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

Baked Sundays: Recipe Development Hell

So I made these fabulous gluten-free cheese shortbread crackers to write about today and I've misplaced my notes on the procedure, so I have to go make them again before I can share it.  (Or find my notes).   C   … [Continue reading]

Baked Sundays: Cranberry Sunflower Bread

Cranberry Sunflower Loaf

This is the bread that the kids (and adults) at school love the most. It's dense and moist with a seriously crunchy crust. The recipe makes two family sized loaves of bread. Goes great with a soup or stew, or spread with sunflower butter and jam, or … [Continue reading]

Baked Sundays: Crackers!

Gluten Free Seeded Multigrain Crackers

These are damn tasty crackers! Crunchy, flavorful, healthy and awesome!  I'd been wanting to experiment with crackers for the kids at school, but wanted them to be really healthy, I remembered a recipe we made in culinary school for some "Oatmeal … [Continue reading]

Rethinking Old Ways: Hard Boiled Eggs

Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

For years I've used the "Julia Child Method" for making hard boiled eggs, and while it works most of the time, the times it fails and I end up with those heinous green rings, gritty texture and sulfurous odors, tended to be the times when I was … [Continue reading]

Sunday Breakfast, Mexican Style.

Pork & Egg Tacos

I had an awesome breakfast today! What you're looking at is carne marinated pork sauteed with kale, leek, and mushroom, alongside some scrambled eggs with a bit of Tapatio hotsauce, over La Mexicana soft corn tortillas.  I've been told repeatedly … [Continue reading]

I’m Calling Fashion Shenanigans!

That's right, I said Shenanigans!!! This article in the Seattle Pi Finally! Seattle called a ‘fashionable city’ called mt attention to a fraud, the poll by "Bundle"  The most and least fashionable cities in America. In their cities listing they … [Continue reading]

Eating Well: Red Russian Kale Frittata

Kale Frittata 1

Russian Kale Frittata (Quick note: I don't use non-stick cookware, so frittatas take a bit more oil, I've noted where you can leave out 2tbsp if using non-stick). Rinse your kale well, the cut off the tough end bits of the stem, then finely … [Continue reading]

Eating Well: Bok Choy Blossoms & Tortellini

Bok Choy Blossoms & Tortellini

Great, super fast meal using store-bough fresh tortellini, the last of my farmer's market finds from last week, along with a tasty easy sauce of butter and goat cheese.  You're done in minutes.  Boiling the water will take the longest. Bok Choy … [Continue reading]

Baked Sundays: Brown Butter Shortbread With Saffron

Brown Butter Shortbread

I am in fact, slightly evil.  To make it worse, I didn't just make an addictive brown butter shortbread, I added saffron as a mood enhancer. Brown Butter Shortbread With Saffron Yeild: 64 2" x o.5" baton cookies  Time: 40 minutes, plus 8 hours … [Continue reading]

Eating Well: Tuna Radicchio Salad

Tuna & Radicchio Salad

So, "Eating Well For One On A Budget" is way too long to put in most post titles, and EWFOOAB is an ugly shortening, so, we're just going to call the series "Eating Well" from here out so the dish name can be in the title too. First, yes this is a … [Continue reading]