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

I just felt the need to share this…

From RichardDawkins.net Tweet

TD Bank’s unfortunate sign of the times.

“CON” TD Bank in Brooklyn Heights, NY. Taken Feb 16, 2009 Tweet

Auspicious Beginnings

On the first of January 2009 I found myself searching an external hard drive trying to find a photo, at first I couldn’t find the folder and was starting to panic, after a bit of digging I found the folder but not the photo… While searching through this folder I found another, one that had […]

Happy New Year

I’m not one for making resolutions, in fact I’ve only ever kept one, the one where I resolved to never make another New Year’s Resolution (ha ha ha, no I’m serious, it’s been about 15 years). That doesn’t mean I’m not interested in change or planning. 2009 is about change for me. I’ve been planning […]

It’s written in the sand…

Happy Thanksgiving to EVERYONE! Today I did a SCUBA dive, I swam with fishes, I chased a pufferfish trying to get it to blow up, I saw a 4ft Moray Eel, its mouth opened wide, I saw thousands upon thousands of tropical fish, I walked a beach, I saw a gorgeous sunset, I called my […]

Music on the beach

Hola Amigos! Tweet

I’m not one to gloat but…

Maybe just for tonight… I’m too emotional to put up my thoughts about this historic event and what I feel is needed next, so for tonight all I can manage is “SUCK IT NEOCONS!” (I don’t know where the photo comes from to give credit, if anyone does please let me know so I may […]

Blog Action Day Post – Poverty

I lived in Los Angeles from 1987 until 2002, for much of that time I was involved with a group called “Under The Bridges And On The Streets” their mission was and is to bring food to the homeless where they live. It went like this, one Saturday a month a group of us would […]

Pistachio & Chorizo Cake

Recently David Lebovitz posted a version of this recipe that he adapted from Chocolate & Zucchini. I have to say this is an excellent savory snack cake, perfect for afternoon nibbles, cocktail parties and picnics. I made it for a day with the family and put it out with cheeses and meats for everyone to […]

Saying Good-bye to Mother’s

Mother’s cookies has closed their doors and filed for bankruptcy protection. For those of us who spent any time on the west coast these cookies were a tradition. I’m not a fan of the frosted animal cookies. I LOVED the chocolate chip cookies, ever since moving back to the east coast I’ve missed them, I’ve […]