Thursday, February 28, 2013

Shabbat at the Rubinoffs'

 Chicken with pistachios and apricots, kale salad, roasted tomatoes, quinoa with pine nuts and craisins

Cookie/brownie pie

Rocky's kitchen

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sepia

Roasted beet and leek soup, crème fraîche, vodka, caviar


Buckwheat pasta, roasted squash, cippolini onion, rapini, grana padano


Cotichino sausage, beluga lentils, Calabrian chilies


Grilled wagyu beef, foie gras croquette, pommes anna, black trumpet mushrooms


Pan-roasted duck, caramelized fennel, orange, cured black olive, quinoa


Bitter chocolate cremeux, whipped mascarpone, pistachio, honey


Pine nut citrus tart, port syrup, basil olive oil jam


Assorted Cookies

Sepia, Chicago IL

Monday, February 18, 2013

Demera Ethiopian

Azifah Selata: lentils sautéed with onions and sliced, seeded jalapeños in a fresh lime vinaigrette



Vegetarian Messob assortment


 Sambussa Turnovers: sweet pastry filled with with almonds, walnuts, cardamom, rose water and saffron served over our very own raspberry sauce

Demera, Chicago IL

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Sunda

ebi salad: avocado mango compote, micro arugula, chili vin



kale and seaweed salad: mizuna, toasted seaweed, carrot, wakame, cabbage, cucumber, mint, basil, onion, pickled beet, radish, sesame seeds



wagyu beef roti prata: ichimi togarashi crusted wagyu, pickled cabbage, carrots, sprouts, scallions



Honey-ginger braised beef short rib: Creamed baby bok choi congee, crispy carrots



Chocolate Mousse Cake: Chocolate mousse fudge cake with yuzu pineapple and Blackberry purée with grilled pineapple, crispy feuilletines, and fresh blackberries

Sunda, Chicago IL

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Gemini Bistro

Braised Short Rib: butternut squash gratin, truffle aioli, natural reduction


Filet Frites: maitre'd butter, bordelaise, truffle parmesan fries


New York Cheesecake: graham cracker crust, cranberry sauce, candied orange zest

Gemini Bistro, Chicago IL

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Can You Handle It Roll

Salmon, chili oil, avocado, cilantro, jalapeno, spicy sauce, Japanese pepper, cucumber topped with unagi, mango, spicy mayo, unagi sauce

Friends Sushi, Chicago IL

Yogurt Parfait

Greek yogurt, granola, berries

my kitchen