New definition of afternoon delight

Making French fries for you family in the middle of the day:

Local kinnebec potatoes the size of my kids head sliced into perfect 3/8" fries
tossed in a steel pan with some olive oil til they are golden.

toss with your wife's secret gomasio.

serve with 1/2C soy, 1/2 C heinz dash of hot sauce stirred well.

and mayo.

this says "I Love You" louder than any words.

have a great day today.

apple sauce

great tip when making apple sauce:

making applesauce is a time-honored recipe-less activity that involves alot of apples, kids, adults, and stirring.

And oh yeah, a whole bunch of apple peels and cores.

Do not, I repeat DO NOT throw these away.

No, I did'nt batter and fry them. I simply covered them in water and gently simmered them for about an hour. Then I let the whole thing steep (very important ) overnight in my fridge. Strain into a highball glass, add your favorite bourbon, throw some ice and a lemon in there and you are stylin.

I call it the "johnny appleseed".

Cheers!

New sandwich:

Bacon, egg and cheese on a seeded roll with a buffalo cheeseburger and grilled onions.

Did'nt even need ketchup.

Love that organic local bison. wowee.

And that was breakfast.

The summer here in the catskills is continually showing me these days that nature, like a chef, should and always will out do itself. There are times when I look out the back door and see the haze in the air full of lucious twilight, dragonflies, and birds of every imaginable type swirling like dancers to an eternal beat...or is that just the DJ Tiesto talking? I am truly a blessed person to be able to practice my craft surrounded by unimaginable greatness. See you in the mountains...

Blessings

Hoping everyone had as great of a may day weekend as I did.
Growth, reckless abandon, youth, and the passage of time.
Take a picnic as soon as you can. Kepp doing this.\
Stop cooking food, and just eat it for a while.
Remember This when you start cooking again...
With Love,

Chef David

The sun has come

With today being the eve of earth day, I have begun to see so many advertisements for "green" living, eco-freindly, and organic lifestyle products in all the papers and periodicals here, even in the mountain region. It makes me smile, because people up here have always been living this way, in harmony with the earth, for generations, Thats what brought my family here, and why I continue to live, work, and raise my family here. Although the winter is hard, the spring brings a promise of something new to all of us, and perhaps something green to eat (or red or yellow).
As a chef, nothing brings me more joy than a farm stand. I can feel the energy within each piece of produce, the seeding, the growing, the harvest, the transport, the exchange, and finally, I add my piece to the story with a little olive oil, basil, garlic and sea salt and cracked black pepper. If I could get anything to the president right now, it would be these cooking items. With them, we could all get a little closer to some "green" living. To me, the true green revolution is about change. And as we can see all around us, especially now, this takes time and patience, the very parts of the balence that we are now seeking to replace. So stop reading this, and go plant something somewhere. Today is the day to excercise the act of creation. Then do it again....

Easter Bunnies...

The best thing to do on the monday morning after easter sunday is to bite the head off a chocolate bunny. It's my favorite part, I have to say, after years of devilish chocolate indulgences.