Playing With My Food ~
A journal about food, thought, travel, and life; by Chef & Raconteur Chaz French.

Murder on a Sunday Afternoon

My hands are Murder Red. The results will be eaten. Salad of roasted beets, lemon zest, parsley oil, & crumbled chevre, currently being made. Tweet

Self revelation

Today, for the first time in my life, when faced with the question “Why do you want to work here?” I had an easy answer several paragraphs long, and could have gone on longer. That felt good. Tweet

Citrus & Spice Bread Pudding

Hate away, bitches, hate away… Recipe will come when it’s perfected, for now you can drool. Tweet

Hello New Year…

Just a quick recap. January 2009 (well, yes, that WAS me on the left, and that’s @PhilCampbell on the right). Photo by @rojopelo January 2010 53 pounds lighter.   Still have a few to go, and more ink to add. Yea, I know, you probably didn’t want to see me shirtless, you’ll get over it.  I […]

When Friends Do Awesome Things….

You should brag about them.  GO JEFFREY!!!! PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: Misha Houser 714.317.8122 misha@restoreequality2010.com September 14, 2009 California – Restore Equality 2010’s Interim Administrative Group (IAG), proudly announces that Cole Valley, San Francisco resident Jeffrey Taylor has joined the IAG. Taylor’s background in advertising, technology, and new media is expected to enhance the outreach […]

In the Words of Senator Ted Kennedy…

“No member of the LGBT community should be terrified to walk down the street for fear of hateful violence. Hate crimes perpetrators must not be allowed to place our communities in fear.” (Statement on Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 2009) “Hate crimes are a form of domestic terrorism. They send the poisonous message that […]

My Mendocino Vacation – Narrated by @PreppyDude

When Manly Men Love Men… Tweet

Summer Tomato Sauce

Here’s a delicious, quick and easy summer tomato sauce. Goes great with freshly made fettuccine. Serves 2-3 with garlic bread for a complete meal. Ingredients: 12 ounces heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved. 2 cloves of garlic, minced. 1/2 medium shallot, minced 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter 2 to 2 1/2 ounces […]

Things I’m working on…

So a week ago I decided to make a chocolate sorbet from my Ultimate Ice Cream cookbook, while it was being made I decide to add a significant amount of heavy cream, and the result was what I can only call “Chocolate Perfection” I need to make it again to write everything down so I […]

Heroes

From 2003-2005  I worked at a large corporate insurance broker, the kind of place that slowly kills your soul if you don’t have something else to focus on.  My focus was on cooking (big surprise), I cooked and watched FoodTV at night, read every online food article I could, and eventually, started hosting a weekly […]