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Amos Miller Chef Profile
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About me
I have eaten and cooked almost every cuisine around the Mediterranean and the adventure continues. I am more to the 'comfort food' (with a touch of fusion) side of the kitchen than the molecular gastronomy or haute cuisine side. I experiment with, and spin off of great approaches to the tried and true recipes I find, working to incorporate as many elements as possible from our tidy piece of paradise in Michigan - Walnut Ridge Farm, into products for Walnut Ridge Farm Foods LLC.
I also love the unique foods and cuisines of northern Europe and the Asian sub-continent and hope to learn new things on CES, contributing where I can. There is a very special place in my heart for Creole cooking, and I find Southwestern and Tex-Mex dishes exciting. For me, food is a special dialect - the language of it's people.
I'll never submit a recipe I don't believe rates a '5' on this site. There are millions of recipes out there. Why waste time and be disappointed? I like to lower those odds in favor of enjoyment and satisfaction. We all have, and do, throw many attempts into the trash. I truly hope nothing I recommend on this site, or elsewhere, will disappoint any cook from beginner to pro, or go to waste, which is even worse.
I cook to please myself, my family, my friends, and then anyone else (in that order) who will eat or try the dishes I set out or recommend. There is nothing more personal, or that shows love and respect for our fellow man, than the ability to please the palates of the diners.
We nourish, sustain, excite, stimulate and bring joy into the world by our efforts in the kitchen and by sharing the fruits (vegetables and meats) of our labors.
My motto is: "cooking well is it's own reward". www.facebook.com/ChefAmosMiller
Cooking Influences
Jacques Pepin, Daniel Boulud, Tom Collichio, Austin Leslie, Claudia Roden, Paula Wolfert, Tony Bourdain, Martin Yan, Rose Cheng, Amanda Freitag, John Besh, my West Virginia and Texas roots, and my Dad, Bill.
Awards, Honors and Societies
Member:
American Culinary Federation (ACF);
Research Chefs Association (RCA);
Personal & Private Chef Association (PCA);
National Restaurant Association (NRA);
Michigan Restaurant Association (MRA);
Slow Food USA
Additional Services
Research Chef, Personal Chef, Special Event Chef, Consultant
Recommendations
Favorite Cookbooks
- Les Halles Cookbook (Anthony Bourdain)
- An 'inside baseball' cookbook
- Complete Techniques (Jacques Pepin)
- Indespensible to the kitchen
- Villa Table (Lorenza De'Medici)
- Awesome Italian classics
- Trattoria (Biba Caggiano)
- Simple, fresh, wholesome, delicious recipes
- Chez Helene House of Good Food Cookbook (Austin Leslie)
- The Creole kitchen gets no better
Chefs I recommend
- Amanda Freitag (New York, NY)
- A great chef & an exceptionally fine person
- Nick Stellino (Los Angeles, CA)
- All heart, Italian comfort food
- Stephanie Izard (Chicago, IL)
- Girl got game!
- Antonia Lofaso (Los Angeles, CA)
- Simply awesome person & chef
Restaurants I Recommend
- Kiki's Bistro (Chicago, IL)
- Truly a French Bistro / awesome wine cellar
- Risky's (Ft. Worth, TX)
- BBQ Heaven - They have it all!
- da Mario (Rome)
- Tuscan - never had a bad meal in over 50 visits to Italy
- Erie Cafe (Chicago, IL)
- The Lenzi family's joint is a carnivore's dream
- The Woodfire (Dowagiac, MI)
- Excellent, elegant and intimate
- Riverfront Cafe (Niles, MI)
- Very innovative kitchen / a surprise dining experience
- Le Cave di Maiano (Florence, Italy)
- Rustic Tuscan - excellent!
- Foxtail (Los Angeles, CA)
- Antonia Lofaso, Exec Chef 'nuf said.
- The Girl & The Goat (Chicago, IL)
- Stephanie Izard, her place, her food, all her
- Truluck's (Dallas, TX)
- Amazing quality seafood creations by Exec Chef Brian Wubbena
- The Red Apple (Chicago, IL)
- Absolutely outstanding buffet restaurant. From the Black Angus in the beef dishes to the world's lightest pierogis, value far exceeds cost
Comments
- October 11, 2012Amos,
Your Ultimate Carrot Cake Recipe was the best that I have ever had. Also thank you for the nice comment that you put on my page. It was really nice. I am hopping to be adding some more recipes soon. So come and see in a week what new foods that I have! - Samantha Howard -
- May 10, 2012Chef Amos, I just came across your meyer lemon marmalade and boy it made me drool. I am a lover of citrusy (if there is any such word) home-made marmalade...thanks for sharing.
Will try and message you soon (only if I manage to get meyer lemons at this time of the year)
Cheers. - March 10, 2012Great recipes, Chef.2 replies
I really enjoy reading your recipes and how you illustrate preping and executing them.
How did you get the photos to show up step-by-step for individual recipes? I didn't see any special instructions on how to do this via CES.- March 11, 2012Hi, Cecelia - I feel compelled to respond to a woman wielding two cleavers! Regarding the photos, there were no instructions, per se, for adding them - when I posted a recipe I added the first photo with the posting. Then when the recipe is published, I just clicked on the 'add a photo' under that first one and found I could add three at a time, then caption each one and re-publish. You can post none, 1, or as many as you wish that way. Let me know if this helps. And it is great to connect with you and communicate - I hope we can continue! best regards, Amos1 reply
- March 11, 2012Thank you, Chef Amos, for your response. I will certainly try this. I'm "tech-nav-vy rather than tech sav-vy" ... but I can cook fish! : ) ... Looking forward to more of your recipes. Thanks, again, Cecelia
- March 5, 2012Hi,
Nice of you to join my blog. Have already put several of your recipes in my recipe box.
Myra - March 2, 2012I was reading about the German Rye Bread you reviewed. My oven really sucks in this place and it only heats to 450. I think the thermometer is going sometimes. I would love to back into baking bred as its been years. This sounds like a good one.
- February 22, 2012I found that the second method of boiling an egg works great. The yoks are always done just right and no ring around the yolk. Thanks
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- February 21, 2012And I am delighted to be found! Stay in touch if you have any questions or you need a recommendation, and I'll try to help. Join 'Groups' and have fun - this is a great resource and an a culinary adventure just to prowl around, checking out all the very good recipes.
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- February 17, 2012I haven't cooked anything Ethiopian in over a year, but I will again eventually. And when I do I'll post a recipe or two. I have only made Injera twice, once successfully. The second time we had to rush out and get Na'an to sub.
- February 16, 2012Been following your desert recipes. My favorite is the carrot cake. Thanks so much for sharing.
Jenny from http://www.organic-cocktail-recipes.com - February 15, 2012The nice thing is that bruising is not an issue with garlic, so the violent shaking has absolutely no effect except to get one of the kitchen's time-consuming tasks out of the way. However, I urge that you NOT attempt this with your blanched tomatoes...
- February 15, 2012Sort of like Shaken Garlic Syndrome??? That Garlic trick is so cool. I'm gonna try that! For someone to come up with that it must have taken someone pretty fed up and teed off and finally just shook he s--- out of the garlic.1 reply
- February 15, 2012The nice thing is that bruising is not an issue with garlic, so the violent shaking has absolutely no effect except to get one of the kitchen's time-consuming tasks out of the way. However, I urge that you NOT attempt this with your blanched tomatoes...
- February 13, 2012I am incredibly honored that that you decided to give my site a gander. You encompass all the aspects of being at the top of one's game and doing it well. Thank you and I look forward to chatting with and learning from you. You are like a guardian mentor to me.1 reply
- February 14, 2012Hi, Smokin' - Thanks very much. And I'm sure you will find a great number of members who will also be very happy to help you in every way they can. We also look forward to learning from you, so don't be afraid to test the waters, post something and look for that valuable feedback. Thanks, again. Stay in touch - Amos
- January 31, 2012You just down the highway from me , I'm new to this forum and to cooking with a pressure cooker. Look forward to different foods.
- January 28, 2012Good morning, Amos. Hope you're having a great weekend. Thank you for the update regarding the Limpa bread. Take care, and HAPPY COOKING!! :)
Elaine - January 25, 2012I love lentils in soup, Amos, and will definitely make your recipe soon! Have a great day! :)
Elaine - January 22, 2012Good morning, Amos. Thank you for the info on the Limpa bread and I will look that up again to find it! Presently, five residents (in answer to your question) and staff....
Have a great day, and keep well. HAPPY COOKING!! :) - January 21, 2012Hi Amos:
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words :)
I will DEFINITELY try your Limpa Bread. As you know, I love baking different kinds of breads, and making up my own recipes as well, so I will surely try out yours.
Thank you so much for sharing it, and may God bless you and yours!
Elaine :) -
- January 20, 2012Hi, Chef - All is well and a day closer to Spring! I wish you a very happy and healthy 2012. I am so glad to touch base with you. I assume you are keeping the pot stirred?
- January 18, 2012I tried to leave a message but it says we need to be friends??
I did find your page and liked. So I'll get your updates on my newsfeed. Assign you liked our page you would get ours. It should show your page on ours also as a like. - January 4, 2012Hi, Amos!
Thank you so much for your comments on the French Onion Gratinee'! Much appreciated, and I am delighted you enjoyed it.
Thank you also for your kind wishes for 2012, and I am hoping your new year will be a great one also.
Warmest greetings from Muskoka!
Happy Cooking!
Elaine :) - December 25, 2011Hello, thanks for friending up here on the site I look forward to trying some of your recipes!
- December 24, 2011Rixie - Thanks for the request. If you look at my Ultimate Carrot Cake recipe, I will tell you the photos are of a gluten-free version made exactly to my recipe. I have lots of requests for the G-F version. So here is what I have used / recommended to of GF folks. I have made this exact cake using 1-1/2 cups of Formula #2 of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), combined with 1/2 cup of Domata Living Flour. The result is a cake virtually indistinguishable from one made with all-purpose flour. Really. Just like in the photos.
Now I need to tell you how to make your own batch of CIA #2. You need to buy the following, and to make it simple, I'll give you a small batch which will provide 9.5 cups of #2. You can also cut my recommendation in half, but this is a very useful flour.
20 oz of white rice flour
14 oz of brown rice flour
6 oz potato starch
8 oz tapioca starch
That's it for the #2 - note there is no xanthan gum, so we need to hold things together. That is where the Domata comes in. We buy Domata in large amounts and it is an exceptional GF flour, and, generally speaking, MAY work perfectly as a 1 for 1 substitute for gluten flours in most recipes, but in this carrot cake, I feel it is a bit too heavy.
Domata contains: rice flour, cornstarch, tapioca dextrin and xanthan gum.
Rixie, you can obtain Domata in North America by ordering direct from Domata over the internet, or seek out a GF blend with the ingredients I have listed. I do not know the blending proportions for Domata, which, I am sure, is proprietary. However, they are wonderful people and can be reached in the following ways: domata@domataflour.com; www.domatalivingflour.com, or telephone 417-654-4011. They are located in Missouri, USA and ship all over. We love 'em! Let me know how you fair and give us your review!
And I do hope you'll try a couple of my recipes - thanks so much for following me! Best regards, Amos - December 24, 2011Rixie - Thanks for the request. If you look at my Ultimate Carrot Cake recipe, I will tell you the photos are of a gluten-free version made exactly to my recipe. I have lots of requests for the G-F version. So here is what I have used / recommended to of GF folks. I have made this exact cake using 1-1/2 cups of Formula #2 of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), combined with 1/2 cup of Domata Living Flour. The result is a cake virtually indistinguishable from one made with all-purpose flour. Really. Just like in the photos.
Now I need to tell you how to make your own batch of CIA #2. You need to buy the following, and to make it simple, I'll give you a small batch which will provide 9.5 cups of #2. You can also cut my recommendation in half, but this is a very useful flour.
20 oz of white rice flour
14 oz of brown rice flour
6 oz potato starch
8 oz tapioca starch
That's it for the #2 - note there is no xanthan gum, so we need to hold things together. That is where the Domata comes in. We buy Domata in large amounts and it is an exceptional GF flour, and, generally speaking, MAY work perfectly as a 1 for 1 substitute for gluten flours in most recipes, but in this carrot cake, I feel it is a bit too heavy.
Domata contains: rice flour, cornstarch, tapioca dextrin and xanthan gum.
Rixie, you can obtain Domata in North America by ordering direct from Domata over the internet, or seek out a GF blend with the ingredients I have listed. I do not know the blending proportions for Domata, which, I am sure, is proprietary. However, they are wonderful people and can be reached in the following ways: domata@domataflour.com; www.domatalivingflour.com, or telephone 417-654-4011. They are located in Missouri, USA and ship all over. We love 'em! Let me know how you fair and give us your review!
And I do hope you'll try a couple of my recipes - thanks so much for following me! Best regards, Amos

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