This past April, we opened up the doors to our newly remodeled Joshua Tree homestead cabin to host a group of desert friends and the staff of Bon Appetit Magazine for a weekend long party. We had just finished building the outdoor kitchen, a big handmade wood burning grill set up. We took everyone for cocktail hike into the boulders behind our home, a dip in the best cowboy pool in the high desert, and back in time for sunset supper. Most of the meal was cooked over the fire, heavy handed on the W.V. olive oil. And Leslie Stevens serenaded us around the firepit after dinner in the glow of the bronco headlights. THE MENU the rosy boa, a tequila cocktail avocado cups with pomegranate salsa verde celery slaw with sesame and dates radichio and stone fruit salad grilled carrots with cumin-serrano yogurt charred japanese sweet potatoes with a honey vinegar glaze chile rubbed butterflied chicken with herbs and cracked olives ice cream with saffron oil and sesame wafer For full story and recipes, visit Bon Appetit. A big thank you to photohgraphers Danielle Levitt and Alex Lau, food stylist Rebecca Jurkevich, prop stylist Amy Wilson, Emily Eisen, Carla Lalli Music and the BA team. Merci to Scribe for our favorite wines, and La Gritona for their otherworldly tequila. To Steve and Glen for the vintage cars, manual labor and cannon balls. And lastly, to Gabrielle and Beau of Mano Mercantile for the prep work and getting that fire lit!
