SIX-COURSE DINNERS TO ORDER Chef Tim

SIX-COURSE Dinners to Order

CHEF TIM SHULAR COOKS FOR GUESTS AT HOME

BY SARAH STEFFENS / D SARAH STEFFENS

“When I cook, I always wonder if my dad would like it or if it tastes like grandma used to make” – Chef Tim

Picture this, you and your loved ones are gathered around the family table, the sun is setting, backyard lights twinkling, wine flowing, and the music is just right. You take a deep breath and the fragrance of slow-cooked, bubbling tomato bacon jam fills your nostrils. After a long week, the time has come to rest and unwind with a homecooked, six-course menu created just for you and your guests, all prepared in your kitchen by a personal chef.

Chef Tim Shular and his wife, Caprice Shular, began Taste & See, a personal chef business based in Lodi, with a vision to share the warmth of a home-cooked meal made from scratch and using seasonal ingredients with others. After all, what better place to eat a menu curated especially for you and your loved ones than in the comfort of your own home?

For each dinner, Chef Tim dreams up a surprise menu based on allergies and taste preferences (fear not, those who do not prefer surprises, Chef Tim is happy to share the menu in advance). “We bring all the cooking equipment and plates and utensils for dinner. We arrive two hours early to set-up and prep and then after the dinner we clean everything up,” Caprice says. After each course is served, Chef Tim comes to the table to describe the dish and ingredients.

Back at the table with family and friends and the glow of the late day’s sunshine, dive into your first bite, perhaps a crostini with whipped goat cheese, shaved filet, pickled onion, and bacon jam, and let it melt in your mouth, noticing its array of flavors hitting your taste buds one by one—sweet, savory, spicy, perfectly sour, smooth. Look around and see your guests sharing in the experience, eager to taste all of the evening’s culinary delights. Breathe it all in, the unforgettable food, its unique and delicious flavor, your loved ones, the moment to gather and connect and create sweet memories together. The food is what brought you here, but the experience, different than dining out, feels immediately intimate and homey.

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