Chef Darin Epp/Popcornguru/Knives & Tales

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Tall Tales, Recipes, Rants & Raves

Cooking Demos & Clippings

Sep 1, 20200 min read

Fun With Puri

Aug 26, 20200 min read

Popcorn Madness

Lavender, Sepia & Saffron Popcorn Mousse, Wild Mountain Berries, Popcorn Snow Seared Scallops, Wild Mushroom Quinoa, Popcorn Foam Squid...

Aug 26, 20201 min read

Heavenly Waters

Several years ago I was researching food information for a healthy diet and during my studying I inadvertently came across passages to...

Aug 23, 20201 min read

Spam, Spam, Spam...

This little treasure came about in a most peculiar way. At the time I had recently moved to the Philippines from Canada and I observed...

Aug 17, 20201 min read

A tale of 100 Salmon Dishes

This was my first book published back in 2000. The book idea came about while lying in my bathtub, believe it or not. I was trying to...

Aug 17, 20202 min read

A personal journey...sometimes good, sometimes bad, always entertaining.

This was a book that I needed to write. I loved Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" but I always felt that the famous chef's...

Aug 17, 20201 min read

ABOUT ME

Welcome to my world. I am Chef Darin Epp and it is my desire to share my Chef's life to other culinarians, whether that be foodies, chefs or those that seek information into the culinary underworld. I'm not famous, but does that matter? Here you will find recipes, tales and the makings of a culinary trooper. Enjoy!