Jose Mier Food Blog
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Jose Mier Contemplates What Fancy Means The recent posts on this Jose Mier site have all been about wowing your audience, whether it be through the presentation of the foods or just the foods themselves—many of which just have a certain cachet. Your guests may marvel at the smell or they may just be delighted …. Read More
Jose Mier reporting again from my kitchen (if by kitchen I mean sitting in front of my computer writing this). From the Kitchen of Jose Mier Some dishes seem so sophisticated that you can only really get them at a restaurant. As I mentioned earlier, lobster is one, but that, like today’s fancy dinner suggestion, …. Read More
Jose Mier, gourmand, here once more with another simple yet sophisticated dish to spoil your dinner guests with. I refer of course to steamed lobster. We’ve come to think of this as an almost out of reach delicacy because it’s in the higher price range. Well, that’s true for us in Los Angeles since we …. Read More
Jose Mier here in beautiful, sunny Los Angeles. We are a food capital of the world since there are so many ethnicities in our fair city from Vietnamese to Croatian and everything in between. One staple of cooking is always going to be French cuisine and to that end I am suggesting one of the …. Read More
Jose Mier is a great fan of Italian cuisine and this dish is the apex of fine Italian dining. It’s worth the effort to see the looks of admiration on your dinner party guests. Osso Buco originated from Italy and remains a local favorite among the people. The veal shanks are braised and cooked with …. Read More
Jose Mier is hardly a German name (although there are a lot of German Meyers!) but regardless, this is something I really enjoy. It’s hard to find (we don’t have many German restaurants in my community of Sun Valley, CA) so why not take some time and prepare this specialty for your next get-together. The …. Read More
I, your humble servant, Jose Mier, offer yet another taste of sophistication for your next dinner party. There’s something about the size of Cornish Game Hens that bring a smile to anyone they’re served to. Your guest will enjoy it too. Traditionally, Cornish Game Hens are the name that the USDA assigns to specific chickens. …. Read More