Chef John Kinsella, RIP

Chef John Kinsella, RIP

I’ve lost two of my most significant Chef-mentors in the last 7 months. Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel in December 2022, and Chef John Kinsella, CMC earlier this week. Chef Kinsella was the force that shaped me from a newbie into a culinarian. His stern-but-mean-but-compassionate-and-angry leadership…

Introducing Toast & Truffle!

Introducing Toast & Truffle!

Wendy & I have added two new inmates to the asylum. Meet Toast and Truffle! They’re litter-mates and were born May 28, 2023 or thereabouts. Toast is the Siamiese-looking male, and Truffle is the female void-cat. My friend Abby helped come up with Toast’s name…

A Long Overdue Update

A Long Overdue Update

It has been a really long time since I updated this site. But, even though it has appeared quiet on here, it has been anything but quiet in our lives. In one of my most recent posts, I indicated that Wendy & I had gone…