Kitchen Witch, Chef Hillary Gillis

12/14/2024

Driving back to Hood River today. Dinner for 90 merry holiday revelers in the Columbia Gorge AVA. Half of Hood River is about to have the meat sweats.

12/13/2024

🍷One of my favorite original recipes to pair: Crispy five spice duck breast over Gruyère, butternut squash, arugula, and bacon Mac and cheese. The warmth of Chinese five spice with the peppery cut of arugula and sharpness of the aged cheese is sooooooo 🤌🏽🤌🏼🤌🏻🤌🏾 chef’s kiss. And crispy rendered duck skin goes with everything, amiright?

12/13/2024

Duck liver pâté with Granny Smith apple, bacon lardon, stoneground mustard, and fresh sage. Green Hills Farm duck, Carlton Farms bacon, Kitchen Witch herbs and produce.

12/12/2024

🎄 Not me forgetting to take work pics for the eleventy millionth time!!??

Oh well, it was fragrant, local, delicious and Van Duzer was happy. There’s always Saturday for pics. Then next week’s groups, then the Group Project Indie Wine Dinner series, then…

Anyway, thanks so much to Van Duzer Wines for having me feed your people, and happy holidays to your warm and hospitable staff. See you soon!

Kitchen Witch, Chef Hillary Gillis

12/09/2024

Now THAT is a bed of cooking coals. Open fire roasted quail and braised pecan kale? I didn’t mean to make it rhyme but it’s too late now. Four events this week in the Amity/Eola AVA and two trips to Hood River, four separate menus, this is numerous unofficial. Let’s gooooooooo!

12/05/2024

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12/04/2024

❄️Holiday catering, pairing events, private dinners, and everywhere, twinkle lights. December is upon us and filling up fast! Book your private chef experience or holiday catering now and check one more thing off your holiday to-do list!
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12/02/2024

Swipe to see it again reverse↩️
Second course- Ricotta, pork belly, leek, arugula, rosemary, and pear tarts going in the oven, with the Fullerton 2020 Five Faces Chardonnay for a pairing. Merry December! Stay warm, eat and drink well, and book your holiday parties before it’s too late!
Produce and house made ricotta: Kitchen Witch
Pork belly:

11/28/2024

Sacrificed a glass of Ricochet 2023 Gamay Noir for the roasted pears with honey and thyme so they better be worth it! Happy Gobble Gobble Day from the Kitchen Witch Fam to you and yours. Cheers!🍷

11/26/2024

🍄 The foraged fungus among us. Some are for eating, some are just photogenic.

11/24/2024

Always a good time at Saffron Fields, but last night was particularly festive! Thanks for letting me feed you and congratulations on the first sparkling release! Cheers🥂

11/22/2024

Halibut, sesame, and parsnip purée , citrus miso, black caviar, scallion.

11/22/2024

Kept it local last night and finally made it to Fullerton under the guise of needing to pick out wines for the launch of the indie wine dinner series starting in January. A super comprehensive and flexible tasting menu poured by the hyper charming tasting room manager, Skylar. The Three Otters Amber was an interesting surprise, and at only $25/bottle worth investigating for yourself. Wines were drank, new work friends were made. 10/10 Thursday side quest.

11/19/2024

Throwback to last April: Lamb shank, brown butter pomme puree, honey fermented beet, asparagus ❤️

11/17/2024

Mullein tincture, spirulina/ashwaganda/resihi/matcha/tumeric/beet root blend, bone broth, hair growth oil blend, fire cider. Cold and flu season has nothing on us 🔥

11/15/2024

It’s all about the sides this year!
Kitchen Witch can take care of everything but the bird this Thanksgiving! Order for two or a family of fifty! Orders will be delivered Wednesday by 2pm for you to pop in the oven Thanksgiving morning.
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11/10/2024

Has it taken me the first ten months of 2024 to follow through on my resolution to take better playing photos AND remember to post them? It’s has. But progress is progress.
Carlton Farms pork medallion
Pearl couscous
Davis Farms grape tomatoes and eggplant

11/10/2024