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Summer Barbecue

June 29, 2006

Whew, finally getting this second blog out the door -- or off my machine! I had another crazy week working on my cookbook, setting up meetings with catering clients and cooking for the LA Philharmonic. So my apologies for the delay!

Enough about me, let’s hit the grill or bar -- whichever is closest. And I am not here to preach or tell anyone to cook at home, so I’m just gonna throw out a few ingredients that fit the season with 4th of July right around the corner.

What follows is a list of the super summer products available now, so help spark your own ideas about what to cook for friends and family on the big day. I’ll list an ingredient and what you might do with it, and then you can work with it at home and put your own spin on it.

Apricot. Cobbler…okay, easy, wash and slice them up, roll in a deep bowl with some sugar, cinnamon, pinch of kosher salt, nutmeg (if you dig it), add some fresh clean blueberries and then lay in a buttered Pyrex dish. Make a simple streusel by blending butter, cinnamon, flour and brown sugar (make a clumpy blend of the above). Put the streusel over the apricots and bake at 350 degrees until bubbly -- and let cool a bit before you serve it up with your homemade vanilla bean or honey ice cream.

Blueberries. Pop ‘em in your mouth or roll them into the apricot cobbler.

Cherries: See Ice Cream, below.

Comments

andy wrote:

Dave you rock baby. Loved you on Top Chef and I personally thought your entries where unique and tasty. I'm a vegetarian and the meatless recipes you have posted look fantabulous.

posted at June 30, 2006 08:25 AM

Kimmie wrote:

oooh! Cherry ice-cream! I think I'm going to have to fire up the Cuisinart. Thank you Dave!

posted at June 30, 2006 08:08 PM

Melon-Knee wrote:

Dave, it is so good to see you are posting a blog here! I love your cooking style and am happy to have access to some of your recipes. So nice to see that much of what you've included are items right in my frig. I would have loved to see you win on Top Chef, but you know, rarely do the best truly win. You are the best in my book, babe! Keep up the great work and I'll be here checking you out from time to time. Whoot! I'm so happy to know how to keep up with what is going on with you!

Melon-Knee

posted at July 5, 2006 07:24 PM

Jan wrote:

Dave, I just found this site and love it. I loved you on Top Chef. I am looking forward to trying some of your recipes. Can't wait to read more and see more of you.

posted at July 7, 2006 08:17 AM

gerrilyn schneider wrote:

Dave I loved you on top chef...can't get enough...still watching top chef reruns!!!
Please keep us posted on your new cookbook!!
Can't wait...love ya honey....be true...

posted at July 10, 2006 06:02 PM

Hope wrote:

Hi Dave!
I personally thought you should have won Top Chef. Your food always sounds so appetizing.
I LOVE your energy, enthusiasm and personality. Don't ever change that. You are the real thing.
Thanks Dave.
Hope

posted at July 11, 2006 09:23 AM

Dustin wrote:

Dave,

I am a professional musician(percussionist) as well as a food and wine enthusiast. I am also a busy college student who finally got some time to watch Top Chef. I downloaded the whole season on Itunes and watched it back to back. Great job... it should have been you and Harold at the end. Anyway... I just wanted to say that the passion you bring to your art is inspiring. And.. I can't wait to try out some of these recipes!! Thank you.

posted at July 12, 2006 12:03 AM

josie wrote:

well hey there.
i just wanted to tell you that i think your awesome! i just appiled to cooking school in san fran and i just found out that i got in.
but yeah...just thought id say congrats in making it that far in the competition and i only hope the best for you

posted at July 12, 2006 02:24 PM

Denise wrote:

Hi Dave! I was scanning through the internet and found your blog! I have to say that I truly enjoyed watching you on Top Chef. Originality and comfort were the best parts of your food. You, on the other hand were so darned animated...you made the show totally worth watching. I watched the first episode and recorded it so my husband could watch it. Ended up that the entire family (I still have 5 kids at home) watched the show every week. We were routing for you, and I know you agree that in the end, the only mistake you made to keep you from winning was the lack of a dish. That's too bad because I could almost taste the food you made.
With 7 people in the house, the thought of spending the amount of money for those truffles is not a possibility, but your cognac macaroni and cheese looked so inviting! Is there any way to substitute the truffles for something else?
You know what? You need your own show...we would definitely watch it!
Kudos and good luck in your future endeavors!
Denise Bickerton
Mom of the new Brady Bunch (The "Greg" of the family is the only one out of the house so far! LOL)

posted at July 17, 2006 07:26 PM

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