I, personally hadn’t made adobo for probably over 15 years. My mom actually cooked it at least once a week when I was growing up…

…this roll smothered in sauce and spicy tuna has lost its appeal after the second piece…

I have been craving beef for several days now and decided that I was going to have Steak Diane, but with a Ribeye steak instead…

Testing the Sous Vide Supreme was a joy. Over all, was it worth the 4 hour wait for chops? Was the sous vide chop better than the pan-seared one? I think the sous vide chop…

We had an early Holiday Dinner with my parents and my sister’s families. A little traditional Thanksgiving food mixed in with some Lumpia, oh and there was a bowl of rice there too! Haha…

The Kogi Korean BBQ Taco Truck will be making their South Orange County debut this Friday with a visit to Rocks Bar in Laguna Niguel. If you have never been to the Kogi truck, now is your chance! The truck being dispatched is Naranja.

It might not be much, but this is my first meal since I touched ground at National Airport. I’m still on West Coast time but it’s after 1am here in DC.

Come visit the newest Sur La Table at South Coast Plaza. Come and explore this kitchen playground where the Art and Soul of Cooking is all around you from cookware to linens to knowledgeable sales associates who will help you in your culinary journey.

There was a dish that I recall growing up. My mom would make it now and then and it was perfect with fresh steamed rice (what isn’t perfect with fresh steamed rice?) It is made with a squash called a Chayote or Mirlitons as I would find out later…

Celebrating 50 years, Round Table Pizza is offering a medium one-topping pizza for only 50 cents when they purchase a large or extra-large specialty pizza at menu price

Who doesn’t love the Los Angeles Farmers Market at Fairfax and Third??? It has been around since 1934 and they are celebrating their 75th Anniversary.

The Kogi BBQ Taco truck will be making rounds in North Orange County this week. If you don’t already know about them, the Kogi BBQ Truck is Korean BBQ fused with portability, Taco/Burrito style.

From looks of the poster in the window at the closed Thai Spice Restaurant in Lake Forest, a new cupcake place is coming to the OC.

I recently gave some advice to a co-worker about how I like to cook a filet mignon. When he came back to me the next morning he told me that his filet was a bit tough and that his meat really stuck to the pan…

Well last night my nieces wanted to make Easter eggs for today. So they went out to CVS and bought a couple of those PAAS Coloring Kits along with some inked-stamps and painting kits.

TEQUILA is an aficionados guide with 60+ recipes for both cocktails and food! One of the cocktails Joanne Weir created is the Surly Temple, which the media is going crazy over…

Apparently, the Hilton at Polaris doesn’t. This totally sucks in that I’m missing the crucial episode that will determine the Top 4 on Top Chef. I’m also missing an episode that has Jacques Pépin and Wylie Dufresne…

Someone recently started following me on Twitter, EvilCrunch. Curious about who this was I went to their Twitter profile and find that it’s a new snack mix that currently comes in four flavors, Original Caramel, Swiss Orange Crunch, S’mores Crunch and Key Lime Crunch…

My IT colleagues and I decided to check it out and the line wrapped around the building! The parking lot at this location at Alicia Parkway and the 5 Fwy was packed and lines of cars in the aisles. I have never seen the parking lot filled before, its a pretty dead shopping center…

Continuing on my Sunday quest for places that use sustainable food sources or that are organic in nature, my next stop was Mäni’s on Fairfax. Mäni’s is a bakery and a restaurant located on Fairfax between 3rd and 6th near The Grove and the LA Farmers’ Market. Mäni’s bakery features items free of additives, preservatives, hormones and artificial sweeteners…

Well it turns out I will be traveling to Columbus, OH in the near future for work (the computer geek side of me) and want to get some suggestions on where to eat in Columbus…

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has released their Luncheon Menu for the January 20th Inaugural Event in Washington DC. In addition, they have also released the recipes…

So the Orange County Board of Supervisors again rejected a plan to implement an ABC rating system for OC’s restaurants…

Stud Muffins: Luscious, Delectable, Yummy (and Good Muffin Recipes, Too!) hit the bookshelves recently and they were on this morning’s KTLA Morning News. There were about 6 hot “studs” there to demo how to make the 50 great muffin recipes in the book.

As you may remember from my previous blog post: Mother’s Cookies Are No More, the company that owned Mother’s Cookies filed for bankruptcy and closed up. Well turns out that Kellogg’s based in Battlecreek, MI is coming to the rescue and will be selling Mother’s cookies…

Epicurious.com, the premier website for all things food – in accordance with Gourmet, Bon Appetit and the CondeNast network, have released their predictions for Trends in Food in 2009…

Copia, The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts has filed for bankruptcy. While in Chapter 11, the Napa Valley food and wine museum, will come up with a plan to restructure itself. The center plans to reopen soon and focus on profitability…

Remember in Mid-October I told you that Sweet Lorraine’s, that cupcake shop in the Irvine Spectrum, had closed up? Well a new cupcake place will be taking its place, but there’s a kicker…

While I was getting ready for work this morning, I was watching KTLA’s Morning News. Gayle Anderson, their normal “on-the-scene reporter” was out so they had Ally subbing for her. This morning Ally was dressed in a chef’s jacket and cap and sporting a knife case over her left shoulder. I turned up the volume and she was at the new Sushi Institute of America’s classroom…

I was cleaning up the photo directory on my website when I came across a picture of me graduating from cooking school. When I was attending the Professional Culinary Program at The New School of Cooking, I had the very good fortune of having Carol Cotner Thompson as my teacher/mentor.
Since day one, I was mesmerized. Carol has been an instructor as The New School of Cooking for the last 8+ years. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, she has been a food stylist, …

Well tonight was July’s Foodie night out. My friends Tim and Brooke pick a moderately priced restaurant once a month and we treat ourselves to some great food, wine and dessert. This month, a group of fine restaurants around South Coast Plaza are running a 4 course meal for $40 – a steal for the price. We initally had picked Charlie Palmer’s new restaurant, but decided to try Savannah’s instead. Here is the initial menu. You’ll notice that there are only 3 courses listed. The real first course is an Amuse Boush that is selected by the Executive Chef…

Starbucks released the closure list. I looked up DC to see if they were closing the 4 or 5 of the Starbucks all located with a few blocks of each other in Dupont Circle.
Oddly, they are only closing 1 location in the District of Columbia and its the store at 21st and L.
Clicking over to California, they are at least closing 4 Starbucks that are near me at Lake Forest and Muirlands another at Oso Parkway and 2 in Tustin.
Back in my old state of …

I was reading some food sites and came across a section of CHOW.com called “You’re Doing It Wrong”. The segments highlight common mistakes cooks make when making their favorite foods. There was a segment on cooking Bacon. The host of the video, Scott Vermiere says to cook your bacon in a pan with LOW heat and to flip often.
What do I say?!?!? IMHO….he’s WRONG too!
If you want great bacon that hasn’t shrunken down to shriveled pieces of oink, use your oven. When I was …

So today my friend Tim and I went to lunch.

We decided to head up to The District in Tustin to see what we could find there. On the drive up, Tim and I talked about our weekends. He had some fun whereas I took it easy.

We made it to The District and decided to go to Whole Foods. Tim and I are giving each other 8 weeks to better ourselves by making better food choices and engaging in exercise. We both decided to hit the salad bar…

I know….I know…. I shouldn’t be eating bacon but a friend of mine told me of the story of these Los Angeles street vendors that sell these bacon-wrapped hotdogs served with onions and peppers.

I think I need to head up to Hollywood soon…