What the Jester Had for Dinner

A collection of food related brain lint from a pyrokineticist who fancies himself eclectic, eccentric, acerbic, and a ridiculously good cook. E-mail the Jester! jkgrence at gmail dot com

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Stempkowski's New Place(s): The Details

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A couple of weeks ago, I got to break the news that Robert Stempkowski, chef at Urban Campfire in Tempe, was going to get his own digs going...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Good Drinking: The Margarita

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It looks like it's getting into margarita season. Tonight at work was on the slow side, and two people ordered them in a matter of fifte...

Monday, April 18, 2011

Coming (Back) Soon: Stempkowski's Own Restaurant

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About three and a half years ago, local chef Robert Stempkowski opened his own restaurant after a good number of years working in Phoenix...

Monday, April 11, 2011

Event: Grow Your Own Mushrooms!

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One of the interesting things about running a food blog is that you get emails from all kinds of people hawking all kinds of different event...

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Recipe: Jester's Own Orgeat!

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A couple weeks ago, I published on here a work in progress recipe for orgeat syrup. After some more testing, I now have the finalized versio...

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

For the person who needs it

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Don't know how secretive this person is being, but a request came via Twitter message for tiki punch for a party. This is going to be to...

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Cooking: Blanching Your Own Almonds

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I went out to get myself some blanched whole almonds the other day so I can (finally) get to work on my Mk II Jester's Own Orgeat. I tak...

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JK Grence (the Cosmic Jester): Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. I have a habit of wandering off and doing other things, so if you don't think I'm updating the blog enough, send a gentle poke to jkgrence at gmail dot com and I'm sure I'll come up with something.

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