Proud...

Most of the entries I've written have been either about Sydney or the upcoming birth of Drew, but today's blog is all about Jesse. A recipe he's created for chili (Smoked tomato and chorizo chili with zamorano-polenta croutons) was just published in the July/August 2008 issue of Plate, a national industry publication. A photo of his creation served as the cover shot for the article and he is also quoted within the article. YAY JESSE!

I've always admired Jesse's passion for cooking - how he can come home from a 12-hour day and head straight for the cookbooks to come up with his next new dish or how he can spend hours on the internet researching new cooking techniques, etc... - but it's things like this that make the long, crazy hours all worth while.

Here's the left hand side of the first two-page spread. You can only see a small part of the actual dish in this shot. The small caption under the bowl is where Jesse's name is first mentioned. I've blown it up in the next picture... This is the right hand side of the two-page spread where you can really see what the finished dish looks like. YUM! Below is the page that Jesse is quoted on. I've blown up the actual quote in the next image...

I did not scan in a copy of the actual recipe because it was broken out on a couple different pages, but if anyone wants it, just let me know....