Elote Cornbreads with Beef Heart

These cornbreads are my homage to the ones we used to serve at Milkbar’s LA Flagship. I still remember my first “unofficial” day there, the manager on duty, Nicole, gave me a bunch of the breads that we were going to make, since breads were her specialty. Among them was this mini cornbread muffin, topped…

Confit Garlic Knots with Chili-Lemon Crema

Back in the tail end of 2017, a freshly-minted 23-year Fred was forced to go to a department outing at his first job, on his birthday. Because his boss at the time decided it would be a great idea to plan a department outing on his birthday without telling him. So beyond the fact that…

Nigredo: a plated dish

This was one of those dishes that I had on my to-make list for months, but I just never got around to it, mostly out of laziness – I wanted to practice doing a Oaxacan style black mole, using black garlic, but I just never got around to buying the chilies for it until more…