A friend (Bruce) asked me one day to design a five spice blend for a piece of music he wanted to write. Not Chinese five spice, but a completely different blend. The idea was that I would also assign an instrument to a particular spice. Well, it sounded like fun, and I though about it for a while. I decided to call it BK five spice (the friends initials who commissioned it) and it ended up as tarragon, basil, fennel seed, rosemary and lavender. It’s a nice light pleasant blend that works well on lighter meats, especially whitefish and is enhanced nicely by lemon juice.
Stories
JelloThon!
Long long ago, I was invited to a yearly event by a friend where 10 or 20 people got together and had to come up with dishes made with gelatin, agar, pectin . There were the 50’s abominations of fruit or veggies (like green peas! yucch!) jiggling in a green, pink, or orange mold, some fun little lemon things that looked like baby lemons, and then to lube up the mood, LOTS of jello shots of various flavors.
The Small Plates Dialogues
In 2014, I was asked to cook for a “Dinner with Craig Childs”, a local writer and adventurer. After reading a few chapters of various works and being drawn into them in a powerful way I decided to ‘Illustrate’ the books with food!