Posts by Chefross

Have you considered a different cheese? Ricotta or bakers cottage cheese might work well. Your filling has lemon zest which has a tendency to wreak havoc on dairy products. As was previously mentioned the filling should not be...

When freshly slaughtered meat is cut into steaks, the muscle tissue comes into contact with oxygen in the air. The myoglobin in the meat binds this oxygen, forming oxymyoglobin and giving the meat a red color. However, if fresh meat...

Another way to look at this could be that that the Chef/owner wants to keep you there in that position simply because having to replace you would be too much of a hassle.

I had half a day off on Sunday, so I thought I'd go out for corned beef and cabbage this year. I went to a casino to play for a couple hours and ate at their buffet. I have to say that without a doubt this had to be the worst...

You're right Rich......Perhaps the word "Gimmick" is not appropriate here. What I'm trying to get at here is that the public wants to have that perfect knife set because some Chef they saw on TV is hawking them. As you said even Chefs...

The use of slicers in the home kitchen is a gimmick the companies use to get you to buy their product.   As Chefs we have in our kits a knife for every use....everything from a bird's beak for garnish work, all the way up to a...

There are many examples of cheese and seafood. This is not something strange or something that some one said should avoided. Coquilles St. Jacque is scallops with a creamy wine sauce with Gruyere added. Shrimp with white wine and...

The fillings used in the cake should be tight enough and the cake, should be firm enough to hold up. With the tiers, wooden or plastic dowels are used to hold the layers in place. Each layer, has its' own cardboard liner. With...

The answer is yes but.....   Real (cooked) bacon need not be refrigerated as long as the fat has been rendered from it. If the baked good recipe requires some kind of fat, then the addition of the bacon grease can add flavor...

Kobe Beef is a product unique to Japan. Anything else would not be considered the real thing. I'm not even sure it is available in the US.   Kobe style has taken hold here though....but the two are decidedly different...