First Recipe...Stuffed Quesadilla

Stuffed Quesadilla from Burrito (Fist City MX)

Ingredients:
1 lb Ground Turkey (I used a combo ground beef and chorizo)
2 Peppers
1 can of Pinto Beans
2-4 Burrito Size Flour Tortillas
1 small bag of Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese




Supplies:
frying pan
tongs

Open up can of pinto beans and place in bowl and put in the microwave for 3 minutes.
Brown your meat and 1/2 way through place in sliced peppers and cook with it.
Place meat and peppers in a separate bowl
Pour in Canola Oil in frying pan ( enough to cover the bottom of the pan )
Warm up in until it's get hot
Place tortilla in pan with oil and lay some cheese on 1st then scoop in mixture of meat and peppers and place inside of tortilla. With tongs as tortilla begins to rise fold in half (into a shape of a taco) and hold down until brown.Place on plate on top of paper towel for a few seconds .
Plate with Pinto Beans on top and garnish with cheese and your favorite Salsa

Food and your kids

So  am a dad of two daughters and today I got to thinking about the importance of not only getting your kids active in the kitchen but showing real interest in food.

The first kid to spend time in the kitchen was Daisy as she started to show interest in baking. We bought her an Ace of Cakes book a couple of off beat cookbooks and my mom had purchased her a cupcake cookbook. For my birthday one year I got a copy of Momofuku and Daisy fell in love with that book because she loves ramen. Daisy and I have now made our own dashi broth and ramen broth.

Lindsee is our oldest and I think the day I took her Ye Olde Kings head in Santa Monica I think something clicked. She crashes at my mom and dad's house during the week since she is going to City College and has started to show interest in cooking for herself. I bought her the Bitchin' Kitchen Cookbook for Christmas and today her and I made a trip to the fish market where she got stuff to make Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) and has asked me to buy her a rice cooker.

Both of the kids want me to take em to LA for a food truck meet up, which I am more then happy to do with them!!

My point is this....food is an awesome way to spend time with your kids. Teach em to cook. Teach em where there food comes from and more importantly teach them to be open and adventurous about what is out there.

Last Meal

   So this has been a post I have slowly been working on. It started just using Twitter and hitting up chefs and asking them what there last meal would be if all they had was 20 bucks and then I stared hitting up not only chefs but friends of mine that are in bands and just flat out asked "If you could pick your last meal, what would it be?"
   Well below is what some of the people I asked had to say.
Duff Goldman (Charm City Cakes-Baltimore,MD) @Duff_Goldman "2 double-doubles, fries, and a coke from In-n-out."

Fabio Viviani (Top Chef season 5, owner of Cafe Firenze Moorpark,CA.) @fabioviviana "Roasted chicken and 3 cheap bottle of wine, fuck it im going to die anyway at least i want to be happily buzzed."

Vic- The Koffin Kats

Zak Victor (The Koffin Kats) Last meal would be would be that poison blowfish that has to be just cut the right way not to be deadly.

Jesse Wagner ( The Aggrolites) Spaghetti and Meatballs cause that's what I like to make, I love garlic, my grandmother was Sicilian and her sauce got me hooked.

Jesse Wagner - The Aggrolites

Marshall Lichtenwaldt
 (The Warriors and culinary student extraordinaire) Escargo, savory gorgonzola cheesecake, duck roulade, roasted baby red potatos, sauted veg, and twinkie ho-ho tiramisu.

Eddie Huang ( owner of BaoHaus and host of Cheap Bites on Cooking Channel) If mom's house is not an option. Din Tai Fung. Restaurant of my pop's childhood and mine... undefeated!


And for my last me I figure if I am going out I am going out stuffed and tanked with a good plate of bangers and mash a fresh bottle of Jameson's whiskey and a couple of Guinness!

Been a while!!

So I know I have not posted much mainly because I put a lot of time in the barbershop I work in and my barbershop blog.

So it is a new year and the holidays are behind us and for me so is a lot of ridiculous meals!! Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners were so good. No food out of a can my wife did an awesome job with both meals.

   Oh yeah did I tell you what I got for Christmas....Momofuku Milk Bar cook book and Sur La Table Things Cooks Love....More cool books to add to my collection.

So I am hoping that this year I post some stuff on some cool restaurants, food trucks and Chefs. If you have any ideas or suggestions please hit me up.
Cheers,
Frankie

Holidays are here.....Time to pull out the sweats!

I am the guy who believes the holidays are officially kicked off the day of Thanksgiving....No sooner!!

So I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving becuase I sure as hell did. My lovely wife went insane with the dinner. She seriously did everything from scratch minus killing the turkey herself....SO MUCH FOOD!!

Now we are getting ready for Christmas. Our family does Christmas Eve with my in-laws and then we do Christmas day with my family. When we lived in Washington we would have a Christmas dinner with us and all of our friends....plenty of food, plenty of booze and just a good time with your friends.

Tell me the stories of you and your family for the holidays and give me your favorite holiday recipe!!!

I know...it has been a while!!

So I know that I have not posted anything in a while. I have not left Fresno in a while, my experiment with trying to candy pork belly did not go as well as I would of liked it to.

Today I hit the bookstore becasue the new issue of Lucky Peach is out. If you are not familiar with Lucky Peach it is a food magazine from Momofuku and David Chang. I love this magazine and I can not wait for the chance to go to New York to eat at Momofuku or Milk Bar. there is something about the way David Chang's brain works....He is kind of my hero!!!

So I am working on a really interesting post....hoping to come soon.

have a great week.....eat for the love of food!!!

Yeah I know, it has been a few weeks!!

So my pork belly is cured.....I will be posting some pictures later in the week with ideas on what to do with.

So today I remembered that the new book connected to David Chang's MOMOFUKU is getting ready to come out called "Milk Bar". The "Milk Bar" is a sweets restaurant and there are three locations in Ney York (east village, Brooklyn and midtown). For Christmas last year the wife and kids gave me book "MOMOFUKU" (which is the noodle restaurant). "Milk Bar" comes out this week and you can order it on Amazon or get to your local bookseller.

Momofuku Milk Bar Avail. Oct.25

You may be asking why am I talking about David Chang or "Milk Bar"? This is why....Today I was looking at the website for "MILK BAR and was really excited to find out that some of the items that are on the menu you can order and have sent to your home!! My next payday I will be ordering some goodies from the MOMOFUKU website.

Listen, I am still trying to work the kinks out of the blog...so be patient. Thanks!