Chef's Notes


Umami
All the time I get ideas of new flavor combinations, fusions, and accentuations. Recently I had the idea to create a hot sauce that is as rich as I could...
Umami
All the time I get ideas of new flavor combinations, fusions, and accentuations. Recently I had the idea to create a hot sauce that is as rich as I could...

Rules To Live By
When it comes to Culture Hot Sauce, there are a few rules Chef Dave lives by: 1. Fresh is best. I keep my ingredients whole and natural which means there...
Rules To Live By
When it comes to Culture Hot Sauce, there are a few rules Chef Dave lives by: 1. Fresh is best. I keep my ingredients whole and natural which means there...

Blackberry Beach
It’s been several years now having traveled to the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. It’s one of nature’s great playgrounds for many wind sports and one of mine being outrigger...
Blackberry Beach
It’s been several years now having traveled to the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. It’s one of nature’s great playgrounds for many wind sports and one of mine being outrigger...

Hops
My curiosity with Hops actually did not start from beer. In fact, I was on a brewery hopping bike ride in Anaheim and stopped at a particular brewery that had...
Hops
My curiosity with Hops actually did not start from beer. In fact, I was on a brewery hopping bike ride in Anaheim and stopped at a particular brewery that had...