Pigs in Palm Springs, Southern Style BBQ

Tiajuana

Cooking With Charlie Trotter

Menu:
Japanese Fluke with Sake Sorbet and Shiso
Grilled Langoustine with Butter Clams and Iberico Ham
Steamed COd with Sweetbreads, Pearl Onion, and Thyme
Roasted Squab Breast with Black Trumpet Mushrooms and Devils Club
Grilled Venison Loin with Dates and Pomegranates
Poached Quince with Halvah Ice Cream and Rosemary Shortbread
Olive OIl-Chocolate Chip Parfait with Nicoise Olives, Sourdough Tuile and Thyme

We Are Back

Opening a restaurant will oddly enough take up so much of your time. Then, the next thing you know, four months have passed and not a single new thought or image has been put up on the blog. It is a new year now with a new schedule and lots of images and [...]

Development of the Restaurant

Here are a few quick pictures of what has taken place in that last two weeks.  We have gone from a building site to a quick forming restaurant.  Paint, wall treatments, equipment, all of it is going in.  The floors are being worked on and should be done tomorrow.
 
 
 
 
 
 
– matt bolus

Another New Dish, Monkfish

Thanks to the three Dave’s in my life, my father Dave Bolus who supported my decision to attend culinary school (yes my mother also supported me but her name fortunately is not Dave), Dave Blagden who gave me a job at the fishmongers in London, and Dave Szem my fishmonger now i have come up [...]

First Eggplant of The Season

My first eggplant is now growing strong, with many more blooms on the plants. 
The rain we have had lately seems to have sent the plants into overdrive.  What is in store for these beautiful purple vegetables?  Well first is going to have to a the freshest eggplant Parmesan one has ever dreamed of.  Second will [...]

A New Dish for The Menu

Here is a brief encounter of what you will soon find at Red Sky.  This is an apetizer on the new menu and a dish I did for a local T.V. news show called Lowcountry Live.  The first image is of an oven roasted garlic bulb which I pureed for the dish.  The second image [...]

The Ghetto Gourmet

This is a site I just found.  Actually Kelly found it after reading an article about it on the New York Times website.  It has to do with people hosting dinners in random places (i.e. apartments, homes, barns, etc) asking their guest to provide a donation in order to cover the costs of the food.  [...]

Doing The Right Thing

I know this particular post has nothing to do with food but I had to post in anyway simply because it made me feel good about what Kelly and I had done.  Kelly and I had taken the dogs on a walk last night and upon returning to the house we were greated by the [...]