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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.
As a Research Chef, 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 my tidy piece of paradise in Michigan - Walnut Ridge Farm - into products for Walnut Ridge Farm Foods, Inc.
My line of unique and exciting condiments - SouthWest Brand Pepper Sauces - is on the market. Email me to learn more at [email protected] and at http://swbpeppersauce.com I'd love to hear from you!
For me, food is a special dialect - the language of it's people.
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
& www.facebook.com/WalnutRidgeFarmFoodsInc 'LIKE' me there!
Cooking Influences
Paula Wolfert, Jacques Pepin, Wolfgang Puck, Alice Waters, Thomas Keller, Gordon Ramsay, Daniel Boulud, Tom Collichio, Austin Leslie, Pack Wong, Amanda Freitag, 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
- Chez Helene House of Good Food Cookbook (Austin Leslie)
- The Creole kitchen gets no better
- The Cooking of Southwestern France (Paula Wolfert)
- Ultimate French country fare
- Couscous & Other Good Food from Morocco (Paula Wolfert)
- Ultimate Moroccan cookbook
Chefs I recommend
- Amanda Freitag (New York, NY)
- A great chef & an exceptionally fine person
- Rick Bayliss (Chicago, IL)
- Like Wolfert, a Master culinary anthropologist
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
- Le Cave di Maiano (Florence, Italy)
- Rustic Tuscan - excellent!
- Foxtail (Los Angeles, CA)
- Antonia Lofaso, Exec Chef 'nuf said.
- 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
- July 13, 2021i really like your A BAKED POTATO rec ipe i love baking 1 potaot it is good to me thnak yu
- July 13, 2021hi AMOS i would like to be friends but i dont know how can you please help me this iv very new and sary to me
- February 27, 2019Hello Amos,My wonderful adopted mother would make a Swedish breaded bread that had cardamom crushed seeds that made the most wonderful taste and smell.Looking for any "OLD"recipes since Mama was born 1894 so looking for handed down info.Thanks for help.
- March 11, 2017Just in case this message didn't go through I'm adding it here. Thanks.1 reply
Amos!!!! You're a man after my own heart! I would love to have the cookbooks. If you'll lend me a bill I'll even pay for them and shipping. Here is my address
Martha A Cheves
4768 Old Lantern Way
Charlotte, NC 28212
I started working on Think With Your Taste Buds - Chicken but decided to let the readers have the recipes for free so I list them on my site. When time permits I want to do TWYTB - Pork, etc.
Again thank you!!!!
Martha -
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- August 18, 2013I was interested to see g your quote from Clementine Paddleford, I've just finished reading a book about her that I acquired at a church sale. Had never heard of her - and as a dedicated foodie and recipe book\collector could not help but wonder why. I am , after all, 75 years old.
- July 1, 2013Nazzareno1 reply
Good morning, Amos.I look forward to trying some of your recipes! If you like to share some of my Maltese traditional recipes just send me a message.
- January 15, 2017I would love you have you share some of your favorite Maltese recipes.! If you want to-mail them to me, send them to [email protected]. Sorry I am so late in responding, but I want you to know I deeply appreciate your offer and hope we might stay connected. best regards!
- 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!! :)