Posts by reenbase

Swiss Gear. I got it at Sam's Club. I went with a cheaper one because I assumed it would get beat up.

I use a rolling computer bag. It's one of the larger kind. I can fit several text books, an extra chef coat, and a laptop with room for hand tools. I hang my knife roll on the handle to the roller and off I go. I stared using the...

I use long sleeve and roll the cuff up for prep and back down for hot work.

This is the list I read before starting school last year: On Food and Cooking Ratio The Making of a Chef CIA-Pro chef Pastry Techniques Julia Child's Vol I&II   What I found at least as important as reading was...

I made a ju de gibier and was short on bones so I browned the hell out of half the mirepoix in the oven and that gave it some more body. That might work. Perhaps a pro can confirm or deny.

I'm not too proud to admit that I have used ketchup. Unless tomatoes are out of the question entirely.