by Chef Todd | Mar 28, 2014 | cooking tips
You don’t need to have your knives professionally sharpened. Perhaps if you’ve been using it as a machete against trees or concrete, you might need to have someone with a grinding wheel look at it, but that’s not what most people do with their...
by Chef Todd | Mar 25, 2014 | cooking tips
Choosing kitchen knives means giving a lot more thought to your purchase than the brand name. All popular knife makers have a low-end model and a high-end model, so name alone won’t help you. There are three things to consider when buying this kitchen tool that...
by Chef Todd | Mar 11, 2014 | cooking tips
When daylight savings time comes around, it’s said that you lose an hour of sleep. I just sleep an hour longer, but what I do lose sleep over is the state of my kitchen after a long winter of cooking chili, stews and soups. My kitchen is a mess. Change the...
by Chef Todd | Mar 3, 2014 | cooking tips
It’s Mardi Gras time and that means parades, beads, boobs and good food in New Orleans. But, you don’t have to go to the city below the river to enjoy the Fat Tuesday celebration. Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday, it’s the end of the season of celebration leading up to...
by Chef Todd | May 9, 2013 | cooking tips
My Mother is fond of telling me, “I’ve taught you everything you know about cooking”. I’m not sure how she reconciles my years of culinary college with that statement, but she did give me the interest and curiosity in the kitchen I needed at a young age. The best...
by Chef Todd | Sep 8, 2011 | cooking tips
There are plenty of cooking knives for sale on late night TV. You’ve seen the info-mercials. These amazing knives cut aluminum cans and shoes! I’ve been cooking for a long time, and I’ve never had to cut a can or a shoe. What makes this the test of a great knife? I...
