Call me old fashioned. Sometimes you just wanna go back to your roots. Doesn’t mean you can’t apply a smidge of sophistication. Continue reading
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Chef Tom – Meat and Potatoes The Blues …and a Whiskey
Posted in Food, music, Opinion, Recipe, Review with tags arugula, blues, Bob Segarini, cheftom, cocktails, comfort food, cooking, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, duck fat, Food, foodie, guitar, Healthy Food, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, Italian cooking, Josh King, meat and potatoes, Mediterranean Diet, old fashioned, omnivore, Opinion, parmesan, Potatoes, Prodigy, Quinn Sullivan, Recipe, steak, Taj Farrant, Toby Lee, Tom Herndon, whiskey on June 6, 2020 by segariniChef Tom – Cherries! Food and Music!
Posted in Food, music, Opinion, Recipe with tags Bob Segarini, cheftom, Cherries, comfort food, cooking, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, Recipe on May 30, 2020 by segarini
It’s cherry season. There are thousands and thousands of recipes. There are tons of nutrients and health benefits with this jewel of the stone fruits.
Chef Tom’s Morning Bowl and Swinging Sven
Posted in dance, Food, Opinion, Recipe, Review with tags bacon, Bob Segarini, cheftom, comfort food, cooking, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, eating light, Electro Swing, Food, foodie, healthy breakfast, Healthy Food, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, JSM, JustSomeMotion. Dancing, omnivore, One-Bowl Meal, Opinion, quinoa, Recipe, savory breakfast, Sven Otten, swing, Tom Herndon on May 23, 2020 by segarini
What better way to start your day than a healthy breakfast bowl and some Electro Swing dancing?
Chef Tom – Parker/Parkour
Posted in Food, Opinion, Recipe, Review with tags Bob Segarini, bread, bread and butter, butter, cheftom, comfort food, cooking, DBAWIS, dinner, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Food, foodie, freerunning, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, James Beard, omnivore, Opinion, Parker House Rolls, parkour, Recipe, rolls, Serious Eats, Tom Herndon on May 16, 2020 by segarini
From the Master himself, the Grand Daddy of the Pillsbury Doughboy himself, James Beard, and one of my top-tiered go-to recipes sites, Serious Eats (includes a secret ingredient for extra fluffiness), comes two ways to make one of THE best bread rolls ever.
We’re all baking now, amirite? Roll up your sleeves, put on some tunes, and pour a glass of good wine. It’s ok to dance around the kitchen. No one’s looking. Except your husband, who knows you’ve gone round the bend, your kids, who are climbing the walls like Spiderman and screaming like Banshee, and your cat, who doesn’t really give a shit.
Chef Tom Jams Bread and Butter
Posted in Food, music, Opinion, Recipe with tags African dance, allergen friendly, Bob Segarini, bread and butter, butter and jam, cheftom, comfort food, cooking, dairy free, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Food, foodie, gluten free, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, homemade bread, jammin’, masaka kids, Opinion, Recipe, Short Stories, short story, Tom Herndon, Urban Dance Camp, whole wheat, Winter on May 9, 2020 by segarini
Alright, take a deep breath. Notice how much extra time is on your hands right now. Notice, too, that boredom has been kept at bay for a while, but it might be rearing its ugly head a bit more these days. Finally, embrace the insistence, the doggedness, the determination of your body, mind, and soul for pure, straight-up comfort food.
Now, read through these three recipes and visualize the sheer, indulgent, no-place-like-home, grandma’s-in-the-kitchen, oh-my-god-this-is-so-good nostalgia of it all, as you sit down with a good cup of tea and fix yourself a lovely-and-large slice of still warm homemade whole wheat bread, slathered with good butter and sweet jam – that you made yourself!
Got it? Can you see it? Is your mouth watering?
Good. Yum. Continue reading
Chef Tom with a Solo Suggestion a Comforting Recipe and some Delightful Music
Posted in Food, life, music, Opinion, Recipe, Review with tags allergen friendly, Bob Segarini, brass band, cater, catering, cheftom, comfort food, cooking, dairy free, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Food, foodie, gluten free, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, home cooking, Joyce Goldstein, marching band, Meute, Opinion, Recipe, San Francisco, SIP, Sopa Coada, Soup, technopop, Tom Herndon, Winter, WPO on May 2, 2020 by segarini
Joyce Goldstein is one of my all-time favorite chefs. I own a half dozen of her cookbooks, including one that I return to over and over. Solo Suppers was designed with the single diner in mind, but, according to Chef Goldstein, the recipes double really well. So, if you and your partner are hunkered down together, this would be a great cookbook to own.
Chef Tom’s Tales and Tuna
Posted in Fiction, Food, life, Recipe with tags allergen friendly, Bob Segarini, butterfly, cheftom, chrysalis, comfort food, cooking, Covid, dairy free, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, easy, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, foodie, gluten free, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, Opinion, pantry, pasta, quarantine, Recipe, San Francisco, Science Fiction, shelter in place, Short Stories, short story, SIP, space travel, syfy, Tom Herndon, tuna on April 11, 2020 by segarini
Editor’s Note – Chef Tom has requested a No-Pictures presentation of today’s column. He wants you to use your Theatre of the Mind to conjure up the characters, locations, and story. Experience the age old Joy and Immersion of Reading the Printed Word.
In the Round Robin writing course, even though I was to write one story per day with a time limit of 12 minutes per story, I liked, from time to time, writing multiple chapters of the same saga. This one was fun to explore. The titles of each “chapter” were the daily writing prompts. They were not linear, either, but putting them all together after, there is a definite arc.
Chef Tom Dishes Up Mediterranean Chicken and 3 (Very) Short Stories
Posted in Fiction, Food, Opinion, Recipe, Review with tags allergen friendly, alligator, Bob Segarini, canapes, cheftom, comfort food, cooking, dairy free, DBAWIS, domestic abuse, Don't Believe a Word I Say, entertaining guest, everglades, Food, foodie, gator, gluten free, Good Will, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, lesbian, LGBT, lovers, Opinion, Paris, party, posh, pricey, Recipe, San Francisco, shelter in place, Short Stories, short story, silver flask, swamp, tea sandwiches, Tom Herndon on April 4, 2020 by segarini
A Reminder: These short stories are from a writing program called Round Robin. Write something every day, set the timer for 12 minutes, the title of each piece is the daily prompt. Once the alarm goes off, stop writing. Continue reading
Chef Tom- 3 New Short Stories and Beautiful Lemon Roasted Potatoes
Posted in Fiction, Food, Recipe with tags Bob Segarini, cheftom, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Food, foodie, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, Lemon Roasted Potatoes, Recipe, San Francisco, short story, Tom Herndon on March 28, 2020 by segarini
A Reminder: These short stories are from a writing program called Round Robin. Write something every day, set the timer for 12 minutes, the title of each piece is the daily prompt. Stop writing once the alarm goes off.
I am nearly done with my advanced Short Story Fiction class.
Here’s the latest ….
Chef Tom – Amira Part 2 and Roast Fish
Posted in Fiction, Food, Opinion, Recipe with tags Bob Segarini, cheftom, comfort food, cooking, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Food, foodie, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, Recipe, Roast Fish, San Francisco, short story, Tom Herndon, Winter on March 21, 2020 by segarini
I am nearly done with my advanced Short Story Fiction class. Been working on this story for a few weeks now. So much fun. Here is the second half.
The exercise was to choose two photos from a number of cutouts from old National Geographic magazine – one person and one place. This photo was my “who” and the place ended up being Tel Aviv. Enjoy.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 