Posts by Artameates

yea its more like scalpel sharp

I have seen it washed and unwashed, quick seared and uncooked. Always in a sheet pan. is it beneficial to fry the chicken first.

the dessert bible sounds promising...

i like seeing big, complete indexes. I like to have flour measured by weight. I like seeing items like ginger measured by ml, rather than knobs or inches lol .

i just got alton browns paring knife by shun, its so great

I still get bugged for this one... i was helping my mom weed the garden when i was three years old and i pulled up a tomato plant! :D

what is a barmÉ for my sourdough, i leave the starter for 5 hours, mix everything in, let triple in volume (3 hours), punch down and shape, proof until double in size (1.5 hours) and then bake

the expensive french mandoline is great

In Cooks Illustrated, they rated cocoa powders. Dutch processed was prefered over natural in hot chocolate, pudding, shortbread, devils food cake and pudding cake testings. Thourough, arent they... Best Dutch pro. 1. Callebaut...

You illustrate the challenge of entering an upscale kitchen beautifully. THe job sounds like its worth pushing yourself for. Keep your head down and focus of maximizing every movement of your hands. Sometimes, stop doing everything...