August 26th, 2008 | Culinary, Outdoor Pursuits, Uncategorized
Today I had the McInerney/Hearst family out for a snorkel/fishing trip. I turned out to be a beautiful and productive day on the water. The Mutton Snappers were biting good as usual, and even the always available Yellowtails were in force also. After we got enough fish for dinner, we hopped in for a snorkel. [...]
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August 26th, 2008 | Culinary, Outdoor Pursuits
Today was a long day of fishing and snorkeling. It was hot, but the fishing was hotter and jumping in the crystal clear waters here afterward was just the ticket. Had Allyson Vistica and her friends this morning for a fishing/snorkel trip. We just wanted to catch enough fish for dinner and then hop in [...]
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August 18th, 2008 | Culinary
The Anderson’s certainly shared in my reverence with the tasting of truffled morsels we did for dinner for them last night! Top it off with Foie Gras stuffed Partridge and wow. I was even been tempted to slice some over some vanilla ice cream, yum…..
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August 14th, 2008 | Culinary
So I just wanted to share with everyone our recent cooking classes we have hosted with the Morrill and Elfman families. Back in the end of June, Caroline Morrill approached me and asked if it would be all right for Kayleigh to cook a recipe she had been eying on the Food Network for dinner. [...]
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August 14th, 2008 | Culinary
So recently I have been playing around a bit with hydrocolloids. For any of you who are not aware of this noveau culinary term: they are basically a group of naturally derived ingredients that allow a chef to “play” with his food. Califlower “eggs”, Bacon fat candy, foie gras taffy, the list is endless of [...]
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July 10th, 2008 | Culinary
Foie Gras Beignets
Tuna “wraps”
New menu!!! Scallops and Truffles Like PB & J
MMMMM Truffles…..
Malaysian Prawn curry
So the menu book is finally finished. Every recipe tasted, tried and true. Took a wee bit of time and a few bumps in the road but we think its beautiful. And we got some killer photographs in the process. I [...]
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July 8th, 2008 | Culinary
Otis Arthur Jr. gathering dried conch
Mrs. Stacia Arthur and her grand children
So I spent my July 4th weekend exploring the culture and food of some of the other local islands. Grits and dried conch from North Caicos, the unbelievable hospitality of the families of Middle Caicos. It was a wonderful trip. Up until now [...]
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June 11th, 2008 | Culinary
So yesterday, around 12:30pm, we get a call in from Capt. John.
“We got some Tuna! Two yellowfin, a black fin and a King mackeral!”
Now, I haven’t really had the chance to work with fresh tuna in a while (wahoo is an excellent substitute in times of tuna off season) so my brain starts humming.
Yellowfin Sashimi [...]
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