Amsterdam Is Embedded in My Neurons

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 106117 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2009/05/27/amsterdam-is-embedded-in-my-neurons/Amsterdam+Is+Embedded+in+My+Neurons2009-05-27+21%3A08%3A13Eric

  What could I possibly add to the world's paeans to the beauty and wonders of Amsterdam? The city's allure is almost violent; it grips you immediately and doesn't let go. It seems to force the recollection of some deep place within my brain ...

The Coop!

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 104315 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2009/05/13/the-coop/The+Coop%212009-05-13+23%3A48%3A47Eric

A whopping two days before leaving for Amsterdam, we finished the coop! "We" meaning 80 percent Delia, 20 percent Eric, with huge assists from Dave and Peter. The chix seem really happy. I'm loving just chucking cooking scraps and watching them ...

Let's Kill the Recipe: Baked Eggs, Breakaway Style

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 89118 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2009/05/12/lets-kill-the-recipe-baked-eggs-breakaway-style/Let%26%23039%3Bs+Kill+the+Recipe%3A+Baked+Eggs%2C+Breakaway+Style2009-05-12+16%3A13%3A48Eric

When I started writing this blog, I really didn't want it to be about recipes. There are twenty jillion recipes on the net for every conceivable dish. What I really wanted to convey, instead, were ideas and techniques, so that ...

Cooking with Monks

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1069 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2008/04/21/cooking-with-monks/Cooking+with+Monks2008-04-22+06%3A14%3A03Eric

I'm just back from a multi-day cooking workshop with the monks of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, in the Ventana Wilderness southeast of Carmel Valley. I was invited down again to help the monk-chefs who cook for the summer guest season ...

Fried Rice

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Dishes, Uncategorized | 546 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2008/04/16/fried-rice/Fried+Rice2008-04-16+21%3A56%3A02Eric

Leftover rice, how I love thee! I almost never tire of taking leftover rice and making something tasty with it. And because I know this about myself, when I make rice as part of dinner I tend to make a ...

Using Herbal Blasts in Your Cooking

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas, Uncategorized | 982 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2008/04/11/using-herbal-blasts-in-your-cooking/Using+Herbal+Blasts+in+Your+Cooking2008-04-11+16%3A49%3A50Eric

I always chuckle when I read a recipe that asks me to use some fraction of a teaspoon of an herb. My daily cooking (and my cookbooks) lean heavily on the prodigious use of fresh herbs, often measured by the ...

King Crab with Jicama, Avocado, and Dried Dragonfruit

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 513 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2008/03/27/king-crab-with-jicama-avocado-and-dried-dragonfruit/King+Crab+with+Jicama%2C+Avocado%2C+and+Dried+Dragonfruit2008-03-27+21%3A25%3A57Eric

I didn't go into Monterey Fish, looking for King crab, but as soon as I entered, Tom Worthington -- co-owner and raconteur extraordinaire, whose little office serves as a water-cooler of sorts for sushi chefs, restaurant owners, wine merchants, and ...

Pickled Daikon

Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Dishes, Uncategorized | 31127 Comments »http://www.breakawaycook.com/blog/2008/03/10/pickled-daikon/Pickled+Daikon2008-03-10+16%3A15%3A53Eric

I've been trying to score a bucket of rice bran to make real takuan (Japanese pickled daikon), but the two beautiful daikon I picked up at the farmers' market weren't about to patiently wait around for me, so I made ...