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Wild Turkey Cobbler with Cranberries and Peas – Thanksgiving Leftover Recipe

chefRob — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:30:07 +0000

Image courtesy of @KyleOfThrillist (twitter)

Doesn’t it seem that every year the leftovers from Thanksgiving just grow and grow? Not only does it add some pressure to make sure you use them all up before they become dog food or spoil can sometimes be a daunting task. You want to be creative but at [...]

Mung Bean Soup – Ginisang Mungo Recipe

chefRob — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:48:55 +0000

Mung Bean Soup - Ginisang Mungo

Ginisang mungo, or mung bean soup is one of those timeless dishes. When the weather turned cold here the other day and I thought to myself that is was time to make a soup this is the one that popped into my head. Easy to cook, this [...]

Water Cracker Recipe with Fleur de Sel

chefRob — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:00:24 +0000

Water Cracker recipe

A great water cracker recipe has to be one of the best kept secrets in any chef’s arsenal. Easy to make and bake, this is the perfect “on the fly” recipe that you can make when friends stop on by unexpectedly. Toss in some cheese or my Turkey Rillettes [...]

Hamburger Recipe | the Rise of the Hamburger

chefRob — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:00:14 +0000

Hamburgers...yum!

With the arrival of the 4th of July holiday here in the US means one thing to cooks and chef’s…BBQ! With summer in full swing and the grill’s tune up complete from the Memorial day holiday at the end of May, BBQ’s countrywide will be firing up and cooking brisket, ribs, burgers, hot [...]

Corn Dogs Recipe

chefRob — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:38:04 +0000

So I have been wanting (and trying) to post this for a month or so, but with some great magazine write ups, it seems that my time to blog has, for now been curtailed. It is kinda funny that when one gets a bit stressed and busy you automatically think of comfort food…which may [...]

Macaroni and Cheese recipe

chefRob — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:51:03 +0000

So now it’s cold…I have been (in my mind) dreading this time of year since last year. The days are oh so short, the sun never seems to warm up the days and the nights and early mornings are chilly to say the least. As much as I love the heat of summer (and [...]

Cranberry apple stuffing

chefRob — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:29:06 +0000

Nothing, and I do mean nothing gets me more excited for the holiday’s than the food. This means that I am the one cooking around my house, and now that I am back in San Diego I am sure that I will be doing my fair share this year. While living oversees and in [...]

Glass Door update – 9-2008

chefRob — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:56:02 +0000

After a busy weekend (Labor day) I find myself a s a chef reflecting back on the last couple of days. I was happy and quite surprised that we were sold out on Saturday night, and turned the dining room over 1.5 times. From what I could ascertain, most of our guests were locals, even [...]

Dumpster Diving v.2.0, Asparagus

chefRob — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:38:03 +0000

Dumpster diving usually is something that I reserve for those time between paychecks when the pantry is full and cash is all but nonexistent. Recently I found myself diving for another reason and that reason is I’m tired!

We are getting close to the opening of the restaurant and with that comes longer and [...]

Bone Marrow, nom, nom, nom!

chefRob — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:39:12 +0000

I know, I know…what’s the deal with this? I am constantly harassed by my friends about the food I choose to eat. Menudo, chicken feet, coagulated pork blood and yes, bone marrow. I find it kinda funny that everyone is so interested in what I choose to eat, guess I should take it as [...]