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Jack V.

Food has always been a central part of Jack’s life, back to the days of standing on a stool in the kitchen so he could keep an eye on his toaster waffles. When he wasn’t learning from his mother and his grandmothers, he was watching Food Network and reading back issues of Gourmet and Saveur. A classically trained cellist, Jack started working in kitchen stores during grad school for fun and loved getting to try out all the new cooking products and running cooking demonstrations. After six years and three different companies, and with virtually nothing left to use his associate discount on, he returned to Los Angeles for sunny weather and a change of pace.

He loves cooking for his friends, especially on Waffle Sunday. He’s teased mercilessly by his family for his cookbook and cookware collections and there are rumors of a potential intervention for his eighteen pieces of Staub cast-iron, which he vehemently argues is still not enough. He is very firmly Team Pie (sorry, not sorry, cake) and loves exploring hole-in-the-wall restaurants and markets across the LA region. He can be found on Instagram.

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A ceramic bowl filled with hot and sour soup.

Hot and Sour Soup

20 mins

A person squeezing lime juice over an open pulled pork taco.

Pulled Pork Tacos

1 d 3 hrs 30 mins

An oval platter filled with cubed roasted potatoes, garnished with fresh dill.

Roasted Potatoes with Dill

1 hr 5 mins

A person lifting the lid off a pot filled with chicken and dumplings.

Classic Chicken and Dumplings

2 hrs 30 mins

A toasted classic tuna melt on a wooden board with a dish of ketchup next to it.

Classic Tuna Melt

20 mins

A tray of unbaked bbq meatballs with a set of measuring spoons beside it and a bowl of barbecue sauce in the background.

BBQ Meatballs

1 hr 10 mins

Four roast chicken thighs with lemon in a cast-iron skillet set on a wooden board with a meat fork resting beside it.

Roast Chicken Thighs with Lemon

40 mins

A round glass baking dish filled with peach nectarine cobbler and a spoon on the side.

Peach Nectarine Cobbler

1 hr 20 mins

A cast-iron skillet filled with eggplant shakshuka made with poached eggs in a tomato and eggplant sauce, with feta scattered over the top.

Eggplant Shakshuka

45 mins

A dish filled with Vietnamese grilled pork patties with rice noodles and an crunchy vegetables.

Vietnamese Grilled Pork Patties with Rice Noodles ~ Bun Cha

1 hr

Potato Salad with Apples in a white serving bowl on top of a red and white star-patterned trivet.

Potato Salad with Apples

1 hr

A few tahini chocolate chip cookies on a torn piece of parchment paper.

Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 hr 45 mins

Two pouches of baked mushrooms in foil packets with a bowl of greens and another bowl of quinoa on the side.

Baked Mushrooms in Foil Packets

40 mins

Cooked pieces of chicken shawarma and wedges of red onion on a rimmed baking sheet.

Chicken Shawarma

3 hrs 5 mins

Four phyllo pastries stuffed with nuts, honey, and orange blossom water, and topped with pistachios and more honey.

Phyllo Pastries with Nuts and Honey

1 hr

A jar of coffee rub with a manila gift tag.

Coffee Rub

5 mins

A frozen gin fizz in a martini glass with an orange stir stick and a little piece of lemon on the rim.

Frozen Gin Fizz

5 mins

A bowl filled with Ina Garten's rosemary cashews with a sprig of rosemary on the side.

Ina Garten’s Rosemary Cashews

10 mins

Shrimp with black beans piled on a rectangular metal tray.

Shrimp with Black Beans

15 mins

Dried fruit and nut cake in slices on a wooden cutting board with parchment paper, beside a red and white dish towel.

Dried Fruit and Nut Cake

1 hr 20 mins

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