Carne Adovada, Refried Beans, Pico de Gallo on Flour Tortilla

May not look like much, but each component was made with great care to create a perfect balance of flavors and textures. I have never been a big fan of this kind of food - now I am. It really doesn't get better than this:



I had mine norteño style with a flour tortilla. The chilangos had theirs with corn tortillas.

brkfst today!

Well, only the sweet portion.... the mushroom omelette was not as photogenic

I love looking at this thread. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of or participated in the contest described here:

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/ ... -chef.html

Judging by the culinary and photography skills on display, I bet someone from here could win this.

MKL

Did a little baking this afternoon...
Plum tart for my boy's snack (made with the extra pâte brisée)


Tarte Tatin for tonight's dinner party dessert

butt stuck to smoking rack.. mmmm

Pre-theatre "Linner"
Potato crusted Steelhead


and cooked...

a couple pumkins(1 is 22 lbs I got 2 weekends ago) I carved today with my family, (the small one is supposed to be a cat):





Happy Haloween...

Blown Z wrote:

Packman about to eat squidbillies?

I just got back from my honeymoon. I was not allowed to take proper xSi pics during meals per my new bride, but I iPhone'd all of them. So, here they are

In 'N Out Burger - SFO

One Double Double, One Double Double Animal Style, fries well done

Cena Luna - Healdsburg, CA

Fritto Misto (calamari, shrimp, green beans)


Chocolate Dolce Cake with Vanilla Bean gelato

Center Street Cafe - Healdsburg, CA

Mexican Breakfast Burrito


Huevos Rancheros

V. Sattui - Yountsville, CA

Peppered Brie and Young Cheddar, French Bread, Vignette Wine Sodas - Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Dean & Deluca - Yountsville, CA

Grilled Artichokes - $36 a POUND???

Bottega Grill - Yountsville, CA

Polenta Underglass with caramelized mushrooms and basalmic


White Truffle Oil Fries


Braised short ribs with garlic sauteed spinach - bad lighting, amazing dish


Crispy Pork Shank with Porcini Mushroom Rissoto


Champagne and Bread for the newlyweds!


Molten Chocolate suffle with almond sauce and candied pecans

Alexis Baking Company & Cafe - Napa, CA

Pumpkin pancakes with poached pears


Breakfast Sandwich with Ham on Potato Bun

Mustard's Grill - Yountsville, CA

Smoked BBQ pulled pork with blue cheese potato chips and sweet slaw


Cheeseburger with mushroom and sliced avocado, and fries

The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone Restaurant - Yountsville, CA

"Today's Temptations" (Different every day) - Potato leek soup, fried pork belly, fried green tomatoes, stuffed dates, roasted pepper with garlic and Parmesan.


Ribeye with roasted artichokes, baby broccoli tips and cauliflower purée


Pan Seared Dayboat Scallops - Sautéed corn, sugar snaps, summer chanterelles, king trumpets, basil pesto, mizuna salad

Downtown Bakery and Creamery - Healdsburg, CA

Pear Raspberry Tart

Perry's - San Fran, CA

Grilled Chicken BLT with avocado, and sweet potato fries

Brenda's French Soul Food - San Fran, CA

Beignet flight


Chocolate, Crawfish, Apple, Plain


Seafood Frittata, Grits


Egg and Bacon Tartine - Bacon, scrambled egg, Gruyère and tomato-bacon relish
on toasted French roll, grits

Boudin - San Fran, CA - Wharf

Fresh sourdough

Scoma's - San Fran, CA

Lazy Man's Seafood Cioppino - Prawns, Shrimp, Clams, Sea Scallops, Fresh Fish, and a 1/2 Dungeness Crab out of shell in a rich tomato broth.


SHELLFISH SAUTÉ SEC - Sautéed with Onions, Mushrooms and Garlic in a White Wine and Butter Sauce

The Buena Vista - San Fran, CA

Original Irish Coffee

Sears Fine Food - San Fran, CA

Eggs Benedict



and then a Chicago place this Sunday:

Cafe Too:

Biscuits and Gravy. Amazing. Awful service, awesome cheap eats

Chitown B...... WOW!!! Thanks for taking us on your honeymoon!

First stone crabs of the season

RevrendAndy wrote:First stone crabs of the season

really nice,

I gotta get downtown to Joe's asap.

fastforward wrote:Hello all.
I just see all the pictures on this forum and found 95% of them to be nonvegitarian.I am vegitarian and I like the picute of nr706 interesting and very funny. I really enjoyed the art of the maker as they have made such a good cartoons using food items and they are looking so real and do not seem as they are made from fruits and vegitables. Keep puting suchfunny photos.

Just for you....

Beautiful pictures. The wife wants to know what the figs are topped with.

RevrendAndy wrote:Beautiful pictures. The wife wants to know what the figs are topped with.

Goat cheese mixed with a bit of honey, EVOO, Lavender, black pepper & sea salt

LikestoEatout wrote:Chitown B...... WOW!!! Thanks for taking us on your honeymoon!

Wine grapes at Mozzocco Sonoma winery....

for a rainy Friday night

Leftover smoked salmon from a recent dinner party makes a nice mid-week lunch!

had the flour out for some no-knead bread so popover for the kids
mid-morning snack.

no-knead bread going into the final rise

mhill95149 wrote:had the flour out for some no-knead bread so popover for the kids
mid-morning snack.

Some of your pictures actually cause me exclaim out loud (whoa), the popover is one of them.

How about I pop over for a popover?

Thanks Gary!

here's the finished loaf

My best version of the no-knead bread to date...

love that ring:

Back in Florida for the first snapper of the season.

mhill95149 wrote:My best version of the no-knead bread to date...

What program do you use for the black/white border?

Chitown B wrote:

mhill95149 wrote:My best version of the no-knead bread to date...

What program do you use for the black/white border?

http://www.pixelgenius.com/photokit/index.html

awesome thanks

Chitown B wrote:awesome thanks

I use photokit for the the soft black edge and do the rest in a photoshop droplet (action)
that adds the extra canvas and then the drop shadow.