in the park, cold beer, and, most of all, tomatoes.
Summer makes me think of Tuscany. Once, while strolling through Florence with my sister Andrea on a blazing hot summer day, I was wishing I had some sunglasses. The very moment I had the thought, I glanced at a trashcan we happened to be passing, and there sitting on top of a pile of refuse was a pair of almost-new, round John Lennon-y sunglasses. And, they were rose-colored glasses! Tuscany is sort of magical that way. More
He Would’ve Approved
06 Sep 2013 8 Comments
in On the Road, Recipes, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories), World's Best Sandwiches Tags: food, humor, Keith Moon, Lindsay Buckingham, Ludo Lefebvre, LudoBites, Malibu, Pierce Brosnan, Steve McQueen, Trois Mec
There are many interesting stories surrounding the Steve McQueen beach house in Malibu. Some of the most colorful involve him and his neighbor, the notoriously rowdy British drummer for the Who, Keith Moon.
Morning at the Steve McQueen beach house
Once, for example, exasperated by Moon’s refusal to turn off a light in an upstairs bathroom that shone into McQueen’s bedroom, the actor grabbed a gun and shot the light out. Another time, he found Moon passed out in a full Nazi uniform at the bottom of his beach access stairs. The tide was rising, and would soon overtake the stairs, and McQueen had to consider for a moment whether or not to drag the despised neighbor to higher ground. More
Up Popped a Restaurant
03 Sep 2013 15 Comments
in Eating Out, Recipes, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: Ernie Demontreux, food, humor, Malibu, pop-up restaurant, Topanga Canyon, Topanga Elementary, Trust Ranch, Wine Guerrilla
In cooking, as in many things in life, it’s all a matter of scale.
The chefs — (l to r) your humble author and pals, Ernie and Peri
“That’s not enough gazpacho for 60 people!” my wife declared, alarmed, as I walked through the kitchen with a gallon bag a quarter full of soup. “I have another bag,” I said.
“It’s still not enough!” More
An Intimate Dinner for 60
30 Aug 2013 7 Comments
in Eating Out, Food, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: Chris Burden, food, humor, pop-up restaurant, pumpernickel, Sean Colgin, Topanga Elementary
Who would’ve guessed finding a good loaf of pumpernickel could be such a challenge!
I do a number of fundraising dinners, usually for my kids’ schools. It’s something I’m good at that I can contribute, the dinners bring in a lot of money for the schools, and they make a lot of people happy. But I had never done one quite this large before.
Heirloom tomatoes for gazpacho and green zebra risotto
Let me establish one thing: I am not a caterer. I don’t have all that caterer stuff, I dislike buffets, I don’t like not having creative control over every single dish. I typically do fancy dinners for anywhere from four to 16 or 18 people. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 