Posts by 9ballprodigy

it's not so much the layering that is what takes so long. i mean, the cream, and ingredients Do have to go in a certain order so that the layers do not come apart, but it's also the rendering of the bacon, the slicing of onions, cooking...

i do a layers of potatoes and layers of taro separated by layers of a bacon onion mixture with layers of parmesan and a thickened parmesan/cream as my adhesive. the thing fills a half sheet pan and comes up 1/2 inch over the top. baked...

you know, i kinda thought about it. but the fact of the matter is that many people come into the kitchen with the prospect of learning. and we do learn. a lot. i guess for a lot of cooks, this is part of the payment. which is why so many...

i have people in the kitchen who can do it over an open, flame but to tell you the truth, i end up over cooking the eggs. it probably takes getting used to, and i'll have to find the time to master the technique one day. as for the...

ok... so i show up at 1130 for this prep list. first thing i do is make a gratin. this takes about an hour to prep. i then do about 30 orders of crostinis. takes about 15 min. while the gratin is in the oven, i chop 3-4 bunches of...

some of you may already know my situation but i was wondering if any of you who have worked in top tier restaurants in the country (think Babbo, French laundry, le Cirque) or know someone who did can tell me if this is a road worth...

working in the restaurant that pioneered the term "hawaiian regional cuisine", i can only point you in the right direction without giving away the items we do in the kitchen. think tropical and and warm weather for one....

well, i know that freezing and re freezing can cause the texture to be as such. ice crystals that form from an ordinary freezer are larger and therefore puncture cell walls causing a mushy texture (same thing happens to fruit that is...

for those who do not know what i'm talking about, they are two well-known brands of japanese made chefs knives. i was well-commited to the shun brand until recently, i found out that it has a difficult time cutting thin slices of lemons...

i appreciate your concerns. the fact is, that this job is very stressful. in the kitchen and outside as well. i found out that my girlfriend has been seeing someone else on the side last night. dinner shift tonight will be extra...