Tea-Smoked Quail with Ginger-Scallion Lo Mein

Find my recipe for this delectable quail dish at Nicky USA.

Homemade Wonton Soup

View this post on Instagram Last Sunday I went to an incredible bier-game dinner collab with my two favorite sets of folks: @stammtischpdx and @nicky.usa. Chef @grahamchaney is a hedonist and a sadist so his “salad” course was basically a Lyonnaise with a giant confit 

African Chicken Peanut Stew

View this post on Instagram This is West African-style chicken peanut stew — @maryschicken game hen (from @nicky.usa), sautéed in dende and stewed with onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes and ajvar (I didn’t have any eggplant or peppers, so this was actually perfect). I added ground 

Tea-Smoked Duck

Totally doable indoors without setting off your alarms! View this post on Instagram This holiday season, why not try something different? Turkey and ham are always nice, but this @maryschicken duck is really something else, and smoking it Zhangcha-style —with tea— is an easy kitchen 

Chicken Shawarma Doner Sandwich

Seriously, this beautiful sandwich has been the highlight of my entire summer. Find the original bread recipe here. This is the best thing I’ve ever done. 🥪 🥙 🥪After braising that chicken into garlicky pulchritude, I shredded and tossed it in lemon juice and a 

Larb Ped (Duck Salad)

Larb ped made with @maryschicken Pekin duck breasts. I smoked them over trimmings off my peach tree just long enough for the fat to render from the skin, then peeled the skin off and crisped it up on the grill (with a pan underneath to 

Wherein I Overcome My Fear of Frying

Father’s Day dinner of champions: fried chicken (from upcoming @thejoyofcooking; recipe is solid af) with @oldbluerawhoney pumpkin blossom honey & gochugaru, chicken mu (homemade Korean purple daikon pickle), mac & cheese, homemade jojos (blanched, then tossed in Lawry’s, melted butter and melted chicken fat and 

Emmer-Stuffed Quail with Soubise and Cranberry Gastrique

Can’t stop thinking about @grahamchaney’s gorgeous second course at the berry dinner at @stammtischpdx a week ago, so I faithfully reproduced it myself at home: @manchesterquail (partially deboned to make it easy) stuffed with emmer wheat berries that I cooked in homemade chicken stock and 

Vietnamese Foie Gras Dirty Rice

Vietnamese and Creole flavors play so well together, especially when foie gras is invited to the party.   Here’s a big serving of foie gras dirty rice made with duck stock, jasmine rice, and Vietnamese flavors: fish sauce, palm sugar, a little cinnamon (just a 

Cassoulet

Toulouse-style cassoulet: Dear lord, what an undertaking. Even if I *hadn’t* accidentally unearthed a whole pig’s head to add to my weekend workload, cassoulet is a fucking Project. I simplified it somewhat to spare myself the trauma: making what is basically French tare saves a