Ten Rules for working in the Kitchen
For those of you just getting into the industry, here are a few helpful tips to make things easier for both you and your coworkers
Keeping it classy…Diner for two made easy
Let me be blunt, I am not a good looking guy and half the reason I started taking food seriously was to get laid. All that other shit about the love and the art, that all came later, much later. I’ve said it a thousand times and I’ll continue to …
Chef means leader, we can do better.
This is to the guys who’ve been in the game for ten years or more and are running crews of their own. We seriously need to step up and do a better job at being leaders. We need to spend our time and energy focused on building our crews and …
Cheese cake
Cheese cake is one of those desserts that is in a class by itself and yet it’s also a very basic and simple concept and it leaves a lot of room for you to play around with. This is your standard “New York” style with a graham cracker crust. I’ve …
Graham Cracker Crust
If you want to make cheese cake or Sweet Potato pie this is the crust that you need to know how to make. The cool thing is that it’s easy to make. Most people use white sugar but I use brown since it gives the crust a bit more richness. …
Lasagna
LLasagna is a baked dish that uses layers of wide pasta to hold meat, cheese and a basic red sauce together and you already know what it’s going to look like in the end. This dish takes a bit of time depending on how you do it. If you make …
Leek Cream Sauce
One of the cool things about knowing the basics of cooking is that you get to the point that you can have a really cool idea and have the know how to actually pull it off. Long story short I had to make this with only a basic concept but …
Basic Pasta dough/Ravioli
When I started working on this recipe, my biggest concern was that I didn’t have a pasta machine. This is a good thing because chances are, you don’t either. People have been making pasta for a long time and we seem to have forgotten how to make it by hand …
Ceviche
This is a classic Seafood dish that’s a long standing favorite with a lot people and it’s easy to make a day in advance if you plan on having guests since it’s served cold. Make sure that you take the time to get fresh seafood for this since quality is …
Aioli
Aioli is more or less a term for a sauce/condiment that is very similar to Mayonnaise and though they are two different things, the term is used interchangeably. When you go into a place and the grilled tuna has Wasabi Aioli, it’s really Wasabi flavored mayo. And this can be …