Posts by Thecooktoo

I've got a half dozen different squeeze bottles, including the red and yellow ones, and several smaller ones that I use for coulis, etc. I also use a spoon, a small ziplock bag with the corner cut off, a pastry bag with various tips...

Taught a basic cooking skills class on Saturday, and one of the dishes we prepared was Roasted Root Vegetables. Give the class lots of cutting to do for knife skills and use of a peeler...potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips, carrots and...

I would first make the rep get me a case to sample. If he wants to sell them to you he will get you a sample. If not, find the mfg web site...contact them and tell them the same thing...get me a sample to try if you want to sell them...

I have a friend that reps for KA...I'll contact him and get the real skinny on what's going on. Back later. Jim

I have Maple short grain island countertops...do everything that article says except I use Nylon Scrubbies (3M type) to clean it...then oil it with mineral oil. Don't use food grade oil, it will get rancid after a while. When you first...

Hamilton Beach is now moving into the Professional cooking line in competition with Kitchen Aid. Actually, I don't think Kitchen Aid makes anything, Hobart makes their mixers, a Chinese firm makes their knives, Meyer mfg (Farberware)...

Becky, as a cooking instructor and as an experienced personal chef, I tend to stay away from Vikings because of my less than thrilling experience with them. At one school we have Viking Cooktops and Viking Ovens. The cooktops are...

Depending on their thickness, I would probably brine them in a solution of 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup of kosher salt to a half gallon of cold water for two or three hours. Rinse and dry, grill only to get nice cross hatch grillmarks on...

I'm "thecooktoo," an old guy with a passion for cooking. Completed a couple of successful careers then went to culinary school, now teach about 70 - 80 classes a year in a local community center and in my son's cooking...