Some folks love them and others would rather endure an ice bath in winter than eat leftovers. This should be an interesting discussion.
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Is This The Best Way To Use A Recipe?
Years ago, I was talking about the then current high levels of unemployment with a person who was not aware that I trained at the Culinary Institute of America or that I had already worked for several years in the hospitality industry. He mentioned that he didn’t understand why people would want to apply for…
Stone Soup – From Just A Few Scraps
In the mid 1960’s when I was 6 or 7 years old I attended St Michael’s Catholic School in Union City, New Jersey. We had a class activity called “Library” and it involved walking as a group from our classroom to the school’s library room where we were free to select a book to borrow…
Chef Hacker On Why All Cooking Is Hacking
Someplace at some point along the timeline of human history someone moved beyond simply picking fruit and popping it into their mouth and decided to take things to the next level. Thus, cooking and, I propose, hacking began. The Evolution of “Hack” The word “hack” can have a lot of different meanings. Before the days…
The Pizza Principal
My(π) > Your(π) If you have lived in more than one area during your life you may have experienced a human characteristic that can be used to traverse an interesting culinary journey. The journey is one of both cooking and eating and it opens the door to new tastes and new creations. I call it…