Playing With My Food ~ An online journal about food, thought, travel, and life, by chef & internet raconteur Chaz French.
Welcome to a new series here on how to cook for one person on a tight budget. Over the course of the week I'll be posting what I make with all of this. $9.55 all organic, from the Berkeley Farmer's Market. Top: Bok Choi Blossoms $1.50 (I'd … [Continue reading]
Once upon a time a professor declared that I was a "Poetic Genius" .... Shortly after that I stopped writing. It's only been recently that I even tried to write poetry again, I'm feeling a bit rusty most certainly, but while my beloved Guru Ma Jaya … [Continue reading]
Oh, hi there! I hope you didn't think that Baked Sundays was all about cakes, cookies and sweet decadence. It's most certainly also about savory decadence! What you're looking at is a lasagna made with a buttermilk bechamel, layers of baby … [Continue reading]
I can hear her screaming, shrieking wildly with joy and abundance, it's the scream she would let out whenever one of her Queens arrived late, trying to slink in unnoticed, and then in her thick Brooklyn accent, she'd flatly state: "You're … [Continue reading]
A few photos from my weekend at Syd & Ken's fabulous Mendocino hideaway. … [Continue reading]
This weekend I was away visiting my friends in Mendocino, pics from that to come. While i was staying with Sydnee & Ken I got to watch as Ken made this recipe. It's strangely fascinating to watch someone else make something from my … [Continue reading]
Spring Break for the kids at school and the adults that work there too. I'm in a sacred place far from the likes of partying spring breakers and girls 'gone wild' a spot in the 'Emerald Triangle' of California full of aging hippies, bikers, … [Continue reading]
I really have to apologize for going all 'Food Porn" on my Baked Sundays posts, but here we are with another experiment that is almost perfect, but I need to verify the recipe works one more time before sharing it. My goal today was simple, bake … [Continue reading]
Hola! So while I will be baking on Sunday, the site will be undergoing some background maintenance and I won't be able to post tomorrow's baking until Monday. And yes, I said a little early up top because, I have for you test 2 and 3 of the … [Continue reading]
No, I am not going "Gluten-Free" or "GF" it ain't happening. But I have friends with gluten issues from confirmed celiac, to people who just feeling better without gluten, so I've decided to see what's involved in faking gluten. So far what's … [Continue reading]
