Posts by Rivver

Steak Tartar and Tuna Sashimi sent back because it was raw and I swear to you they asked if I could make the Steak Tartar Medium!!!! and and also fully cook the Tuna. I guess the cracker barrel doesnt serve Steak Tartar?=)

Food Network is just awful. They need to fire that president of the network with the quickness. The only cool cutting edge show that they have is Iron Chef. I actually lose passion for food when I watch food network. Their thirty minute...

All my years of cooking I have never had a "real" break, nor have I seen another kitchen member take a break. Our breaks are completely different. My break along with others are "hey watch my station for 5 mins while I go...

My advice. Stay far far far away from anything with the words rose, swan, crowns and baskets They are so oldschool and corny. The chefs that are still using those are probably sprinkling parsley around the rim of the plate as well....

Vandal the outside of the store with meat products. Justice by rotten meat will bring closure

I use to have this issue, and it would drive me insane. Then a chef freind of mine told me to use 40% fat heavy cream, not 38%. Whip to stiff peaks, then place in bag. I have it last for the whole service and into the next day.

I buy from US Foods and their produce sucks so bad. Baby spinach and mesclun almost always are sent back. It only takes one bad leaf to turn the whole bag bad. I changed my salad though,mesclun salads....everyone has them! There are...

My hotel used a linen company that charged us $350.00 a week to maintain the restaurant and standard banquets rooms. If we had extra functions we were charged a lot more. Finally we got smart about it, and told the linen company to get...

Well I decided to test it out as a special in my restaurant tonight, and I sold about ten orders. Everyone raved about it, so it should be a hit for the banquet. I sliced the jack into 3oz medallions, gave them a quick sear with some...

Nope. Room temp