Bakery Nouveau (West Seattle, WA)
My next quarter starts in a couple weeks and I will be taking introduction to baking and pastry. What better way to see what this world of bakery/pastry has to offer than checking out Bakery Nouveau?...
View ArticleCaramelized Pork Tenderloin with Cilantro Oil
Definitely going to be a menu item one day. Ingredients: Pork Tenderloin Cut into 1 inch medallions then quick brined for 20 minutes in salt and sugar then rubbed with adobo (my own blend), ghost...
View ArticleQuick-Pickle your vegetables, save money, sound cool
I am obsessed with David Chang’s Momofuku book. I am learning so much great stuff and it’s written in a language that I can understand easily…….lots of cusswords! I was reading the section about how...
View ArticleHummus…….
So hard not to say something angry. Anyway, here’ s a hummus recipe! Ingredients: Garbanzo beans, soaked with water reserved Cumin Paprika Cayenne Tahini Sour cream Lemon zest Lemon juice Pinch o’...
View ArticleMake your own garlic salt, save money, sound cool!
I got home last night and realized that we were out of a few things so I had a fantastic session in the kitchen. It’s been a while that I have had some time to actually cook at home so I went all...
View ArticleBell Pepper Frittata with Steamed Purple Potato Medallions and Parmesan Cream...
Breakfast is served! Ingredients: Bell Pepper Frittata Red bell pepper sliced in half Eggs Saffron Adobo Cilantro Salt and pepper, tt Cheddar Cheese, grated Purple Potatoes Purple potatoes, sliced 1/4...
View Article80+ years later and it’s still feeding hungry friends, family, and whoever...
(Cab. Sauv. Pasta) My mom sent me a great gift for birthday/Christmastravaganza. It’s an old pot that was her grandmother’s. She told me that she remembers her grandmother cooking all types of meals...
View ArticlePork Tenderloin Nachos
My friend, Dolan, came over yesterday and helped me bottle all the coquito I made. I told him to come over so we could play video games but I had to do a little cooking…..saved me so much time but I...
View ArticlePuerto Rican Cuisine: Plan B
I was supposed to teach a Puerto Rican cooking class last night but the weather decided it wanted to take control of the fun and excitement so the people that run the shop where I was going to cook...
View ArticleRed Wine Gastrique Glazed Pork Belly with Marudaizu Soil
Eric Filed under: Pork Tagged: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Food Blog, Gastrique, Pork Belly, recipe
View ArticleSoy Brined Navel Orange
Eric Filed under: Produce Tagged: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food Blog, Orange, recipe, Soy
View ArticleA few projects…..
I’ve been working on a few things lately. Above is a picture of a marudaizu glazed pork belly spring roll with pickled vegetables and fried wonton wrapper for crunch. This is an unfiltered chili...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day.
Eric Filed under: MindyRiveraFarms Tagged: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Food Blog, Micro Greens, recipe, Valentine's Day
View Article5 Spice Pancetta…..in three weeks.
Eric Filed under: Charcuterie Tagged: 5 spice, Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, Food Blog, Pancetta, recipe
View ArticleDehydration Station:
I got a screaming deal on a brand new Excalibur 4 tray dehydrator on eBay and over the past few days I’ve been dehydrating everything in site. The bottom tray has black trumpet mushrooms and the top...
View ArticleGrow!!!! Grow!!!!!!! GROW!!!!!!!!!
Eric Filed under: MindyRiveraFarms Tagged: Cooking Blog, Food, Food Blog, Gardening
View ArticleWorking on some things.
I have a couple things I’m working on right now that won’t see the light of day for a while but I want to give you a little peak inside the madness. The picture above is of a sand idea I’m working...
View ArticleTurnip and Beet Soup with Fried Parsley Oil
Eric Filed under: Produce Tagged: Beet, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Food Blog, Fried, Fried Parsley Oil, Oil, Parsley, recipe, Turnip
View ArticleBeet, Carrot, Turnip
Turnip puree, frozen beet green, butter poached carrot, butter poached beet discs, fried beet stalk, julienne of espresso pear crisp, fried parsley oil. Eric Filed under: Produce Tagged: Beet, Carrot,...
View ArticleMindyRiveraFarms: Season 3- 24/7
It’s around 12:30AM right now. I just got home and the fun is not going to stop any time soon. Mindy just planted her third season of plants for me and this year is going to be very special. I...
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