Cooking starts with farmers.

Sourcing fresh ingredients from local, organic & sustainable growers are vital to the ritual of thoughtful cooking. Utilizing high-quality produce & meats are key to a flavor-rich and clean meal, whether cooked at home or savored at a restaurant. My primary focus is to cultivate a local food community & provide recipes that feature beautiful seasonal ingredients & handcrafted artisanal products from various farmers' markets. You will find links throughout my posts that highlight the tireless efforts of our heroes...please visit & support. Scroll down to subscribe and stay up to date!


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If I looked back 10 years ago to that little me dreaming of being a Chef/working in a kitchen; I would have never believed that I was a Sous-Chef at a wonderful Sustainable restaurant in Sausalito, staged in Michelin Star restaurants in SF and worked
Wild last few years can’t seem to wrap my mind around it; but it’s over! Respect to all my people start to finish ✊❤️💛💚 🌍🥂 Credits to all the homies above and of course the family and Yovani (chef) , @letyswan , @farnoush_d, @chronixx
Sundays farmers market run for @divinosausalito! Catch us there every Sunday and Thursday morning. 🍽🤘🌿🌍 👨‍🍳 New recipes have been added to leocooks1.com in the past month and will be updated soon with new dishes and explorations! Had a li
Steak Au Povire with New York prime cut. This was alongside oven roasted thyme potatoes and Broccolo Romanesco! The steak was beyond delicious, cooked to a perfect medium rare. There was a lot of sauce I just didn’t put it all on top in the pic
Authentic Vietnamese Pho (Fuh). About a 6 hour process but 1000% worth it🌶! One of my favorite dishes, I just never really got around to making it. I made enough for 12 bowls and I had 5 😋, might have been one of the most delicious dishes I’v
Ghanaian/Kenyan Stew!!🇰🇪 🇬🇭 😋 🌶 Cooking stews from different countries in Africa is the best, there are just so many different flavors that you can combine. Many dishes look similar, but the flavors are quite diverse if you take the time to ta
Spicy Lamb Merguez Crostini. Lamb from Bud’s custom meats farm! 😋🔪😋 These portions are roughly what I used. Ingredients: 1 - Italian Baguette 4 - Links lamb Merguez Sausage 1 - Cup fresh Gorgonzola cheese 1- handful of chopped fresh Ros
Surf & Turf! Pan seared scallops with a lemon tarragon butter sauce! Seared Filet Mignon in a red wine rosemary & mushroom reduction! Scallops and sauce (my personal ingredients: - 5-10 Fresh scallops - Salt - Half a bunch of fresh tarra
Jerk Chicken night! Grilled and partially smoked Jerk Chicken along a Caribbean style slaw with Jerk Sauce to dip! This is definitely one of my favorite dishes to cook and eat. 🇯🇲🇪🇹 I’d call this 90% authentic. This is because I’m no