fried quail with bourbon-orange-clove bbq sauce, crispy brussle sprouts, smoked blue cheese

Quail dredged in rice flour, and tossed in...

Makers Mark-Orange Zest-Clove BBQ sauce

Duck Fat Braised Brussle Sprouts, crisped with butter.

Smoked Blue Cheese

Micro Spring Mix

fried shrimp and scallops in roasted tomato and red pepper broth, with grilled leeks, marcona almonds, & sweet paprika oil

Shrimp & Scallops fried in Butter and Fine Herbs

Roasted Red Pepper & Roasted Heirloom Tomato Broth

Grilled Leeks

Crushed, Toasted Marcona Almonds

Smoked Sweet Paprika Oil

pan seared pheasant with carrot-clove puree, bacon-potato hash, wilted spinach & pork belly jus

Went into work the other day and was delighted to be put in charge of the entree special for the night, usually the grill cooks job, a nice change from appetizer specials. So I made this, because it was nasty and cold, and well, we live in Wyoming. I figured everyone needed some primal needs met...like bacon, potatoes, vegetables, protein, noms.

Pan Seared-Butter Basted Pheasant

Wilted Baby Spinach

Sweet Potato-Blue Potato-Bacon-Oyster Mushroom Hash

Creamed Carrot & Clove Puree

Pork Belly Braising Liquid Reduced with Shallots & Wine

lamb, elk & porkbelly meatballs with roasted tomato sauce, braised shallot, arugula & pecorino romano

So meatballs are literally my absolute favorite food to make, and to eat. Sauce included. You can't have meatballs without homemade sauce. My closest friends know, meatballs are how I show affection. The love is palatable. Because I freaking love when my friends eat my food, especially my saucey meatballs. I'm not going to give any more of a description for this one, actually, because you can kick rocks if you think I'm gonna share my meatball secrets, or my saucey ones.

steamed mussles in chardonnay-butter-lemon sauce with roasted beets, purple carrots & endive

We often have lots of mussles to use up at work, so it comes down to creativity. How many ways can
I make em? This was tonight's...

Prince Edward Island Mussles Steamed 

Rosemary-Lemon-Honey-Butter

Thyme

Chardonnay

Chicken Stock

Roasted Beets

Purple Carrot Curls

Raw Endive

pheasant fricassee with blue potatoes, carrots & fennel

Pheasant Slow Cooked in Butter, Lemon & Rosemary

Parmesiano Reggiano Rind-Fennel -Chicken Consume... 

...Finished with Butter, Cream, Shallots

Butter and Herb Sauteed Carrots, Fennel & Blue Fingerlings. 

purple potato, tasso ham & cauliflower au gratin with smoked maple cheddar cheese & pickled vegetables

THIS: UGH:

Purple Fingerling Au Gratin with Maple Smoked Cheddar
 
Tasso Ham & Cauliflower 

Pickled Onions, Carrots, Celery, Fennel