Archive for the ‘Food Snob’ Category
Sep 24
Cauliflower Comfort
This week’s Chef’s Night theme was to elevate a “comfort food” to a Rogue Estate level. Comfort food – warm, familiar, often simple, readily available and easily stretchable on tight budgets. It’s a huge list of qualifiers to pick a single dish from, but after some inspiration from Michael Ruhlman, I settled on Roasted Cauliflower
My most recent at-bat hosting our weekly food related night of debauchery I decided, as was no surprise to anyone, to take us to Japan once again. The original four course plan quickly turned into seven as I came up with further ideas, but it was the first course that seemed to be the show
Sep 14
Mitten Whiskey
Past articles on The Rogue Estate have covered both Michigan Wines and Michigan beers from all over the upper and lower peninsulas – it’s my great pleasure to present our first Michigan Whiskey review. I wandered past my favorite (read: second home) party store this evening (The 9 & Hilton Market in Ferndale, MI) and
Aug 17
Heaven and Hell…
Waikiki. I was there for a week recently for my girlfriends sisters wedding. While I got no pictures of the restaurants and food out there (sadly, but I’m not the “shutterbug” type, and I wanted very much not to look like a “tourist”) I want to impart some wisdom I gleaned from the area. If
As a professional cook, I’m often amazed at how few people understand how to cook and the processes involved. I’ve ranted in the past about those who simply don’t have the frame of reference to enjoy high quality, well prepared food, but this goes beyond that. In the age of delivered pick-your-genre food and drive-thru
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