Cheesecake Squares
Cheesecake squares, no crust or topping Recipe is in this photo. Simple, quick–sour cream and milk add weight to airy cheesecake Squares cut in 3 oz portions, placed in individual plastic wrappers more…
Crispy rosemary chicken
Crispy chicken with cilantro, roasted tomatoes, pickled vegetables, and fresh sour cream. more…
Salmon, crostini, ribeye
Ribeye, rosemary crostini, smoked salmon, arugula salad, and seared ribeye. nice plating cherry tomatoes, rosemary butter, arugula, mozzarella, baguette more…
Pecan Galette Recipe
Here is a pecan galette, forcibly imagined due to a lack of pie tins. Times of need begets creative strides. I rolled some tin foil to hold the flat pie crust in a pie-like shape on parchment paper. Foil doubles as structural support and conductor to impart some texture on the outer edges of the […] more…
Nutterhub
Nut cookies are oddballs; no one agrees on the best way to make them so we see all sorts of crazy–flourless, eggless, butterless (god forbid), or crunchy ones. After weeks of tests and force-feeding our roommates the prototypes, we’ve created a soft, sophisticated peanut cookie. more…
Big Chocolate
Chocolate. c.1600, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) xocolatl, possibly from xocolia “to make bitter” + atl “water.” We’re ok with all that–we just made a bigger version. Chocolate cookie with chocolate chips. more…
Raisin Oatmeal
What if a cookie dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a cookie aspired to something greater? Tthis cookie transcends its oatmeal raisin brethren to become something more. more…
BFC
The Classic. Choco Chip. It has many names and shapes, but remains the most famous cookie of them all. Ours is crisp on the edges and chewy on the inside. It’s also huge. We call it the Big F——– Cookie. more…
Snickerdaddy & Sugarmama
Hush, little snickerdoodle, don’t say a word Daddy’s gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won’t sing, Daddy’s gonna buy you a diamond ring This mama so big, she had a butterhub cookie named after her. more…
Crispy Salmon
Chum salmon from Dekalb Farmer’s market Crispy skin, on a bed of carmelized onions. more…
Fruit Tart
The canvas The closeup The whole shebang more…
Kale chips
“If I only had to eat one vegetable, which would it be?” ~meat lovers everywhere Kale chips with kosher salt and cracked peppercorns Crunchy 2nd vegetable tag on this site more…
Cheese-cupcakes
Pumpkin shaped single-serve cheesecake. Caramelized cookie crust. Airy custard Packs of 2 and 3 more…
White cake balls coated in cocoa
White cake coated in cocoa Part of an indulgent breakfast more…
Egg Tart
The pastry known by white people as Hong Kong egg tart and by the Chinese as Portuguese egg tart. My version’s a little different. Served by white and Chinese alike in mini-pie tins. Not me. I like corners. And crust made of brazil nuts and hazelnuts. It’s better. Flan wishes it were this smooth. Smooth […] more…
Olive Oil Pound Cake
This cake has no butter. What is butterhub. more…
Layered Cakes
Threw together a few cakes for friends’ birthdays. Here are some highlights. “This cake is like disney princesses on cocaine.” “This is better than the cake at my cousin’s wedding.” “Is that a cake or a brick.” “I’m getting a workout carrying this thing.” more…
Sweet Potato Squares
Sweet potato custard on oatmeal pie crust and nutty topping. Topping is akin to cookie crumble. Pie crust has oats so I argue it’s healthy. more…
Hazelnut white chocolate souffle
White chocolate to accompany the previous dark chocolate souffle. Ground hazelnuts folded into the batter. more…
Matcha fudge with ganache
Matcha green tea and white chocolate fudge topped with dark chocolate ganache. Stacked for layers. I shared these with some guys I play ball with. more…
Chocolate Souffle
Standard macronnage with whipped egg whites and dark chocolate Here is the macronnage result. Still fluffy. In cupcake pan because I have no ramekins. Beautiful. Aww it’s deflating… more…
Lucky Pig Dinner
Full course meal at the Monterrosa’s, inspired by Solbar’s “Lucky Pig” Crepes, artisan lettuce, slow-roasted pork shoulder (salt, pepper, worchestershire, stock) Condiments: soy-peanut vinaigrette, picked-habanero guacamole, chipotle-horseradish, spicy peanuts more…
Cheesecake with berry compote
Dessert to the Butterhub dinner. Airy cheesecake–crust is melted chocolate and cookie crumble. Having fun. more…
Momofuku Birthday Cake
It starts with homemade buttermilk Then the dry team Signature Momofuku batter Sprinkle cake baked. Cake layer disks are cut Cookie “crumble” is assembled And baked. Frosting layer is whipped. Assembly begins! Size comparison featuring my face. more…
Brisket
Meat. Simple as that. Cameo by pickled garlic. Salt, cracked peppercorns, and garlic. Super tender. more…
Pinwheel
Started with a simple egg cake. Rolled it up like a swiss roll with some strawberry preserves.Kind of cool looking. more…
Pumpkin Pound Cake
Made this pound cake recipe to use up a half can of condensed milk, cake flour, and pumpkin. And it’s so much better tasting than I’d expected. An end to the 12 lbs of pumpkin I carved out of my Halloween Jack O’ Lantern. more…
Rustic banana bread
When one finds himself with an excess of overripe bananas. more…
Macaron shells and truffels
Also featuring my trusty knife and mini-oven. more…
Manila clams
Clams cooked in seafood broth and shredded fish. more…
Cream puffs with chocolate sauce
Choux pastry cut in halves, filled with cream whipped with icing sugar, and topped with dark chocolate sauce. more…
Paleo granola
Is it paleo? I don’t know. I ground oat flour and made granola bars with it. more…
Biscotti tiramisu
Tiramisu made from biscotti di Prato, the twice-baked Italian cookie. Shaving chocolate took so much longer than it should have. more…
Baklava
Walnut pistachio baklava made with local raw honey (Norcal). more…
Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry strudel
Braided strudel filled with berries. (Just) Beats reaching for a pop-tart. more…
Apple pies
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Stuffed wild salmon
Wild Atlantic salmon stuffed with ricotta and herbs topped with a puree of picked artichokes, roasted garlic, and olive oil served with a sweet tomato-cream sauce. I was bored. more…
Brownies
Dense chocolate brownies. One part flour, 6 parts cocoa. more…
Shepherd’s Pie
Whipped potatoes atop minced lamb, peas, corn, and carrot stew. In a mug. more…
Spanakopita
Spanakopita filled with ricotta, Parmesan, Romano, and spinach. Because I had leftover ricotta. more…