Posts by cookermacgregor

You guys all need to lighten up a bit. Language, especially in our transitory culture, is ever evolving. I would argue it's even encouraged to mutate. I think most customers find pleasure in the changing vocabulary. I'm not a big fan...

Chad, I've been a private chef for a family for the past eight years. I prep, cook and serve dinner nightly. I get much satisfaction and a great salary for doing it ultra fresh, and would find it really difficult to do it any other way...

my cookbooks, maybe 150 or so, live in one big book case plus in piles on the floor in front. They are organized every century or so, but I rarely have trouble finding the one I want. I think if they were uber organized I wouldn't...

I don't think you can over extract the beans, which is to say just keep them in the solution. I would probably make a mother batch and put it up until you are happy with flavor, then transfer to the individual gift bottles adding a...

Don't fear the cheese. Finding properly made, aged and handled/stored cheese is the consumer's goal. Frequent the best cheese shop in your area and establish a relationship (bake them some cookies). Convey your trepidation but also...

howdy all. I cook for a living, and have for the past 18yrs or so. I love my job which happens to be cooking exclusively for a family. I'm their "private chef" which is a term that sometimes make me wince. I feel the term chef...