Posts by warba

  Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing (because a great hand crafted sausage is a beautiful thing)   The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's...

Freebs, along the lines of what Ed suggested, you can make a "tea" of herbs and spices, in a 1/2 cup of water & 2T olive oil brought to simmer and left to cool; you can add 2-3T of salt to the warm solution to dissolve...

I also have been using both a kyocera peeler and also small paring knife for about 2 years. They get used almost dailyBoth are still razer sharp, same as when they were new.The peeler makes a very thin peel, which is great except if you...

Ploofafa, what is your goal? Is it to 'test' your recipes or business idea, or to jump in with both feet and immediately look to sell-for-profit? I have a friend who thought they had a few good sauces and brought samples into her...

As of last week, the issue is with the BANNER ADs on ChefTalk and many other websites.The websites that host the banner ads are the ones causing this latest "fake virus removal tool" pop-ups.Clicking anywhere on the...

Cubed watermelon dressed with olive oil and balsamic, some torn basil, julienned cucumber, malton salt, mmmmmm.... Nice summer salad ;)

Leeniek,Perseverance is part of the AKM job and solving problems is part of the job; but it sounds like you have that well in hand.re: ordering.. one of my first orders placed after being promoted to KM involved my forgetting to say...

KYHeirloomer (and others),I should clarify that my statements above refer to the fresh fruit and vegetable industry; I am also suspect of the true "multi-national" globals such as Monsanto. Corn and grain crops are a whole...

I am currently in the fresh produce industry (importing into USA and Canada from 20 countries around the world) on a very large scale.As a "big business insider", the whole Organics issue is as muddled as the forum posts on...

One nice easy preparation is "poisson en papillote"; fish and veg wrapped in parchment paper (or you can use foil, but parchment makes a nicer presentation.Basically I mound veg and fish on a sheet of parchment (about 15"...