Tea-Smoked Quail with Ginger-Scallion Lo Mein

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

Game Hen Ramen with Mayu

This black garlic oil is easy and dank af — get the recipe from Kenji Lopez Alt. View this post on Instagram Hoo, boy was this delicious. Maybe in the top five bowls of homemade ramen? This is iekei (“homestyle”) ramen inspired by the bowls …

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 …

Wild Boar Pörkölt with Hand-Cut Dumplings

View this post on Instagram Happy Spring Festival, friends! In honor of Year of the Pig I made a boar pörkölt (kind of like goulash) with hand-cut dumplings, fortified with Uyghur flavors. That means mixing Chinese Muslim and Eastern European ingredients — both are influenced …

New Year Ramen

View this post on Instagram I love traditional New Year foods so much: noodles for longevity, Hoppin’ John and greens for abundance and prosperity. And smoked duck broth for…well, because it’s delicious and I need to clear freezer space to make room for more creativity …

Tuna Noodle Casserole, This Time With Extra “New”

And because I’m completely ridiculous, I turned those beautiful pepper-crusted tuna steaks into tuna casserole-flavored ramen noodles. Flaked tuna and Asian greens (chonggak radish raab from the garden, scallions, and gai lan), peas, and enoki bechamel with @umiorganic noodles. Garnished with chonggak flowers. Anything can …

Rigatoni Bolognese

Fresh rigatoni from @providorepdx smothered in Sunday gravy, meaty af thanks to plenty of @nicky.usa steak grind (trim from 35-day aged, grass-fed @creekstone_farms steaks). Homegrown tomatoes; tons of garlic, shallots, and red wine; fresh thyme and oregano from the garden. 🥩 🍝 🥩 🍝#meatconcierge #bolognese …

Rigatoni with Wild Boar Ragù

Here’s a very simple and *fast!* ragù of @nicky.usa wild boar stew meat, pressure cooked with a few cloves of garlic, some minced carrot and a small onion, plus a pint of homegrown tomatoes that I put up last summer (plus Italian seasonings and S&P). …

Foie Gras Miso Ramen

Gilding the lily + +   Here’s a big, lovely bowl of miso ramen with @hudsonvalleyfoiegras foie gras, sproingy @umiorganic noodles, kikurage (wood ear) mushrooms, butter corn, and a gorgeous backyard egg. Nori, toasted sesame, and scallions to garnish. The broth is dashi and homemade …

I Did Not Invent African Ramen

Africans totally eat ramen. Think about it: Maggi is ubiquitous throughout the continent and Asia. And the flavors of Nigerian peppersoup make perfect sense slickered all over noodles. FURTHERMORE, venison is a perfect choice for peppersoup, unless you can sustainably source your bushmeat. When I …