I got it! Starting February first, I am the new Chef at Golestan Kids. From their 'about' page: "We know that our children are our future, and as such we must help them become well-informed, compassionate, and multilingual citizens with integrity … [Continue reading]
The Practical Interview…
So, I've been interviewing for jobs, there's one in particular that's progressed nicely. It's a part-time Chef's position for a small private Persian language school. My first interview with them lasted for two hours and it included talking about … [Continue reading]
Playing With Web Things
Yes, I know, I've been failing to write, it happens. Right now my time is consumed with finding work, and working on recipes which won't get posted here, but will be used in my business plan. That's right, business plan! I've had an idea for a … [Continue reading]
Bleargh…
So much going on, no time to write. Seems to be the way life has become. There's also this little side-project to get me to move to Squarespace, which has me not wanting to play in Wordpress. So what's going on? I finished culinary school. I'm … [Continue reading]
Braised Short Rib Tomato Sauce With Homemade Pasta

This took 3 evenings to make. 1 to braise the ribs, 1 to make the sauce and 1 to make the pasta and put it all together. The short ribs were first seared, then braised in mirepoix, wine, stock, salt, and pepper for three hours. The liquid was saved … [Continue reading]
Mark Zuckerberg is NOT a douche bag…
He's a cunt. Zuckerberg Speaks! New Privacy Settings Coming to Facebook (But no Rollbacks) … [Continue reading]
I only wish I’d thought to make corn bread.

I made oven roasted (seared, then braised, then roasted) bbq pork ribs, the bbq flavor is all in the sauce. Served with roasted potatoes and carrots, and a nice roll oven toasted and buttered. … [Continue reading]
New Song
"I've been waiting for so long To come here now and sing this song..." This morning my buddy @mikeypod shared this video on Facebook. It took me back, watching the video, and for some reason it made the lyrics stand out once again for me, the way … [Continue reading]