Hands down, other than a good knife, the best investment you can make in your Kitchen is a small window herb garden. It takes about an hour to plan, purchase and set up and pays for itself pretty fast if you cook at home on a regular basis. Instead of …
So I just read this tear jerking article by some Chef talking about how the game is over for the industry and we’re all more or less fucked. Now, maybe some of you feel this way and those feelings are valid but I’m also here to tell you that it’s …
Brown Beard was working at this big shit golf resort years ago when he was still earning his stripes. The owner of the place, a guy who was worth millions happened to walk through the Kitchen one afternoon. Brown Beard had, as he describes it, a tray of vegetable scraps …
It just dawned on me during my morning wake n bake, how it was easy for me to spend a day stewing in my own bullshit and yet I feel obligated to help when I see someone else dealing with their own shit. It’s not that I care, I really …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This is yet another one of those things that, no matter how I tell you to make it, someone else’s grandmother made it better. No shit, but for this is for those of you who don’t have old school grandmothers that make sauce from scratch. This is a simple base …
