Posts by pearl

Thank you, Chef Alfonzo! I have used a steam table in the past to hold them and have never been quite satisfied. Do the potatoes dry out in the oven? Should I oil the skins? And baking in batches is the only smart thing to do, for...

Hello I am a small cafe owner/cook and love to bake and am considering going back to making my own bread & burger buns for the cafe. I started out doing this years ago and gave it up because I was overwhelmed with work. Our...

Hi all My husband & I started out in 1970 with soup, salad & sandwich place. All sprouts & home made soups. Had enough success to leave it all with a manager, sell our home and take off in a renovated school bus to seek our...

The baked potato question.....sigh....I'm quite sure that any of the money we made in the restaurant biz has come from using up leftover baked potatoes! Make a good cream of potato soup. Was hoping for some new technology or something....

Thank you all very much! What a great resource this site is. I am a long time cafe owner/cook. Now the baked potato question.....I don't like microwaved potatoes and my cook insists that they are fine. Hmmmm.....I would rather do...

No, I have never tried the water bath method but have always heard that it works. Sometimes is cracks & sometimes it doesn't...and I am a lazy cook! Do you set it in the water bath or just put a pan of water in the oven? Thanks for...

What is the best way to hold baked potatoes? And, why does my cheesecake crack! Many thanks.....

Hi everybody I am in need of a place to go for answers to my cooking questions. We own & operate a cafe and have for 25+ years (whew! has it been that long.....). I would like to see if this works. So, here goes.... thanks