I was recently over for dinner at a friends house. He brought out a few books that his dad had rescued from a local thrift store. One giant and slightly off smelling tome, called “The Creative Cooking Course”, is an opus to haute cuisine of the late 60’s and 70’s shown through the jaded eyes …
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Ethical Food Part 2
So I found this online. Its a BBC program called Kill it, Cook it, Eat it. It deals with animals from farm to plate. Not an easy watch, but pretty much as real as it gets. The whole thing is explained in the first 15 seconds or so. Not for the faint of heart.
The End Of 2009
I set out to make a dinner for my friends as a way to close out 2009. It had been a year of many changes and I wanted a fitting meal to say farewell with.
Bad Ass Cleaver
scary and sexy and choppy all in one!
The $20 Challenge
Being starving students, saving some money is never a bad thing. A couple of us came up with a neato idea. The rules are simple. 1. Make a meal for two for $20 or less. 2. The meal must include 3 courses. Something along the lines of an app, a main and a dessert. Or …
A quick and yummy discovery.
It snowed for the first time this year today. It wasn’t much and barely dusted the ground but it was bonafide snow. In celebration we decided to cook a home style roast chicken dinner.
Super simple chicken stew with herbed dumplings.
Love this recipe. It’s super simple and super yummy. A close friend of mine showed it to me and I’ve been using it ever since. It takes a wee bit of time but the results are drop dead yummy. Another plus is it’s made in a single pot… Easy peasy. From start to finish this …
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Pictures Akimbo
More photographs taken in and around chefs school.
Stock
Right now I am sitting at one end of my home dining table. At the other end, on the other side is my brand new stock pot. It is the largest stock pot I have ever owned. The gianorma-pot is sitting on an induction burner and in it are the slow beginnings of a demi …
CrustaStun
Lobster suffering is an ongoing debate. While it is a myth that they scream once dunked in boiling hot water, there is always a nagging doubt about being as human as possible.
Food saftey fail.
This is amazing. The following is taken from a facebook post. Fail for a) fail for eating raw chicken or b) fail for understanding what treats lie ahead for eating raw chicken breast. -Just finished eating a raw chicken breast, no sweat. Looks like somebody owes me $20 -You’re gonna die dude, salmonella for sure …
More Chefs School Pics
Here we go with another random assortment of chef school pics.
It was a long day.
It was a long day. Then we hit the kitchen.
Chef school rant.
Its a large space dominated by a giant hole in the floor looking into the main floor foyer. So really, its a small space.
Someone elses cooking school wisdom
“You learn all kinds of things in culinary school. The difference between an allumette and batonnet is a life-or-death matter. There’s a course that