Posts by Psycho Chef

Like said before, there are different kinds. I had a restaurant in Queens with an On-premise/wine and beer licence that excluded spirits. This was around $850 bucks plus alot of lawyer and other bs fees. You can do the paperwork yourself...

Browse the photo gallery, there's probably 20 amuse from myself, plus others and if you see one you like shoot me a pm, I will be happy to fudge a quick recipe for ya. Or go to the search feature and the forum's extensive collection of...

Obviously there are "angels on horseback" but the classic oysters wrapped with bacon on a skewer can be evolved to capture a great variety of flavor combos. I've seen "cherubs" "devils" etc. You were looking...

Two things I always do when roasting veggies: Oven temp should be 375 or higher. Many vegetable sugars caramelize at higher temps(especially carrots) 400 deg will create nice browning before overcooking. Second: Preheat the dry pans...

Take a quart of heavy cream, NOT ultra pasturized, just regular pasturized. Heat it gently on the stove until its 100 degrees or warmer than your finger. Whisk in half a cup of buttermilk or sour cream. Let it sit out out at room temp...

Sometimes old is new again. I made a basil green goddess dressing for a waldorf-ish salad feelin the "old school" vibe and my staff thought I was nuts. Only one had ever heard of it and we figured out it was because she was...

Welcome to ChefTalk ronin67 This is the greatest community of chefs online to be a part of, every time I log on I get new insight into what we do from so many different perspectives. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Don't forget to...

If everything is an easy pick-up and the station has no more than 10 different dishes coming from it, one good efficient cook should be able to do 40 to 50 dishes an hour. Our salad station, where no cooking is involved can churn out 100...

Manchego with quince paste is classic and approachable, and as far as other pairings go, try tinkering with olives and other "pickles". You can adjust them to pair with the cheeses available to you at that time. For instance,...

handwash sinks placed where they will be used, not just crammed in the plan somewhere because the code says so. Already mentioned but important enough to be mentioned again are wheels on the equiptment and water to the stove(preferably...