The Culinary Underground

21/03/2026

Excited and honored to announce that cheesemonger/chef will be a judge at this year’s Los Angeles Dairy Competition! 🧀 🥛Established in 1922, this competition celebrates the best in milk, yogurt, butter, ice cream, and cheese production. Can’t wait to taste and recognize the amazing dairy products that will be exhibited at the LA County Fair!

If you’re a maker, don’t miss the chance to enter your products in the competition! The entry deadline is April 10th. 🐄

20/03/2026

Dreamy scenes from last Saturday’s ‘Ice Cakes, Not People’ bake sale in Encinitas. This impactful bake sale helped raise $1612 for a non-profit organization that is dependent on volunteers. They advocate for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice. This work is done in an attempt to reduce the number of fatalities along the US-Mexico border by educating and assisting the communities on both sides of the border. Services include educational programs, Water Drops in the Desert, Day Laborer Outreach, the Familias Reunidas Immigration Bond Fund program, and Shelter Aid support in Tijuana to aid migrants and asylum seekers in need.

Big thanks to (and Robin) for all of your efforts in organizing this important event—I appreciate your whimsy and kind spirit. 💖

Thank to for starting this nationwide event to help those who need it most!

Desserts pictured:

Drea (black sesame basque cheesecake with coconut frosting + blood orange)

Neale (vanilla chiffon cake with fennel, lime leaf lemon curd, basque cheesecake & citrus buttercream)

Your ethereal cake was a thing of beauty. I’m still thinking about it!

Kylie (baklava)

Jackie (brownie cookies)
Ila (carrot cake, lemon cookies)

(jalapeño-cheddar stecca, dog biscuits, sourdough crackers, brown butter chocolate chip cookies, matcha latte cookies, nanaimo bars, jalapeño jelly, strawberry jam)

20/03/2026

Dreamy scenes from last Saturday’s ‘Ice Cakes, Not People’ bake sale in Encinitas. This impactful bake sale helped raise $1612 for a non-profit organization that is dependent on volunteers. They advocate for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice. This work is done in an attempt to reduce the number of fatalities along the US-Mexico border by educating and assisting the communities on both sides of the border. Services include educational programs, Water Drops in the Desert, Day Laborer Outreach, the Familias Reunidas Immigration Bond Fund program, and Shelter Aid support in Tijuana to aid migrants and asylum seekers in need.

Big thanks to (and Robin) for all of your efforts in organizing this important event—we appreciate your whimsy and kind spirit. 💖

Thank to for starting this nationwide event to help those who need it most!

Desserts pictured:

Drea (black sesame basque cheesecake with coconut frosting + blood orange)

Neale (vanilla chiffon cake with fennel, lime leaf lemon curd, basque cheesecake & citrus buttercream)

Your ethereal cake was a thing of beauty. I’m still thinking about it!

Kylie (baklava)

Jackie (brownie cookies)
Ila (carrot cake, lemon cookies)

(jalapeño-cheddar stecca, dog biscuits, sourdough crackers, brown butter chocolate chip cookies, matcha latte cookies, nanaimo bars, jalapeño jelly, strawberry jam)

12/03/2026

Repost from

SAN DIEGO FRIENDS! It’s almost time! This Saturday, March 14th, we’re gonna be selling all kinds of deliciousness {seriously, look at this list} for a good cause. It’s gonna be hot out. There’s gonna be cold beer. It’s gonna be a good time.

100% of the proceeds from our bake sale will be going to Border Angels, an incredible nonprofit based out of San Diego that advocates for human rights, immigration reform, and social justice - all things that are extremely important in such a, well, disgusting/dumpster fire/inhumane/{you name it} time.

So if you can, come by Culture Brewing in Encinitas, and buy some delicious goodies {and a cold brew, or two}. Let’s just be good humans and be there for our neighbors in need. Let’s be radicalized by basic decency. Let’s have a good time while doing good. Cheers to all the goodness, my loves.

12/03/2026

03/03/2026

Next Saturday, March 13th, join us at to help raise funds for those affected by ice in San Diego. Ice Cakes Not People is a country-wide event grassroots community bake sale led by bakers and small businesses across the country.

All proceeds will go to , a non-profit organization that is dependent on volunteers. They advocate for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice. This work is done in an attempt to reduce the number of fatalities along the US-Mexico border by educating and assisting the communities on both sides of the border. Services include educational programs, Water Drops in the Desert, Day Laborer Outreach, the Familias Reunidas Immigration Bond Fund program, and Shelter Aid support in Tijuana to aid migrants and asylum seekers in need.

Grab a decadent pastry or a slice of cake with a pint for a good cause.

Big thanks to   for putting this together. 🍰

26/02/2026

Dreamy cheese plates, pasta dishes, and cheese from Valentine’s week. 💘

1. Cheese pairings:

Mariana (🐑) paired with lemon almonds, barberries, and dried blood oranges

camembert (🐄) paired with dried angelino plums and whipped earl grey honey

2. A romantic cheese plate set-up from wine + cheese night

3. Bucatini cacio e pepe

4. Mariana next to handmade dark chocolates dappled with dried strawberries and ziba kishmish raisins.

5. Blood orange + rosewater with mascarpone pistachio creme, late winter citrus, raspberry jam, and calendulas.

6. Anthill a one-of-a-kind cheese is lightly rolled in lemon myrtle herbs and topped with native australian green ants from .

7. Handmade hearted shaped beet ravioli filled with ricotta, dop parmesan, mariana, and herbs.

8. A luscious piece of teleme from

9. Blue corn quesadillas filled with quesillo oaxaca, salsa macha, and grilled nopales.

24/02/2026

Chef had the pleasure of working with Hannah and Petter during ’s grand opening! Their lovely neighborhood shop is thoughtfully curated with cheese from nearby and distant farms, natural and biodynamic wines, baguettes baked by Peter himself, colorful grab-and-go goods, and much more.

Drop in to visit Jaybird Superette to show your support for Hannah and Peter, who have poured their hearts into this special place!

Shout out to .moneyys a kick ass fellow monger! It was a great time mongering alongside you too! 🧀

14/02/2026

If music be the food of love, play on — Shakespeare

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💌

Drop into tonightwith your galentine/valentine this evening for fromage, pasta, music by, and desserts.