Two dishes from the newlyweds! While in Kauai we first discovered poke (pronounced  “po-keh”) at the Hanalei Dolphin restaurant in Hanalei Bay. Poke means to “to slice or cut” and is a popular appetizer or snack throughout the islands. I renamed the dish “deconstructed sushi” as it is essentially all of the familiar sushi ingredients: raw, fresh [...]

About six months ago, I started trying to fine tune my diet by following the basic rules of Paleo eating.  It seems like Paleo or Primal eating has been getting a lot of attention lately.    This New York Times article, depicts a group of New York primal eaters as the modern day caveman, storing [...]

This past summer when we were visiting my brother in Chicago we decided to stop at a neighborhood restaurant (Northside) for a quick lunch on the patio.  Chicago’s July was much, much better than July in Texas, so we took every chance to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather.  I had a BBQ sandwich [...]

Michie Feast – Pasta Course The idea for this cours started as gnocchi, then changed to ravioli with duck bolognese, and finally settled on a duck confit ravioli with a port sauce.  I have never made my own pasta, or duck confit so I’m not sure what I was thinking! I shopped for the duck [...]

New American Feast — Tasting Menu and a Michie tradition. Every Thanksgiving for the past eight years or so we have had our “Michie” feast on the day after Thanksgiving.  It’s a good thing that our Thanksgiving menu is pretty traditional because so much work goes into our meal on the Friday following Tday. Here’s [...]