Posts by chefa1a

an old boss years back told me: it takes all your life to learn how to cook and 15 minutes to become a chef (basically a job interview) anyone can hold the title , whether they are slinging buffalo wings in their small make...

for a pound of pasta saute about a quarter cup of pancetta or bacon in a large skillet until it render off the fat and starts to crisp add some fresh ground pepper and 2 minced shallots or half a red onion cook a few minutes...

expect to work alot but if are not in the business you should get a job to get experience as far as keeping the recipe from employees you can do a premix of ingredients (like sugar, salt yeast already weighed out in plastic...

those are pretty heavy flavored apps and a progression should be light to heavy but being on a budget you cant pull out much more bells and whistles try some value cuts like flat iron steak or terres major chicken was...

any one doing anything with tapioca pearls???? I saw keller use it years ago and didnt want to jump on that trend but now seeing more and more pop up I have done a few calcium chloride-sodium alginate pearls but alot of...

try making dessert tapas even a few petit fours using a sponge cake you could make a few variations tiramisu, layered with citrus butter cream, choco mouse maybe a few mini strudels, nice when they see you can work with...

trying to get in the holiday mode I have been trying out a few new variations egg nog recipes regards chef chris

its something that happens in this buisness I think some happens because of marketing ploys chilean sea bass isnt a bass most sushi restaurants use tilapia instead of snapper but its a matter of ethics if your...

unless your a superstar chef, most publishers wont touch new cookbooks and color pictures sell cookbooks look into on demand publishers I am working with one and it is reasonable if you have it ready and are computer savy to...

just did my first "Naked Sushi " event well pretty well, good turnout, DJ and overall fun night except the girls complained the wasabi and sriracha burned their skin heres the first batch of pix Online Photo Filer...