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

The Dimensional Rift of 1/10/16 ten years later

Today marks a decade since the dimensional rift occurred and tore time space apart throwing our reality into a new timeline and this fucking hellscape we have been living through. Today is 10 years since Bowie died and reality tore itself asunder at the loss. This isn’t just a joke, this is reality, this is […]

A Reawakening; A Resurrection; A New Chapter; New Stories, Recipes, Gardening, All served up with sides of wit and humility.

So here we are, coming up on a new year, I’ve been through a lot the last few years spinal fusion surgery, complications that led to more surgeries, a hernia clots, embolisms, dying for a few seconds, being diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm, Fracturing my right arm at the shoulder connection, and 6 months later […]

The Two Chaz Frenches Problem: A Preliminary Report on a Bifurcated Identity System Exhibiting Non‑Linear Sociocultural Instability

Institute for Applied Multiversal Studies, Department of Accidental Duplication Events Abstract In 19XX–20XX (exact date unknown due to temporal drift), the universe experienced a catastrophic clerical malfunction resulting in the spontaneous generation of two distinct yet entangled entities named “Chaz French.” This paper examines the resulting sociocultural turbulence, digital territorial disputes, and the catastrophically insulting […]

Poulet Violette

Yes, that translates to purple chicken. What is it? It’s a variation of Coq au Vin. This one however is made with Beaujolais Nouveau instead of your standard Burgundy. It is also not a ‘quick cooking’ version that you may see all over the Internet. This version is based on a traditional Coq au Vin, […]

Dinner In 20 Minutes – A Primer

Yes it can be done, a healthy fresh meal from start to finish in 20 minutes. Some things will require you to think ahead and do some prep on the weekends when you have more time, things like making a batch of rice for side dishes, parboiling pasta, making tomato sauce,

Humble Pie meet the Turd Cheesecake

The other day I had what can only be described as an EPIC Baking FAIL. That’s okay with me, they happen to all of us, at some point or another we do something and it just doesn’t work. Mine was 2 fold, and both can be learning experiences for me, and since I have this […]

And now the real work begins

We hoped, but behind that hope was work. We voted for Change, and change requires work. America

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My Mendocino Vacation – Narrated by @PreppyDude

These beeps, bloops, sqwaks, growls and syncopated rhythms can mean only one thing…

OH HELLZ YEAH! Phil, Susan, & Joanne are back with their first new album since 2001’s “Secrets.”