posted by Dave Arnold Don’t get mad. Everyone I know makes an heirloom tomato salad; but heirloom tomato salad irritates me. A tomato isn’t delicious because it is an old variety or because it comes from a farmer’s market. A tomato is delicious if it tastes good. Many heirloom varieties aren’t very good. It is […]
posted by Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez (Hey, what is this SkÃ¥l Project anyway?) This week we had our biggest Skoal ever: the audience at our Star Chef’s Demo. Click on the photo caption for a bigger version. Check out the errors our panorama program created. There are some doubles, some ghosts, a dude wiping his own face […]
posted by Nastassia Lopez (photos courtesy of John M. Sconzo) Dave and Nils brought down the Star Chef’s house with the final demo of the International Chef’s Conference: High-Tech Delicious.  The Mokume-Gane Dish They started the demo off with a mokume-gane of lamb and yellowfin tuna. After molding together the two proteins with meat glue, Dave […]
Yesterday, foodies and culinary buffs alike spent their Sunday morning worshipping the artistry and capabilities of the rotovap, the centrifuge and the vacuum at Dave and Nils’ Star Chefs Workshop. In lieu of coffee they started the audience off with a shot of Beef and Heirloom Tomato Vodka that Dave distilled the day before. Nils seared  Tuna Sinew […]
Dave and Nils will be holding a demo chef’s demo next Tuesday, September 22nd at 5:30pm as part of this year’s Star Chefs International Chef’s Congress. They will Ike Jime a live black sea bass, fuse yellowtail and lamb through Mokume Gane, play around with the centrifuge and rotovap, and Skoal the entire audience. You […]
