Posts by Steve TPHC

I agree with most of what others have said about bad habits and poor service. Bad service is the fault of bad management and due to absence of appropriate staff training.   However, I also really are put off by the staff...

My 1997 copy of The Joy of Cooking Cookbook is not as good as a 1950’s edition. An angler friend called me over and asked me to bring a recipe for preparing fresh caviar. That old version JOC had a recipe and the new version does not....

I think its name should say something about you. The word bakery, cakes, pastries has merit that it shows areas where you specialize. I think you need to have a web presence to help promote what you do. Pictures are...

Yes. I have many varieties of these knives. They are affordable, very thin, easy to sharpen. I have the cleaver too. Useful for fowl carcasses, and cutting pizza.  

Truffle oil is to the flavor of truffle as possum road kill is to Kobe beef! Putting this on anything makes it worse if not inedible. I adore truffles, but this is a bad idea cooked up by a chemist not a chef.

Two thinks I think will help. One is Kikkoman Teriyaki Baste & Glaze, The second thing is to cook the chicken exceptional fast over high heat so it remains very tender. To insure it is moist, oil it before it is Barbequed over a...

I marinade a two pund top sirloin cut thin in:   2 garlic cloves, minced Pinch of cumin 1 teaspoon of ground New Mexico chilies ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper White pepper juice from 1 lime ¼ cup olive oil 1 teaspoon red...

Joy of cooking is a great book and is exceptionally useful. If you want to expand your horizons, you need to branch out. The JOC has been revised many times since 1931 and now contains many ethnic dishes but some of these fall a little...

Wine tasting that spans different wines suggest the need to clean one's palate between tasting. Typically, plain crackers and drinking or rinsing the mouth with water gets the job done. Place a crock on the table where the taster's can...

The shape of a stock pot for soups/stock is taller than wide, which allows more of a percolation effect, which is desirable for faster flavor extraction. Since space at home is a factor, one would want to consider the usefulness of the...