The New Cookvook! The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen on the Iphone and the Web
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Media related | 8 Comments »It's finally up! Late last spring I inked a deal with the Vook people to produce a breakaway "cookvook" -- a redo of the Breakaway Japanese Kitchen with video. Vook has garnered lots of press of late, so I'm really ...
Iron Chef — Sunday, August 30, 6pm and 9pm PST
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Media related | 16 Comments »An email came in this morning from the Iron Chef people, telling me that the long-awaited episode has been moved up! It will air, for sure, on Sunday, August 30, at 6pm and 9m west coast time, and 9 pm ...
Thoughts on Feeding Nine Billion People — A Terrific Discussion
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Posted in Media related, videos | 6 Comments »It's kind of staggering to imagine that the world's population is set to rise by 50 percent, to some nine billion people, by 2050. That's a big enough challenge for global agriculture, but add to that the fact that incomes ...
Finally — My Iron Chef Appearance
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Media related | 19 Comments »Just got an email from the folks at Iron Chef -- we finally have a date! September 20, I think at 8 pm, but I'll confirm as we get closer. A full 15 months after taping, but better late than ...
Help Obama Nominate a Real Secretary of Agriculture
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas, Media related | No Comments ».Breakaway cooks,Michael Pollan recently sent out a letter to his list, asking people to sign a letter urging Barack Obama to nominate an agriculture secretary committed to reform. Its goals are laudatory --to wake up to the harm done by ...
Breakaway Ideas at the Marin Farmers Market
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Media related | 5 Comments »For the past few weeks I've been involved with one of California's best farmers markets, the Marin Farmers Market held each Sunday at the Civic Center in San Rafael. I've been shopping there for years, and have long been impressed ...
Baked Persimmon Eggs
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Dishes, Media related | 9 Comments »Let me just say that I haven't woken up this happy in a very long time. After eight years of near-total darkness, an extra-strong beam of light is providing hope again. I feel like a plant that just got moved ...
Come Have Some Breakaway Fun at SieMatic’s Drop-Dead Gorgeous Showroom
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Media related | 3 Comments »If you're in the SF Bay area on Wednesday, October 22, please join me for an evening of fun, food, cooking, and design at the showroom anniversary event of SieMatic, designers and manufacturers of wildly innovative -- and drop-dead gorgeous ...
A Great Week of Local Cooking (and Eating)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas, Media related | 1 Comment »I had a blast cooking at the Marin County Fair. The Marin Farmers Market "paired" me with a different farmer or rancher each day for five days straight, and my job was to make an innovative dish out of whatever ...
Squash and Collard Soup with Homemade Beef Stock
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Admin, Cooking ideas, Interview, Media related | 4 Comments »The other day I roasted a huge batch of beef bones, since they came with my recent purchase of the amazing meat raised by Mike Gale at Chileno Valley ranch (four of us split an entire cow, yielding roughly 110 ...
