Lacy + Gordon

January 11, 2011Press, Weddingsdevteam

This Saddlerock Ranch wedding we did in Malibu with Bash, Please featured several action stations, one with a Whole Roasted Pig and Whole Roasted Sea Bass and another with four different types of Lasagna Cupcakes and yet another “Avocado Bar” with all things avocado per the bride’s request. See the whole wedding on Once Wed here.

I Can Drink Ranch Dressing

January 7, 2011About Us, Recipesdevteam

When I go to the kitchen to work, I get lunch. No one is going to feel bad for me, but this can be distressing. I am a vain person and can not eat all of the rich delicacies that are produced there because I have clothes to fit into. Such a conflict: I love all the rich foods and I love my clothes.

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No Crocs, Just Cupcakes

December 31, 2010Lasagna Cupcakes, Pressdevteam

On newsstands now is Food and Wine Magazine and in it, our little Lasagna Cupcakes are featured as a “must try trend”. They say that savory cupcakes are all the rage right now but anyone who has actually tried our Lasagna Cupcakes knows that they are all lasagna and no cupcake.

Migs Makes Our Holiday Party Delicious

December 28, 2010About Usdevteam

Last week we put on our own Holiday Party. Migs took great care in cooking up Cochinitas Pibil and his entire family came to enjoy it along with the rest of us. It was confusing at first, my eyes did double takes, to see the kitchen dressed in street clothes because they are always working wearing their kitchen whites.

Killing It

December 28, 2010About Usdevteam

I do not bowl. I do not like haunted houses, but I do like Matt so when he said “I want to go into October giving our crew some fun before they get killed over the holidays”, I rented some bowling shoes and grabbed a scarf (I had heard that the Haunted Hayride at Griffith Park was as cold as it was scary).

One More Plug

December 19, 2010About Usdevteam

This is one of my favorite people on the planet, LaDonna Roundy. I paid her a long overdue visit last week, delivering her some- yes- Lasagna Cupcakes and a copy of the Real Simple Gift Guide because, ahem, our Lasagna Cupcakes are in it. Always when I visit LaDonna I take her picture, and in the spirit of the holidays I just had to post this one because it is LaDonna who brings the Merry and the Happy into this season.

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Tasting Menu with Coffee Pairing

December 18, 2010Uncategorizeddevteam

In November, Kyle, the Director of Innovation at Intelligentsia Pasadena, hosted a Coffee Tasting and asked Matt to pair the featured coffees with food. The best part of this extravaganza was that Matt was invited to attend a “cupping” beforehand where all the coffees were tasted. Now the point of cupping is that you spit out the coffee after swishing it in your mouth to experience it’s flavor components otherwise you risk sending your body into a e-ticket jolt of what can feel like a heart attack or a seizure even.

Blow Out 2010

December 14, 2010Silverlake Wine Tastingsdevteam

Every year, we get to do the final tasting at Silverlake Wine before their holiday craziness. It is their tradition to serve bubbles in all price ranges for guests to sample and decide which one they want to crack open to start off the New Year. Our four courses to accompany these offerings were as follows:

Black & Blue Wild Boar Tenderloin over Fried Garbanzo Bean and Swiss Chard Cavalo Nero

Risotto with House Cured Pancetta (Tad made it) served with Braised Persimmons and Crispy Kale

Seared Chicken Roulade with Spicy Purple Potato Salad

Smoked Lamb Sloppy Joes on Brioche with Coleslaw and Mozzarella

Serious People Doing Serious Work

December 7, 2010About Usdevteam

They smile sometimes I assure you.

PS That brilliantly colored stuff that Matt’s holding not only would be a gorgeous lip gloss (right, ladies??!) but also it is a sensational finishing sauce made from beet juice and some other magic ingredients that he uses for this and that.

What Pumpkin Does For Us

December 2, 2010Lasagna Cupcakesdevteam

Pumpkin Lasagna with Brown Butter and Sage.