Category / Living

Experimenting

Celebrating turmeric and cauliflower soup with shiitake mushrooms, micro kale and crushed pistachios. Soup by @maxkiesler

Packaging at Sightglass

Fresh peas swimming with leeks by @maxkiesler

I’ve seen this view evolve over the past 15 years

Portuguese potato and cilantro soup by @maxkiesler

Street scene

Blended red kidney bean soup with cilantro and peppers by @maxkiesler

SOMA graffiti

Moroccan carrot soup with chermoula by @maxkiesler

Saturday on Valencia

Escarole, leek and Bibb lettuce green soup by @maxkiesler

My new vegetable knife is a Gihei 165mm Nakiri ZDP189 with Keyaki Handle, a gift from @maxkiesler “Gihei knives are forged and hand ground in Tsubame Sanjo Niigata at their small family business [by father and son team of Atsushi Hosokawa and Takashi Hosokawa]. Gihei works in some old style steels like shirogami and aogami and also works with new alloys such as ZDP-189.” As a former metal sculptor myself, I really appreciate this level of craft by the Hosokawa family! @bernalcutlery

Caramelized fennel and chickpea soup with saffron by @maxkiesler

Good times at the vegetable knife skills class learning how to chop, brunoise and chiffonade properly at @sfcooking with @maxkiesler