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Gouda Apple Crisp


This dish is a variation of a classic Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board recipe, which has been tweaked to include the local apples. If you’ve canned your apples from the fall harvest they will work just as well as fresh, just be sure to drain the juice as you begin your mise en place.
Crisp
2 pounds of […]

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: No Lie


I got this amazing book for Christmas. It’s called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. It has changed my life.
Here’s the simple concept: A batch of high moisture doughs sit in the fridge in a lidded container so that all you need to do is rip off a grapefruit-sized hunk of it, shape it, […]

Review: Eat, Memory, Great Writers at the Table


The first time I read a book by Amanda Hesser, it was Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover’s Courtship, with Recipes. I fell in love with her writing and how her relationship evolved through her love of food. I felt a connection to the way she tells stories right away. When I received a […]

The Professional Chef - 8th Edition


After taking two classes at the CIA, Soups, Stocks and Sauces and Cooking Principles 1, I’ve come to appreciate the well thought out planning and research that went into the Professional Chef 8th edition. My two culinary instructors Chef Kanner and Chef De Shetler both taught from the heart and gave excellent examples of why […]

Calphalon Unison Nonstick 12-Inch Covered Omelette Pan


As a professional chef, I run across all sorts of products that are supposed to be the next best thing since sliced bread. However, this pan just so happens to be the next best thing, and I picked it up at my local Le Gourmet Chef, in Hagerstown, MD.
Simply put the ultra smooth non-stick […]

Starting with Ingredients


This is not a typical cookbook that you prop up or lay off to the side when scanning recipes or working your culinary magic in the kitchen. The weight and size alone lends itself readily as a club to kill a moose as well as a collection of recipes.
One reviewer wrote that they needed large […]

Garde Manger: The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen


A typical line cook just starting out is often thrown to the wolves in making sandwiches. I myself remember the day when I first stepped up to the line and made my first turkey club sandwich. I was so proud that I put it together correctly without burning me or the bread. Just one little […]