DINE 7 Great Tastes · Dining Guide · The Mixing Tin
Meet the Chef
Executive Chef Michael Buholz from The Loft at Latitude 48.5 WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KAITY TEER
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n Nov. 13, North End Metro partnered with Judd & Black Appliance to host Executive Chef Michael Buholz from The Loft at Latitude 48.5. Buholz welcomed the small audience gathered in the showroom’s test kitchen and shared his philosophy on sourcing the best ingredients and serving only madefrom-scratch sauces and dressings. As he prepared the fourcourse meal, Buholz entertained guests with stories from his lifelong love for cooking. Memorable childhood visits to his grandmother’s home in Wyoming inspired his commitment to freshness. His grandmother used to give him a bucket and a shovel and send him out to the garden to gather ingredients for dinner. Similarly, Buholz took pride in telling guests about each dish’s fresh ingredients. Buholz’s first course delighted guests as he served up panseared sea scallops wrapped in hickory bacon on a salad of organic greens, julienne pear, and supreme-cut grapefruit, dressed with a pear vinaigrette. As a special treat, he ordered weathervane scallops, which were overnighted from the east coast, where they were hand picked by divers for their quality, rather than dredged in nets. continued on page 68 …