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Thanks Arturo.
28 May 2008 | Ten 01, chef, delicious, people, pig, squab | 2 Responses
Here’s a pork loin sandwich created by Ten-01 sous chef Arturo Lopez. Brined and slow roasted pork loin with provolone, pickled shallots, and pea tendril salad. Arturo puts such love and concentration into everything he cooks, I love when he cooks me food. For example, on this sandwich, he puts the shallots in between the slices of cheese so they don’t slide around. He thinks about shit like that. He’s got the love, simply put. He always sends extra food my way or over to the dishers. Like Thai-Style Pork Ribs. Lately I’ve been enjoying the new Lamb set, with the ever-delicious goat cheese gnocchi (which Arturo always makes) and artichokes. I watched him cook me one up the other night. He knew it was for me but he still bent over it in concentration, standing up the pieces just right. Arturo is the kind of chef who watches all day. He even observes when I don’t eat, and then brings me some food. “I saw you ate some fries but…” He knows the mise on my station, so he’s always asking me if I need this or that, and if I know about today’s party. He’ fucking on it. Chingon. I’ve learned so much working with this him that I feel like I’ve known him for years. He humbly knows all I know, and if he doesn’t know he can still do it better than me. He’s always got a better way, from the simple to the complex. Chef and he have been working together for a long time, and I can see why. It’s like father and son almost. Also coming off Arturo’s station is Chef’s new Squab Dish (below.) The legs are meticulously de-boned and stuffed with foie-gras torchon. Then they get bacon wrapped. I haven’t eaten this one yet, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Happy Birthday Jen.
30 October 2007 | chocolate, fenouil, people | No Responses
This here is Jen. She and I are pastry assistants at Fenouil. I don’t often get to work with her because we cover one anothers off-days, and shifts over-lap infrequently. I always look forward to seeing her, we have such fun in the kitchen together, and a like-mindedness about pastry. Her chocolate work is some of the best I have seen in my career, the snap on her temper is spot on every time, and she comes up with some interesting flavor combinations for her truffles and candies. Chef Pascal recently asked her to start selling her chocolates retail through the restaurant. I hope they get that going. When Jen and I work together, the tasks become backround to the banter, which is more often than not conveyed in a brittish accent. So Happy Birthday Jen, you are so much more than a crazy-cat lady…you rock!! More Blood for the Master!!
Bob’s Famous Beef Bourguignon
28 September 2007 | people, pictures | 4 Responses
Rob is a Sous Chef at Fenouil. He’s made Beef Bourguignon so many times that as you can se here, he could do it with his eyes closed. I’ve seen Rob prepare many different dishes, and have learned a lot from watching him work. Working in a kitchen you meet a lot of strange people with sick senses of humor, and Rob is among the finest examples, if not the textbook definition of that “fringe element.” He once used a squeeze bottle full of water to “pee” on my foot in the mens room. His sense of humor is so perverse, one could imagine being damned to hell for being in the same room when he tells a joke. It’s proximity damnation. My frequent attempts to shock or disturb this man have always ended in ME being shocked and disturbed by his comeback. Understanding all this and looking at this picture I have to wonder: What is he thinking?
Simpsonize Pt. 2…McCarthy Bros!!
4 September 2007 | broken arm, jeff, people, photoshop | 1 Response
It’s a simple equation:
Simpsonizeme.com + Google Images + Photoshop= 10 hrs. closer to getting this god forsaken cast off my arm.
Dude on a Chopper Bike on the MAX
31 August 2007 | people, pictures | No Responses
I love Portland
The World is Your Hamburger…
30 August 2007 | broken arm, delicious, food, people, photoshop | No Responses
Once again in ultimate boredom, learning the intricate ways of Photoshop, I’ve brought forth the ultimate image! Mmmmm……Earth…
Adam vs. Alton
28 August 2007 | broken arm, people, photoshop | No Responses
The striking similarities between these two nerds can no longer go unnoticed. Both star in popular television shows. Both use science to explain heady subjects. Both have obsessive fans. Both are theatrical showmen with nerdy spectacles. This raises several questions for me. Are theses two geeks long lost brothers, seperated at birth, only to grow into supernerds in thier respective fields? And if so, will they ever reunite to become a dynamic-duo of nerdiness? Most importantly, who would win in a fight? C’mon Adam…C’mon Alton…it’s so obvious…sign up for celebrity deathmatch already.
A haiku for Kate
22 August 2007 | people, pictures | 1 Response
To love and be loved,
to believe and be believed,
is to be alive.
She fills my life with wonder.
Laughter is the best medicine.
20 August 2007 | fat, people, youtube | 3 Responses
Check my new You Tube plug in!! Now we can watch fat kids falling from mrjeffmccarthy.com! Fantastic!
This not the greatest blog in the world…
19 August 2007 | broken arm, news, people, photoshop, pictures | 2 Responses
This is just a tribute to it’s creator, Jaybill. Without his technical expertise and understanding patience, mrjeffmccarthy.com would just be a big pile of cyber-wishes. So thanks brother, for helping me get this site off the ground, it has been a huge source of entertainment as well as an alleviation of boredom during a hard time. I don’t think I’ll be winning any Photoshop contests with this one, but at least Jaybill is one step closer to his life-long dream of being black. You can check out real pictures of my friends and family in my new photo gallery, called Cool People.
