by Chef Todd | Jul 13, 2016 | learn to cook
Home cooks learn to cook all wrong. They’re told to focus on the wrong things and must re-learn cooking every time they step into the kitchen. It’s no wonder cooking is dreaded, feared or ignored by most people. If you learn to cook all wrong, it creates stress....
by Chef Todd | Oct 17, 2012 | learn to cook
I imagine all the butter sauces hanging out together in a night club somewhere. Some have had white wine, some a bit of brandy. There’s Scampi, Bercy, Meuniere, Maitre-d’, and the leader of the pack, Escargot butter boasting of his shallots, crushed garlic and...
by Chef Todd | Jun 6, 2012 | learn to cook
It’s a brand new semester in culinary college, and today’s topic is how to make salad dressings. Actually, the focus of the class is “cold sauces”. The semi-liquid that you pour on your greens is no different than any cold sauce, it adds to the appeal of the food. Any...
by Chef Todd | May 8, 2012 | learn to cook
You can fry in a pan or sauté on the stove top, but knowing the differences between the two methods is an important lesson in cooking college. There are big differences between the basic cooking methods of Pan Frying and Sauté. Since we’ve already covered the two...
by Chef Todd | Mar 13, 2012 | learn to cook
Simple cooking is the best cooking. There, I said it for the 1000th time! No matter where I travel, no matter to whom I speak, those people and cultures that know good food say the same thing. In Paris, the spice store shared his incredibly simple secret to eating...
by Chef Todd | Apr 13, 2011 | learn to cook
I’m not sure why Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution has returned to television. Does the former Naked Chef want to cure obesity? Does he want to reduce diabetes? Does he want to remove additives from our food? Is it fat? Is it sugar? Is it children? Is it adults? Is it a...
