Stephen, etc.

Nov 3rd

Mock Oyster

The Voltaggio brothers of Top Chef fame now have a cookbook. And by God, this dish looks delicious.

Lunch With M: Undercover With a Michelin Inspector.

“If she were on an inspection visit, she said, she would go home directly after finishing dessert and paying her bill, and begin filling out her report, which is made in the form of entries in a classification form supplied to all Michelin inspectors. She would list every ingredient in everything she ate, and the specifics of every preparation. She would rate these according to several criteria, including quality of the products, mastery in the cooking, technical accuracy, balance of flavors, and creativity of the chef. Then she would fill out the section that deals with setting, comfort, and service—and that determines the number of couverts the restaurant will earn…. For a restaurant like Jean Georges, filling out the reports would take two to three hours. A Chinese restaurant might take an hour.”

A fascinating look at the secret Michelin rating system for high-end restaurants.

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Apr 27th

Ming makes cupcakes, and posts pictures and recipes of them on his site, MING MAKES CUPCAKES.

via youngna

Nov 3rd

kiwi (via retales botijero)

I just discovered the awesomeness that is golden kiwi. Delicious!

My amazing six course meal to close out my studies in Rome at this restaurant/art gallery located down a random alley near Piazza Navona.

1. Proscuitto

2. Goats cheese, honey, crackers, pear slices

3. Cold pasta

4. Hot pasta

5. Salad (Not pictured)

6. Dessert

Sep 18th

My last cappuccino at Tazza d’Oro, the best, best, best coffee, hands down, in all of Rome. I seriously miss this place, a lot.

Sep 17th

This is the Dai Due menu for our studio lunch on Monday at Rain Lily Farm. Everything down to the mustard came from central Texas farms. Everything was organic. The eggplant and mint purée, the Hubbard squash, and the unbelievably sweet honeydew were big hits. It just felt so quintessentially Austin to be eating an organic meal on the front yard of a small farm in the middle of the city.

Aug 29th

Authentic Venetian tiramisu. And it was amazing. Even the tiramisu in Rome couldn’t compare.

Bruschetta from my first dinner in Roma.

Jun 3rd

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Bruschetta from my first dinner in Roma.