My good friend Ric Merrifield often invites me to Sequim to go crab hunting from his beach house. Here we don’t use pots. We walk to the low tide, and wade in the eel grass to hunt the crab with our bare hands. I love the views from his deck. In the early AM, when…
Category: Meals
Chez Vilardi 👨🍳
Few people know how good friends Joe and I are. I have known Joe well for about 15 years, when he was in his fifties! I met Joe when he was the famed proprietor and owner of Bellevue’s esteemed Bis on Main restaurant. By far the best restaurant in the greater Seattle area under Joe’s…
Nick Haddow’s Smoked Prime Rib 🥩
Smoking the Prime Rib. My good cooking buddy, Nick Haddow, invited me and my good friend, Bruce Babbitt, over for some smoked prime rib. It was a treat, as Nick, the executive chef, prepared the entire meal. The meal consisted of a smoked prime rib, matchstick potatoes à la Francis Mallmann, and a scratch wedge…
The Hadland Thanksgiving Meal 🦃
The holidays are my favorite time of the year. I love spending time with my family and friends, especially cooking for them, entertaining, drinking wine, teaching my sons how to cook, and having friends stay over and help with prep. I vacillate on my favorite – Thanksgiving or Christmas. I cook the same meal for…
Haddow’s Hadland Birthday Dinner 08-19-2021 🥩
My good friend Nick Haddow was kind enough to invite me to his Argentinian Asado Meat Feast for my birthday this year. Joined by our good friend Benson Miller, Nick put on a spectacular meal – one of the best I have ever enjoyed. He had multiple fire and heat sources going and truly showcased…
The Hadland Christmas Meal 🍖
The holidays are my favorite time to plan and prepare meals for my family. I especially love Christmas as I love my bone-in prime rib roast. I should prepare this more often as it’s a simple, amazingly satisfying dish. I am inspired by my Grandmother, Elizabeth Wisher, who always put on a wonderful dinner during…
HadBurger II 🍔
I had the privilege of sharing my super great friend and business partner Glenn’s birthday with him and his family at Casa Curtis. He suggested that we cook at his house, and I offered to make him something from the CookCookEatEat catalog. He had heard about the #hadburger for some time and suggested that we…
Mother’s Day 2021 Beef Wellington 🥩
My mom informed me that I would be making her my Beef Wellington dish for Mother’s Day. This took the guesswork from what to prepare 🙂 I am blessed to have my Mom, glad that we are close, and she spends a lot of time with my sons and me, and fortunate that she likes…