I ended up taking one of my favorite appetizers and modifying it slightly with the addition of the luxury ingredient. Quail eggs are a fantastically underused item, mostly due to their small size, but ...

Behind an antique two-pump gas station on the seaward side of Highway 1, up a path of stone steps laden with native plants and the fog-driven ghosts of Henry Miller and Anais Nin, before a stretch of ...

Every time I pull my Catalan mortar and pestle off the shelf, I think of a late summer lunch at Mas de Daumas Gassac. I’d visited the vineyards and cellar of the wine estate in southern France that ...

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Skip the turkey and chicken and be adventurous with quail. This recipe comes from Simply Ming, hosted by award-winning chef Ming Tsai. Heat a large oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Add olive and ...

We've seen menus across the States offer the wondrous "egg on top" of everything — from burgers to BLTs to pizza — but now there's a whole cookbook dedicated to the concept: Eggs on Top ($25) by ...

Dissolve the salt in 8 cups of warm water. Add 2 rosemary sprigs and both halves of the garlic head. Let infuse and cool for 15 minutes, then add the quail. Place the quail in the rosemary brine for 1 ...

Instructions: Heat grill to medium high heat and set up indirect grilling method (coals set aside to one side of grill). Season the quail with salt and pepper and set aside. Mix together marinade of ...

Quail eggs are rolled in minced herbs to top leeks dressed with vinaigrette. ("Eggs on Top" /Chronicle Publishing) Asparagus Mimosa, asparagus sprinkled with hard-cooked egg bits, is a spring standard ...

At a local Asian market, I recently stumbled upon a carton of quail eggs. While I had sampled quail meat before, I had never tried the egg delicacy. I was intrigued by the multi-colored, tiny-sized ...

Patrick Feges is in charge of smoked meats at the Heights restaurant Southern Goods and has a catering company, Feges BBQ. He frequently cooks for pop-ups, special events and private parties. His ...