I’ve covered a lot of ground as a Chef, Food Writer and Photographer, there is little left undone. It’s
been a wild ride and I love to talk shop. My culinary experience is formed around being puro
Californio, with indigenous ancestors going back before the Spaniards arrived and the European
side sailed from France to settle Sonoma in the 1850’s. Those roots run deep in ancestry and
attitude. I’ve also been working in the High Sierra near Yosemite for decades and came up through the Orange County Music scene. My palate draws from West Coast Americana, Regional Mexican, Mediterranean, Moroccan and even aspects of Vietnamese. The West Coast experience is in my blood and the purest expression of that is via the plate and pen. I also have a gritty, sentimental side that I pour into each preparation. Every dish has a story and that story deserves to be told.
I pride myself on being super easy to work with, food should be fun and I think good company
makes for the very best of ingredients. Let’s have a meal to remember!

My cuisine is a fusion all its own; there is absolutely no pretense to my
culinary style. I cook for the best of reasons: a love for people, friendship and
the magic that happens over a few bottles of wine with just the right folks. And I
firmly stand by the mantra: ”Good company is the best ingredient and pretense
makes a lousy garnish.”