Posts by chefgbs

The easy answer is to remind them that they are doing this for the love of it and not the money. Seing as how that probably won't be all that well received, you can try these: 1. Food cost contest: Explain to them all the intricacies...

Hi all, This story might get me kicked off this forum, but I think it's funny as ****. When my son was about a month old, I was changing his diaper and my dog decided that he HAD to investigate with both paws on the changing table...

Hi all, I have a strange request. My local bank has asked me if I knew any Hawaiian candy recipes. They want to have a Hawaiian themed Halloween. I am pretty sure they want to make instead of buying them. I have found a few recipes...

Hi shroomgirl, How about oven drying your tomatoes and then storing them in oil with your basil. Or make a big batch of tomato-basil sauce and can it. As for the basil, you can turn into pesto, a flavored oil or vinegar, put it into...

My mother is an off-the-boat Italian and I once asked her if she called it sauce or gravy. She told me that it was gravy if the tomato "sauce" was cooked with meat. Marinara, which is meatless, is referred to as a sauce.

Hi jsbluegirl, I don't know much about the school you are going to except that it is not as good as the CIA. (just kidding) Anyway, no matter what school you are going to, the advice I'd like to give you is the advice I was given...

One way to lessen that inevitable callous is to bring your knife to a knife sharpener and have him grind away the edges so that it is rounded. It won't eliminate the callous, but having edges will increase the chances of cutting open...

Call me lazy, but I usually just eat them out of the container. They never get a chance to aspire to greatness.

Hi marmalady, At chef2chef, they just put together a list of farmers' markets across the country. As far as completeness, I couldn't tell you. I know it has gotten all the farmers' markets around me in upstate NY including ones I had...

Hi Chef, It doesn't really matter what shape you cut it into. Cut whatever shape you want. All those bits and pieces that are left over can be molded together and flattened out to be cut again. The only sure way to use up all your...