Cookbook Tuesday: Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc at Home

There has been a lot of poultry on my mind lately.  Maybe because it is Fall and the air is a bit crisp Or that the pie contest is on SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!  But I heard this weekend that its going to be crisp 100 degrees in Southern California.  So it's totally Autumn.

When I think of chicken, I think of Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc. 

Oh there's a pig on the cover...

There we go.  We took a trip out to Napa for Memorial Day. While we didn't eat at Ad Hoc, we at at Addendum. I had to try the fried chicken.  We were in this mood where we had to make fried chicken and that the fried chicken from Ad Hoc would be a good control. It was a good as I thought it would be.  Armed with this taste memory, I made the chicken according to Ad Hoc at Home and it was effing delish! 

This book, to me, is the perfect Fall book.

Oh, A summer vegetable gratin? 

Well, uhh, does it look a little familiar? 

FUN FACT: Thomas Keller was the food consultant on the Pixar movie, Ratatouille.

This book is great reference book for almost anything.  Need a Thanksgiving side dish? A chicken pot pie recipe perhaps? Ad Hoc's got it! Thomas Keller's cooking is beyond me, see Per Se. What  I love about Ad Hoc at Home is that it is food for the home and they are easily adaptable.

Want to eat there? Ad Hoc

Let's Play Catch Up!

It's been awhile and now that hockey is over and it ended in my favor, I guess I can let you in on what you have been missing out on. First, the LA KINGS HAVE THE FUCKING STANLEY CUP!  As a fan and a season ticket holder that was present at the game, this is basically the best thing to have ever happened. 

Since I last updated, I went to Napa.  I didn't get to eat at ad hoc, but I did eat at addendum. Don't worry we brought our own beers.Because we are fancy and love Hamms. 

I didn't eat out here either, because well, I'm not that fancy...yet. I searched for the bay laurel tree.

After a stress inducing, blood pressure rising Kings game against the Rangers, what better place to go and eat than Chego in Chinatown! The parking is free and well, it's my blanket of comfort when games go to double overtime.