CHEF HANDSOME

CHEF HANDSOME is Personal Chef Services International Luxury Catering & Culinary Education MEET HANDSOME ZACH : Nomadic Chef Mind Expanding ArtistYour Man w/ the Moves and a Passion for Freshness & Flavor. This blog will showcase his cuisine and events More Info...

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Mac & Cheese!!! 

Done to the 9 w/ Mushrooms. Garden Squash .Farmies. Herbs.

Quick Recipe :

Prepare your favorite Fresh or Boxed Mac & Cheese.(I used Annie's GF Deluxe)

Medium-High Heat on a Medium Sautee. Add 2T Coconut Oil. Add 1/4ed Mushrooms and Sliced Squash. Salt and Rainbow Pepper. Stir and cover for 3 Minutes.

Add Minced garlic and herbs.(I used cilantro and dill) Stir and cover for 3 Mins.

Meanwhile, Heat your favorite Egg Pan for some Sunny Sides or Scrambled.(It's extra clean if you can use the same pan as your Vegetables)

Uncover vegetables, stir, and add 1/4-1/2 C White Wine. Reduce for 1-2 minutes. Hopefully there was some sound and fizzling and popping.

Pour over Mac & Cheese. Top with Eggs.

I Hope you enjoy this fun Fall Recipe. Keep Warm!

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Fall Dishes

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Summer Dishes 4.

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Summer Dishes 3

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Summer Dishes 2.

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 Summer Dishes 

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Tilapia Dinner for Special Guests!!!

This was a fun one.  

I used Kalirabi ( a cabbagey tasting plant) with St. Germain (an elder flower liquior) to make a great sauce for the meal. Thanks Dan at Common Hands in Hudson NY for all the vegetables!!

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Passion Fruit at Machu Picchu!

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Veggie 3 Way w/ Coconut Essence Rice & Arugula.

Curried Yellow Squash

Coriander Cinnamon Carrots & Yams

Lemon Garlic Brussel Sprouts

Food for your Budda!

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Marriott Employee Party at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie NY ! Catered by Zach's Snacks!

Cilantro Lime Chicken Breast

Tiger Shrimp.Roasted Vegetable.Tomato

Scallion Ginger Three Cheese Macaroni

Roasted Vegetable & Swiss Chard

Yellow Rice & Beans

Cream of Brocoli Soup

Salad

Cheese and Fruit

Vegetable Platter

Blondies & Chocolate

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Easter Lamb w/ Asparagus. Potato. Red Wine Mushroom Pan Sauce !

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Buffet Lunch for Jaguar Path in Lenox Mass!

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Namaste!

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' Warm Peach Pie '

Over the years, I've developed delicious gluten free pies crusts.  Its one of my most popular items.

Brown Rice Flour makes a particularly fantastic pie crust.  The texture and flavor is much better than with wheat flour.

Amaranth Flour also works quite nicely. 

I always mix spices like Coriander and Ginger into the flour as well to add depth and floral notes to the finished product.

Peaches make the most amazing pies. Throw fresh berries & raw sugar in for a tasty treat!

Pie is always best with Grass Fed Ice Cream. Try Goat or Sheep Milk Ice Cream for a new sensation! Hemp and Coconut Ice Cream is great too!

Local Pastured Cruelty Free.  I Love The Berkshires and The Hudson Valley. The selection is vast and Farmers are friendly.

Get out there and get a slice!

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Red Jungle Fowl aka "Chicken".

Domesticated before 6000 BC. 

You can raise a free-range chicken for slaughter in 14 weeks.

Or keep it 5 to 10 years as your pal. 

Shown : Dinner for two.

Blackened Chicken Breast w/ Drunken Mire Poix . Curry Garlic Chard. Roast Shitake & Button Mushrooms. Scallop Lemon Pan Sauce.

Here's a recipe for a blackening seasoning :

Tablespoon of each : Pepper. Celery Salt. Garlic Powder. Onion Powder. Smoked Paprika. Chile Powder. Cayenne. Cumin. Coriander.   

2-3 Tablespoons Salt

Place all seasonings into a dry small jar with a lid. Cover and shake to blend.  Use to season chicken, pork, fish, red meat or vegetables!

Here's Another Blackening Seasoning Recipe

One Tablespoon of each : Coriander. Onion Powder. Paprika. Celery Seed Powder.

1-2 Tablespoon Salt. 1/2 Tablespoon Black Pepper and Garlic Powder.

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"We've Got Wraps..."

I'm always ready to pull together meals from what clients already have in their refrigerator. 

The trick to working with basic ingredients and making delicious meals is to apply a variety of techniques and herbs & spices to each component of the dish.

Something could be Sour.

Something could be Sweet.

Something could be Spicy.

Something could be Roasted.

Something could be Toasted.

Something could be Fresh.

Something could Crunch.

Something could be Salty.

When you combine techniques and spices with basic ingredients, you create layers of flavor which keep the pallet interested!

Shown: Casual Dinner for three.

Sexy Fried Tofu  w/ Caramelized Onions & Carrots. Cucumber. Spiced Rice. Beans. Lime Creme. Pecan Candy. Avocado.

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NYE in Hudson NY at The Tin Ballroom 2012 w/ DJ Gio!

In the summer of 2011, DJ Gio hired a buddy and myself to move him out and into a new apartment. The move went quite smoothly. This led Giovanni to request my services as his assistant at what would be 7 gigs over the course of the summer and fall.

We bumped them all. The Berkshires. Columbia County. The Catskills. Both sides of the river. Bringin' the noise for the dance floor!

Most recently, we got Gio set up in The Tin Ballroom on New Year's Eve for a Wedding After Party. Congratulations Dove and Nicole!!! You girls are awesome together!

The Tin Ballroom is so cool because the walls and ceiling are covered in gorgeous textured tin and it's completely lit by candles. It's an amazingly beautiful venue. 

We had a blast bringing in the New Year with Y'all !!!!