Hello friends! Don’t forget… on Thursday November 21st at 6pm, we will be hosting the final Thursdays in the Kitchen class of 2013, our “Elegant New Year’s Eve” celebration. This class will be team taught by Jonathan Duffy Davis and Jonathan Dye and will serve a dual purpose: to explore a wonderful menu of elevated cuisine, perfect for end of the year parties AND to celebrate the success of the Thursdays in the Kitchen series, all while enjoying a fabulous evening! Continue reading
We love beets! Beets taste of the soil in which they were grown and they are our icon, our mascot. Beets were also a major staple in the kitchen when the three of us starting cooking and working together – so we are and always will be fond of beets.
Our writing often focuses on seasonality and this beet-based cocktail is certainly one that will fit the bill for this immediate season – Halloween night.
Thursdays in the Kitchen: Exploring the Autumn Harvest classes start this week at the Fullerton Arboretum!
Don’t forget, folks! The Jonathans are back on Thursday nights at the Fullerton Arboretum this fall! Our three part, holiday focused cooking series kicks off this week with an Early Fall Dinner Party. The menu Continue reading
A beautiful evening, in a beautiful setting. Click through the gallery above for more photos of the Summer Farm Dinner at The Muck. Continue reading
Tonight saw the last class in the summer set of Thursdays in the Kitchen at Fullerton Arboretum. Chefs Jonathan Dye and Jonathan Duffy Davis instructed an excellent menu that included tropical sangria, prosciutto wrapped figs with St. Andre, stuffed pork chops, a stone fruit crostata, and more! Click through to see more pictures of the evening and to find the link to the recipes…
An evening shared with close friends is hard to beat, and this week I had the opportunity to cook and dine with my close friends, the Parkers. I have worked with Jane Parker at Williams-Sonoma for years; her daughter Annie is a very good friend of mine and possesses fearless taste. Jane is an exquisite cook and hostess, and whenever she opens her house to entertain there is an absolute certainty there will be fine food, great style, and a completely relaxed evening. (I’m still taking notes on how to execute a gathering as well as Jane!) Read on for a photo gallery of our fresh-from-the-yard meal, and the recipe for an amazing Italian crudo… Continue reading
A few seats left in this excellent evening of farm, food and fun in Fullerton!
Guess what! There are a FEW seats left in The Muckenthaler Cultural Center’s upcoming Summer Farm Dinner, which will be chefed by Jonathan Dye and will include food harvested from the Fullerton Arboretum’s farm! This amazing venue is one of north Orange County’s most prized historic and culture centers. Check out the amazing menu and please call or email Janette Pyun to RSVP. First come / first serve for these few remaining tickets! Details, menu and Janette’s contact info are below, so read on… Continue reading
Cooking outside on a summer evening is wonderful!
Tonight’s cooking class at the Fullerton Arboretum featured fun twists on classic summer time favorites. We made three kinds of salsa, a tomato, onion and pickled cucumber salad, steak with chimichurri and some amazing blueberry tequila ice cream! Check out the recipes in the booklet linked here: Your Summer Entertaining Menu Recipe Booklet 6.20.13
And enjoy some photos from class….
Wasn’t this refreshing?
Four types of basil grown right here at the Fullerton Arboretum accompanied tonight’s menu!
Class was conducted in The Potting Shed, the Fullerton Arboretum’s garden shop.
Two Thursdays ago (May 16th), the Fullerton Arboretum’s Thursdays in the Kitchen classes took on a new venue… the outdoors! Thursdays in the Kitchen is typically held in the Arboretum’s catering kitchen, but the gorgeous late spring weather coaxed this class into the open air… Continue reading
Farm fresh strawberry ice cream.
As winter fades and spring comes into the year with all of the promise and excitement we expect, it was time to take advantage of a special ingredient that won’t be with us for much longer. Jonathan Davis, the farmer at the Fullerton Arboretum has been tenderly caring for strawberries, and since their season is fading I knew my time was limited to make something really special with as many as I could get my hands on… Continue reading
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