no pigment to their hair and would prefer meats to veggies. It’s a (fitting) stereotype, and it exists for a reason. I think it was the audience; I’m sure your dish would’ve gone fabulously with a different...

of pristine produce and meat in single servings somewhere back in the fridge to whip out and transform into a tasting plate in 10 minutes. the food for your party is ordered as close to the date of the event as possible, and the...

a dinner of crabcakes again! I think the other problem this week was I made 2 things she is good at. She often makes mashed potatoes and uses an electric beater, I use a masher, yes this was also an issue (I rarely use my beaters...

guy. Beaujelais nouveau is a lot better and the full blown burgundies for veal and lighter meat (oxymoron?) dishes. Maybe cause I bought so freakin much of it recently. "Someday I’ll plan a dinner to match with all Champagne...

our family farms and the local Amish farms. While I was hesitant about the quality of the meat at first, I must admit that some of the meat was excellent. One advantage of canned meats is that it does NOT take a lot of EXPENSIVE...

. Try to imagine that you’ve just added about a cup of broth. You stir non stop for about 90 seconds over medium to medium high heat. (Electric cooktop a 7 on the scale of 1 to 10). There should be very small pools of...

Glace de viand. Several days, many pounds of browned stock bones and meat, several transfers to and from a 12 quart stockpot, a dozen egg whites for clarification, an hour or so of stirring (out of many sitting on the stove) and...

“better” with an ingredient that is hard to get, because the tomatoes are better somewhere else, or the unpasteurized version of the cheese available in Europe tastes better, or we don’t have 40 kinds of a...

pancakes, pan seared meats, etc. I confess, I do have a couple cheap nonsticks pans that I use mostly for making cocoa and oatmeal.

-fired and not an electric or gas-fired tandoor, it’s subtle spicing discernable through the flavours of the sauce which should be un-coloured and fragrant with freshly ground dry-roasted spices. I also like to be able to...

Yeah, I love in Black Dahlia when right before the big fight the boxer goes to Pacific Dining Car, orders a steak, and just chews on it, sucking down the juice and spitting out the meat!

're a shill or a cuckoo ax-grinder, or simply probing your views and not realizing that their tact isn’t all it could be. You will fill in a recognizable portrait of yourself over time as you add more dots, building more...

) Brown & drain the meat, sauté the onions. Combine meat, onions, chili seasoning, tomatoes, beer. Cook on stove top or crockpot until done (dark red). Link: http://www.texascooking.com/recipes/Fritopie.htm

pieces all over, place in single layer on tray w/o overcrowding, loosely cover in fridge w/ plastic wrap. I use about 3/4 tsp. kosher salt per lb. of chicken and go easy on the black pepper. Note: I tried wet brining during a...

That whole unhygenic thing was weird—I don’t remember that ever coming up in previous seasons, although there’s been lots of carting around raw meat to picnics and such. Seems like if editors wanted to focus on...