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Survived seven brain surgeries to watch societal collapse.

Professional chef and historian coping proliferating plagues, fervent fascism, gruesome genocide and environmental evisceration.
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hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · Nov 9
My Gathering of Friends meals have been about different friends sharing company over fantastic food and wine. It was a great excuse to practice (and do lots of dishes).

This year the auction winner welcomed me to the table in that vein to enjoy with them.
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#food #foodsky #finedining #wine
Place setting made by the host with a gold charger, a dinner plate covered by my printed menu and linen napkin, cutlery on the right. Passed appetizers: brussel sprout bruschetta on the left, bang bang grilled chicken skewers on the top, mini crab cakes on the bottom right. My sliced sourdough boule and whipped honey butter, using butter the host had from bees he keeps. Butternut squash tom kha gai soup with shimeji mushrooms and lime in a bowl set upon on a gold charger place setting.
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Started this bread yesterday with an overnight preferment for maximum flavor, it's become my go-to sandwich bread:

King Arthur Baking's multigrain sandwich bread, flaxseed gives it extra nutrition and flavor.
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#food #foodsky #baking #bread
Making the preferment for the bread, which went overnight in the stand mixer bowl. Building the dough upon the preferment, and grinding the flaxseed in the mortar and pestle. Two loaves of multigrain sandwich bread on the cooling rack after their bake.
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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In a tour de force of ingredients, prep and dishes I made some delicious ramen from scratch:
Vegetarian ramen with a creamy soy broth, topped with tofu, bok choy, sweet potato, corn, red pepper, scallion and shichimi togarashi.
www.justonecookbook.com/vegetarian-r...
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#food #foodsky #ramen #dinner
Ingredients for the ramen on the counter to be prepared. Making the broth base for the ramen in a large black stock pot, the stainless steel pot for visiting e and cooking the noodles. Sliced tofu on a cutting board next to a sheet pan filled with chopped vegetable toppings, with a complete bowl of vegetarian ramen in a large bowl, complete with chopsticks and demitasse spoon.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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chefhoss.bsky.social
The horrors continue outside every day. Don't think I'm not paying attention to what's occurring, I have a degree in history and recognize the truth.

I'm just trying to share the cooking I enjoy, it's difficult to continue normally:
www.seriouseats.com/chocolate-pe...
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##food #foodsky #dessert
Peanut butter cheesecake bars out of the pan, sitting on the foil sling, sliced to show the layers.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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When I made ramen yesterday, I made the optional chashu, or braised, marinated, rolled pork belly. It sits overnight in the braising liquid for maximum flavor.

It was worth the wait and elevated these leftovers.
www.justonecookbook.com/homemade-cha...
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#food #foodsky #lunch #leftovers #ramen
A smallish slab of raw pork belly, with some of the ingredients for the braising liquid, string for tying it, and a knife to cut it. The rolled and seared pork belly sitting in the Dutch oven with the braising liquid. A large white bowl filled with a vegetarian ramen broth, four slices of chashu pork, and a few vegetables poking from the broth. Pink rabbit chopsticks sit atop the bowl and a floral demitasse spoon on the side.
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
When I made ramen yesterday, I made the optional chashu, or braised, marinated, rolled pork belly. It sits overnight in the braising liquid for maximum flavor.

It was worth the wait and elevated these leftovers.
www.justonecookbook.com/homemade-cha...
🍽️🍜🐖
#food #foodsky #lunch #leftovers #ramen
A smallish slab of raw pork belly, with some of the ingredients for the braising liquid, string for tying it, and a knife to cut it. The rolled and seared pork belly sitting in the Dutch oven with the braising liquid. A large white bowl filled with a vegetarian ramen broth, four slices of chashu pork, and a few vegetables poking from the broth. Pink rabbit chopsticks sit atop the bowl and a floral demitasse spoon on the side.
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Started this bread yesterday with an overnight preferment for maximum flavor, it's become my go-to sandwich bread:

King Arthur Baking's multigrain sandwich bread, flaxseed gives it extra nutrition and flavor.
🍽️🍜🍞
#food #foodsky #baking #bread
Making the preferment for the bread, which went overnight in the stand mixer bowl. Building the dough upon the preferment, and grinding the flaxseed in the mortar and pestle. Two loaves of multigrain sandwich bread on the cooling rack after their bake.
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
chefhoss.bsky.social
In a tour de force of ingredients, prep and dishes I made some delicious ramen from scratch:
Vegetarian ramen with a creamy soy broth, topped with tofu, bok choy, sweet potato, corn, red pepper, scallion and shichimi togarashi.
www.justonecookbook.com/vegetarian-r...
🍽️🍜
#food #foodsky #ramen #dinner
Ingredients for the ramen on the counter to be prepared. Making the broth base for the ramen in a large black stock pot, the stainless steel pot for visiting e and cooking the noodles. Sliced tofu on a cutting board next to a sheet pan filled with chopped vegetable toppings, with a complete bowl of vegetarian ramen in a large bowl, complete with chopsticks and demitasse spoon.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Preparing in professional kitchens utilizes obscene amounts of product. What looked to be a gratuitous amount of mushrooms quickly evaporated with the water contained within.

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#food #foodsky #cheflife
Four different types of mushrooms prepared in hotel pans, a large Cambro container and in plastic tubs; a bundle of herbs also tied together. The managerie of mushrooms hitting the hot oil in the tilt skillet. The mushrooms after cooking, cooling in hotel pans on the stainless steel counter. Six cases of mushrooms was reduced to about 12 qts of mushrooms in this Cambro container after cooling. Properly labeled and dated, of course.
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 AM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Don't threaten me with a good time, local grocery store. Some like it hot.
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#food #foodsky #chiles #spicy
Packages of dried bhut jolokia, or ghost chile peppers, at the local grocery store.
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Sometimes all you need is a simple breakfast:

Over medium fried eggs with homemade, buttered multigrain bread. If avian flu were not such a prevalent threat I would eat these over easy.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast
Two cracked eggs in a metal bowl while butter and oil heat on a nonstick pan on the stovetop. Two fried eggs, well seasoned, on a floral print dinner plate with two slices of homemade multigrain sandwich bread, toasted and buttered.
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
The horrors continue outside every day. Don't think I'm not paying attention to what's occurring, I have a degree in history and recognize the truth.

I'm just trying to share the cooking I enjoy, it's difficult to continue normally:
www.seriouseats.com/chocolate-pe...
🍽️🍜🥜🧈
##food #foodsky #dessert
Peanut butter cheesecake bars out of the pan, sitting on the foil sling, sliced to show the layers.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
❌ Chicken and dumplings.
✅ Mushroom and dumplings.

This recipe develops great flavor from really browning the mushrooms in butter. Wisconsin butter, of course, makes it better:
www.seriouseats.com/mushroom-and...
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#food #foodsky #dinner #vegetarian
Crimini mushrooms deeply browning in a Dutch oven, others finished cooking in a metal bowl, with leeks and celery ready to add, flour in a small dish and vegetable stock. Mixing the dumpling batter, only enough not to overdo it with a rubber spatula. The stew simmering with the dumplings with a steamy view on the stovetop.
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
chefhoss.bsky.social
On days like today, I'm reminded that -40 degrees is the same in C and F.

To warm myself for breakfast, Korean-inspired heat:
Gochugaru-seasoned hashbrowns with a onion-gochujang omelette, cooked in sesame oil and butter, served with homemade multigrain sandwich bread.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast
Grating fresh potatoes for the hashbrowns, seasoning with gochugaru in a quarter sheet pan. Prep work for the omelette: diced onion and Anaheim pepper, minced garlic, two eggs, gochujang, half and half, butter and sesame oil. Dark brown, crispy hashbrowns on a floral print plate with a pepper-onion-gochujang omelette and two slices of homemade multigrain sandwich bread.
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
In the depths of winter is when I most appreciate my canned jams from the summer. Nothing like strawberry jam to remind one that it won't always be a winter hellscape:

Peanut butter and homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam on homemade multigrain bread.

Summer in a sandwich.
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#food #foodsky #lunch
A jar of homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam, opened to cover one slice of multigrain sandwich bread, the other smothered in peanut butter.
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Warm cereal is the perfect breakfast on a cold morning and easy enough to make while groggy:

Apricot oatmeal with dark brown sugar and nutmeg.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast
Mise en place for oatmeal production: toasting the oats in the saucepan, boiling water in the kettle, whole milk, salt, chopped organic apricots, and nutmeg on a microplane. A white bowl filled with creamy, apricot oatmeal.
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Artic freeze bearing down on Wisconsin. This calls for a warming soup:

Country potato soup with aged cheddar, fresh thyme, bacon, and served with my homemade sourdough from the freezer (didn't think today's bake would be ready in time).
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#food #foodsky #dinner #soup
Mirepoix large dice in a metal bowl awaiting the pot for cooking. Yes, I have thyme for that. I think I understand the name after all the thyme I've removed from stems in my life, here on a plastic cutting board before chopping. A red-rimmed white bowl with chunky, potato soup, topped with cheddar, bacon and thyme, next to two slices of buttered sourdough on a floral print plate.
January 19, 2026 at 11:57 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Frigid outside? Warm the house by baking sourdough bread.

Not overly satisfied with this loaf-might have been a bit too cold, the levain not lively enough; smells great. Great learning opportunity though

100% whole wheat sourdough bread from The Perfect Loaf.
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#food #foodsky #bread #sourdough
Mixing the stiff preferment for the bread from my starter. The sourdough levain in the jar, whole wheat flour in the metal bowl, warm water in the measuring cup and a rubber spatula for scraping. Kneaded sourdough dough during a bench rest before final shaping, next to a well-floured banneton. Under performing 100% whole wheat sourdough boule on a wire rack cooling.
January 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Simple Sunday morning breakfast after a grueling night of work and restful sleep:

Cheesy scrambled eggs with homemade multigrain sandwich bread, featuring WI butter, milk and cheeses (aged Gouda and cheddar leftovers).

America's Dairy Land represent.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast #cheese
A large, nonstick pan with a large pad of butter melting, and in the metal bowl-five eggs with whole milk and seasoning to be whisked. Cheesy scrambled eggs on a floral print dinner plate with two slices of buttered multigrain bread.
January 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Utilizing the freezer to preserve leftovers comes in clutch before work, fueling me for lunch ahead of a busy shift:

Ultimate vegetarian chili, topped with WI cheddar, sour cream and Fritos.
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#food #foodsky #lunch #freezer
Ultimate vegetarian chili from America's Test Kitchen on a square, white bowl topped with cheese, Frito corn chips and sour cream.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Some of the earliest European settlers to WI in the 1820s were from Cornwall, drawn by the need for miners. Their habit of digging into hills helped provide the Badger State with its nickname.

I celebrated their heritage by making pasties from scratch.
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#food #foodsky #dinner #pasty
Making the dough for a batch of pasty dough: weighed flour, butter, whisked egg and sour cream. Vegetables for the pasty filling: rutabaga, parsnip, carrot and potatoes; chopped garlic and thyme for seasoning. Portion of pasty dough to be rolled, the filling, now with chopped ribeye, ready to be added. Two types of pasties cooling on sheet pans: ribeye and vegetable on the left, the right are only vegetable.
January 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Easy with sandwiches: any one in which I made the bread.
1. Turkey and avocado on homemade flaxseed bread.
2. BLT on homemade sourdough, fried in bacon fat.
3. Korean fried chicken sandwich on pretzel bun.
4. Turkey and pickled apples with sharp cheddar on homemade wheat bread.
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#food #foodsky
Homemade turkey sandwich with avocado and harissa mayo on wheat sandwich bread. BLT with local bacon and homegrown tomato on homemade sourdough bread fried in bacon fat. Korean fried chicken sandwich on pretzel bun at work. Homemade turkey and pickled apples with sharp cheddar on homemade flaxseed bread.
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
A tale of two chilis befitting the weather:

Over the top smoked meat chilli from Traeger and black bean vegetarian chili from America's Test Kitchen.
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#food #foodsky #lunch
I huge lump of meat smoking over a Dutch oven of chili on the grill. Black bean soup loaded with cheese and sour cream in a bowl with a slice of cornbread.
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Coping the wrongs of the world through the comfort of griddle cakes:

Buttermilk pancakes topped with real Wisconsin butter and maple syrup. It makes all the difference.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast #pancakes
The ingredients for pancakes separated by wet and dry: flours and leavainers in the metal bowl, a measuring cup with buttermilk and sour cream, eggs in a metal bowl to be whisked, melted butter in a ceramic dish. Combining the wet and dry ingredients. Test pancake cooking on the griddle while more sizzle to the right. Four golden buttermilk pancakes, topped with WI butter and maple syrup, on a floral print dinner plate with a fork.
January 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
Working the steak station tonight at work, before we opened I made a classic:

Brandy peppercorn sauce, using green peppercorns and WI cream.
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#food #foodsky #cheflife
Ingredients for brandy peppercorn sauce: Bordelaise, green peppercorns and heavy cream. Setting the brandy aflame. The sauce after a reduction with the cream, nice little kick to it.
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
chefhoss.bsky.social
My new job was doing a crazy fish boil/seafood buffet event yesterday. It was very easy to execute but damn if rich people cann eat king crab legs. We went through 40 pounds.

The appetites of the rich will never be satiated.
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#food #foodsky #cheflife
An important list for every Wisconsinite. The deep frying station for the seafood buffet with calamari runs, shrimp and perch. The line for the fish boil with clams, mussels, sausage, corn and potatoes.
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM