Cocktailia
Tentop has evolved in ways that my faithful readers never would have dreamed at it’s inception, at that is too cool for me to put into words. Our latest dinner however, was a little closer to the...
View ArticleA Tale of Torus
Whew. I mean motherfucking WHEW. So much has happened since my last post that I can’t figure out where to begin. I guess the biggest and most obvious thing to mention is the latest project that I’m...
View ArticleStarstruck at Feast PDX
Feast PDX was quite simply insane. Anyone involved could at least attest to it’s grand scope if not it’s amazing content. So if your interested, ask any of those people to elaborate. Personally, I...
View ArticleTentop Returns: And How.
After almost a year hiatus, Michael and I got back into the kitchen and fucking slayed it. I don’t know how else to say it. It was the most thoughtful, portion appropriate menu we’ve put together to...
View ArticleVol Au Vent: The Easy Way.
I’ve seen many a great technique in this biz, I mean I hope so after almost 20 years. Every once and awhile thought I see something that really changes the game, a true...
View ArticleTentop Presents: Will Preisch
There are Chef’s that I have respected by visiting their restaurants and eating their food. There are Chef’s I have stalked on twitter and voraciously devoured their cookbooks or blogs. Then there are...
View ArticleStarstruck at Feast PDX…Again!!
Another fantastic time at this years’ Feast PDX, specifically at the Night Market. Not only did I get to work with the bad asses from Antique Taco, I got to meet one of my pastry heroes; Christina...
View ArticleFried Chicken Ice Cream
It shouldn’t exist. When you put it in your mouth your palate is all “WTF?!” More than half of the people that tasted it laughed out loud just after they wiped the confused look off their faces. But...
View ArticlePig Newton
This is a variation on a cheese course we did for tentop awhile back, and it came out so good we ran it on the opening menu at Remedy. The idea came from one of our clients at KitchenCru, Mrs. Jody...
View ArticleOpen Mouth, Insert My Nuts.
It’s been awhile since I’ve made a recipe that I thought “Holy shit, the world needs to know about this.” The snack recipe below is just that. I had been thinking about making these ever since I made...
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