Posts by Justin Belcher

Yeah if you don't preheat it in the oven the rapid change in temperature will often crack the stone. Also, if you don't want to shell out the $20 for a piece of stone there's nothing wrong in using an unglazed quarry stone. Can pick...

On a somewhat related note I've really started to notice how off the judging critera seems on most nights. To me it just seems silly that on most battles taste is almost always maxed out on both competitors and it then comes down to...

More water is definitely better for the exact reason you mentioned, bouncing back from the temperature change. Heat always travels to areas with lower heat, so the second you act pasta to the pot there's heat lost in the water. Mass is...

Oddly enough, during one of my friend and my college grilling experiments we discovered a steak marinade that uses Coca-Cola and Ranch Dressing mix. Season the steak with salt and pepper and sit until the salt pulls some of the proteins...

It's completely natural to be worried, but he will be fine. The transition from HS life to college life is certainly a big jump, but it's one of those fight-or-flight mechanisms and he will adjust very quickly (and probably really...

Rusk is a dry bread (or biscuit). Twice-baked toast would be an acceptible substitute. Panade is an old French desperation food made of whatever you have lying around and some stale bread (but in contemporary terms usually just...

I use YummySoup! by HungrySeacow Software (hungryseacowDOTcom). My fiancee and I have a mac mini setup in the kitchen, so we typically fullscreen recipes and work directly from the computer screen when we cook at home. I think any type...

Oh absolutely, but this is a chain restaurant recipe after all. Some corners have to be cut in the name of the almighty overhead $. :P

Oops, sorry forgot to include it in the ingredients list. I changed the original post is to reflect that.

Sure: - 1 lb. italian sausage, ground - 4 tbsp. bacon, sliced - 2 tsp garlic purée - 3 large Russet potatos, sliced skin on - 1 large white onion, brunoised - 1/4 bunch kale - 10 cups water - 1 cup heavy cream - 1.25 tbsp. crushed...