About
This site is intended to share my favorite recipes that I have been creating and collecting for the past 28 years.
When I was young I would always love to help my mom cook, it seems like alchemy to me. I remember the patience she showed in explaining to me the endless “why this”, how does this do that”, the love to share and give to her family made me love to cook too.
I since continued to learn from my mom and grandmothers. Many a Saturday morning were experimental outings and many a catastrophe! At seventeen I had the opportunity to train at a cooking school in Terra Linda, California with a red bearded Frenchman named Gerard. He taught me the basics of soups and roux and baking.
But the passion continued and when I moved to San Diego in 1981 I worked for several catering companies as a chef and waiter and then went to the famed La Valencia to work in the kitchen and later wait tables. Soon after I left to sous chef at the now defunct Piret’s in La Jolla. Great memories, but the best times are always the experimentation in my own kitchen.
I can create anything from nothing and the ideas are endless. I hope you enjoy.
