Buffet for the Carb-Conscious

This weekend we did a super fun Post-Thanksgiving Par-tay for the Carb-Conscious Featuring:

Lettuce Wrap Bar

Duck Confit with Sweet and Sour Cippolinni Onions, Roasted Fall Vegetables, and Saffron Chicken Salad

Vegetable Buffet

Sweet Potato Mash with Black Eyed Peas and Apple Compote

Roasted Pepper Soup with Mint Salsa Verde

Meat Buffet

Rib Cap Steak, Whole Roasted Sea Bass, Grilled Jidori Chicken

Dessert

Carmelized Bananna Trifle with Flourless Chocolate Cake and Creme Fraiche

Cultivate LA

Matt and I were so very honored to be invited to be a part of Cultivate LA.

We handed out various Lasagna Cupcakes and got to meet luminaries like Jimmy from Loteria Grill (Can you say Deshebrada?????), Eric Greenspan of The Foundry (love him!!), Mark Peel of Campanile,

and Ann Gentry of Real Food Daily (long time fan right here). We had ourselves a FABULOUS time and helped support an amazing cause at the same time. Goooooooood Night!

Elizabeth's Birthday Bash

You Say It's Your Birthday???!!!!!!!!

Why YES! It's our sweet Elizabeth's Birthday of Cake Monkey and we had ourselves a Swing-Ding BASH!!!

Yum! YUM! YUMMO!!!!!

Whole Roasted Pig and Liocco Wines

Silverlake Wine Tasting this Sunday November 22 at Silverlake Wine!!!

Whole Roasted Pig in the house with Liocco Wines!!!

3pm

Four Courses of Food

Five Courses of Wine

Twenty Bucks

Reservations are a must: 323 662 9024

Cutting up Chicken

Matt teaching our friend Jesse how to cut up a whole chicken....

A skill everyone should have.

*WHY?*

*It's cheaper to buy a whole chicken

*You can use the bones for a stock to have on hand

*Chicken breasts cooked with the bone in retain much more flavor

*You know that all your chicken parts come from one animal

*And there is less processing involved

*A whole chicken stores longer in the refrigerator because it has less exposure to air

*It's impressive for people to watch your hand skills

Look here to see how to cook that bird.

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This cat loooves raw chicken! He will attack your fingers before you wash them and lick knives to get some of your uncooked poultry. No Kitty Kibble for This Guy!!