2012: A Year of Last Meals
As we prepare to turn the page into 2013, we want to take a look back at 2012 through the lens of our last meals. It’s become a tradition for us to close each year with a dinner event that …
Supperclubs for Sandy – Recap
Nine courses, 24 people, three supperclubs, and over $500 raised to benefit the Governor restaurant recover post-Sandy. This was the tale of the tape from our last event, Supperclubs for Sandy, a first time collaboration (and not the last) …
Eat Retreat 2012: Recap
This past weekend I had the extreme pleasure of attending Eat Retreat 2012. It was a jam-packed weekend in the woods of Los Altos, CA with 40 of the most colorful, friendly, and quality people in the world of …
I Am What I Eat: Pork & Whiskey
INDIEGOGO video from erik shirai on Vimeo. Donate to the “I Am What I Eat” IndieGoGo campaign!
In the fall of 2011, Erik Shirai contacted me and was interested in doing a web short on Studiofeast. He had read …
The Story of Studiofeast: Pecha Kucha
I had the pleasure of speaking at the first annual Food Book Fair during their Pecha Kucha* night entitled, “The Dimensions of Food.” In my talk, I tell the story of Studiofeast in three acts. From modest …
A Cure for Meats
We love to cured meat. Certainly, the pleasures of the great long cured meats of the world don’t escape us–Iberico, Benton’s, etc.–but we’re also huge fans of the power of quick-curing proteins prior to cooking. Like us, meat is mostly …
On Cooking: Jazz, Not Classical
- An Open Framework for Bo Ssam (click image to download PDF)
Over the years we’ve cooked a lot of recipes. Some have called for a battalion of ingredients and some have even begged for certain items to measured within …
Recap: SXSW My Robotic Kitchen
The dust has settled and another SXSW is in the books. If you’ve been following along along, you may have known that I presented this year with Will Turnage something called, “My Robotic Kitchen Planned this Dinner Party.” …