Tag Archives: learning to cook
Tip/Guidance for the Young Chef: Cooking Potatoes for Salad
I was asked, when bringing over a potato salad to some friends, what the secret is to achieve the look and texture my potatoes had: Crispy outer layer (wall /sides) Soft texture Smooth outer layer Here is a photo to … Continue reading
Tip/Guidance for the Young Chef: Chicken Liver Parfait
In general I rarely share recipes, not because I keep the secret to my self but because the Internet is so full of recipes that I prefer to teach about other topics, but for some reason the following recipe has … Continue reading
Tip / guidance to the young chef : introducing sous vide
More and more cooks are being exposed to cooking in low temperatures and I am deliberately not referring or using the term commonly used ” molecular cooking ” that young chef like to attach to low temperature cooking. Some like … Continue reading
Tip/ guidance for the young chef :Tart tatin for beginners
I have been asked few times for a tart “Tatin” recipe , as you know i am not a pastry chef ,and I look at things trough the eyes of a cook/ chef de cuisine . Tart tatin is a … Continue reading
Tips and Guidance for the Young Chef: Using another Building Block—”Gazpacho” Soup
I want to share with you how I feel about “building blocks” in the kitchen: many basic recipes are included in this category, from which an endless variety of recipes can be made. For example: mayonnaise, pastry cream, and many … Continue reading
Tips and Guidance for the Young Chef: The Kitchen, Departments and Hierarchy
Dear young cooks and chefs these days i am opening a new restaurant which very excites me, the working with my team lead me to share you with An Educational Powerpoint on the Structure of a Kitchen, Roles, and Order … Continue reading
Tips and Guidance for the Young Cook: “Beginnings” and the Importance of the First Job
This article deals with the importance of the first place in which you’ll work/become proficient, whether or not you first attend a culinary school. We have to make many decisions throughout our lives. Every day, from morning until night … Continue reading
Tips and Guidance for the Young Cook: “How Things Really Look” in Real Time, Under Pressure, and other reasons…
Many of us (including myself) often make use of the huge amount of information found in books and the internet for enrichment, to learn, and to be inspired. These tools are wonderful—if you know how to use them, their potential … Continue reading
Tip/ guidance to the young chef Mayonnaise vs Ailoli
A Little Order in the Kitchen: In times when so many young cooks are entering the culinary world, in a world that the culinary theme has developed in meteoric fashion in the last ten years, but not always in an … Continue reading
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