Posts by CookingAngry

I would maybe rethink this. Money is something that generally comes late in a cooking career. But there are a ton of different options from culinary instructor, to hotel resort chef, to big events catering, the list is quite...

I love books and I encourage a ton of reading. I try and read as many books as possible, BUT a job is more telling. You may read of all these great success stories, decide your an aspiring chef, spend thousands on a culinary school,...

Well I'm about to finish college with a B.S. in Hotel and Restaurant Management. So from the perspective of a guy who took the four years of college route, I would suggest doing well in high school and then trying to get into one of the...

+1 Pepin is very complete when discussing techniques in his books.

Chefhow, terrific post. I agree that tasting product as it's exposed to different environments and conditions is essential. This was my point with the seasoning and I feel you better defined it with cooking methods. I know the first...

Koukouvagia, All of the chefs I've mentioned have published cookbooks that aren't at all hard to find. Online info is fine but the crap they publish on food network.com is exactly that, crap that's watered down for the simple minded...

Wait, I said wine, whiskey, and beer and I got a response downing beer. What the **** is wrong with beer? I'm not talking about drinking while you cook. I mean to taste a few good beers and to try and identify, say, the undernieth...

Wine is a good trainer for your pallet. Craft beer is like the training wheels version in that the flavors are much more in-your-face and easier to notice. Whiskey is like an advance course because you have to sift through the booze and...

I would also like to lurn some more picklying and ditto on the yeist cultures and artisan breads too. I just thought of something that I must lean though... Cajun Boning of poultery. I want to learn how they debone a turky, chicke, and...

My fiancee goes positively apesh** for hollandaise and soufles. She gets all smiley and gives me kisses when I tell her that I'm making one of those. Tonight's menu... cheeseburger soufle avec hollondaise :smoking: