Carrot Melon Soup
PUREE:
One ripe cantaloup melon + refrigerate
SAUTEE IN OLIVE OIL:
4 shallots, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
6 jumbo carrots, peeled + chopped
salt + pepper
•Sautee until caramelized
ADD:
•1/2 c white wine to deglaze. Cook until carrots absorb liquid.
•Now add 2 cups water + let come to a simmer.
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Our friends Heather + Learka sent us over this Taschen book and I can’t tear myself away from it. So beautiful. See more here.
Our Regular Food Truck Night Gets A Shout Out
Breakfast Pizza
Thanks Dad For This Week’s Fall Produce
My Dad used to be in the Hell’s Angeles, now he is in the Heirloom Angels (or something like that?)! This week he went along with Matt for his farm pick-up because we are GEARING UP for our Mc Grath Farms Dinner tomorrow where we will be serving a Five Course Plated Tasting Menu (plus appetizers!)
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We have two George’s on our team. George Simian who generously photographs us and what we’re doing (ah-hem, he’s an award winning photography teacher- check out his amazing classes at Samy’s and UCLA), and George Uch who, like many of us at Heirloom, wears a few hats. If he’s not in the kitchen, it’s because we are stealing him away in the office to do things like convert our MACs (RIP Steve Jobs) into PCs so we can operate Quick Books.
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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Steve Jobs got fired from Apple and created Pixar whose first movie was Toy Story. Then Apple hired him back and he made the I Mac et al.
He professed to not give customers what they want but to present them with what they’ll need.
His philosophy can be applied to all professions.
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“How about making some pizza today?” I asked Matt. So he mixed up some 00 flour and fresh yeast and honey and maple and came up with a dough elastic and soft -not quite crisp- and covered in big bubbles. Perfect. He made calzones also, why not? The whole office, Sabrina and KRoq and Tal and Kelsey, got in on the act too because making pizza should always be a party.
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