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Finely chopped garlic and parsley root cooked in olive oil. Then I toss the spaghetti in with chopped parsley leaves and add pasta water to finish cooking.

Then plate adding extra fresh parsley, some olive oil and crushed red peppers

Duck breast scored and salted, fat side in pan until crispy, then finished in oven fat side up 395F/10 minutes.

Sauce: onion, garlic, butternut squash, homemade roasted chicken stock, salt and pepper, cooked until the squash was tender, then blended smooth.

Reduced sauce to desired consistency in the pan, and finished the pasta in the sauce.

Chicken leg (deboned, used to build a quick chicken base), roasted chicken broth, carrot, white onion, celery, garlic, red bell pepper, potato, butternut squash, corn, green peas, salt & pepper.

Crispy chicken skin, finely chopped, used as a crunchy topping.

Plating: bowl with cooked macaroni and shredded chicken, ladle over the soup, then finish with a squeeze of lemon juice, a few drops of chipotle hot sauce, and hand-torn fresh basil.

Dumplings filling: pork, napa cabbage, green onions, ginger, garlic, black pepper, salt, sugar.

In soup: chicken broth, ginger slices, kombu, bonito, soy sauce, sesame oil, kosher salt | topped with green onions and chili oil

With dipping sauce: soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili oil | with a quick pickle and a pork/dashi broth