I really could buy a thousand cook books – ironic seeing that I rarely follow a recipe, avoid measuring things and have little to no storage room for them. This is a book that reads like a blog – quick, sweet, practical. Each tip is about 2 small pages (the book is just larger than your [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chefs’
Shhh! Its a secret…
Posted in Books, tagged chef, chefs, cook books, cookbooks, eat, eating, Food, recipe, Soups, Stews, Stocks and Sauces on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shorter and sweet
Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged Alinea, chef, chefs, chicago, cooking, dining, Fernan Adria, Food, Grant Achatz, molecular gastronomy, recipe, Thomas Keller on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is a bit of a cop-out but I feel it’s validated. I had single most memorable food experience of my life in Chicago at a restaurant named Alinea. I’ll spare the details for now. If you’ve read some of the past posts here you’ll recognize the name Fernan Adria. He is the mastermind of [...]
You are what you eat… Finding nd Feeding Ethical Foie Gras
Posted in Poultry, Turkey, Fowl and other Birds, tagged chef, chefs, cooking, eating, farmers, farming, Foie Gras, Food, Soups, Stews, Stocks and Sauces) on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not a die-hard Foie Gras fan, though it is something that raises my curiosity. I’ve had some fabulous fois gras and some not-so-great. I haven’t had a tonne of it but enough to know what it is and that some people love it. I also know why people hate it (the whole force [...]
Molecular Gastfoolery
Posted in Articles, tagged chefs, cooking, El Bulli, Fat Duck, Fernan Adria, Food, French Laundry, Harold McGee, Heston Blumenthal, molecular gastronomy, Per Se, Soups, Stews, Stocks and Sauces, Thomas Keller on December 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy Sunday. Many who read these pages will know a few names in the cooking world – if not many more than me. I like to know what the world’s top and most innovative food people are up to – regardless of how complex their technique or equipment, I find that one can pick up something [...]



