It’s a funny name for a soup. Don’t you think? Let me tell you about it. I worked in a restaurant in central New Jersey called “The McAteers”. Most of the kitchen maintenance staff – the dish and pot washers and porters, as well as the dinning room bus staff were from China. These men…
It seems like it was not that long ago that Kale was used mainly as a garnish. Something that your young child might glimpse on the edge of a plate, just under a spiced apple ring, the first time they ate at a restaurant that did not have a drive through and ask you, “Do…
We love salmon fillets that are cooked outdoors and that is typically how we prepare them. And although I have been know to shovel a path through knee-deep snow to my old Ducane grill even before I shovel out my driveway, there are times when I just do not feel like standing shivering on my…
On occasion, my wife and I would find ourselves near Livingston New Jersey. When those occasions occurred near lunch time we would sometimes visit a cool strip mall restaurant called Irving’s Delicatessen. What a wonderful place! Sort of a cross between a classic NY style Jewish deli and a NJ sub shop with iconic hot…
Here is a straight up simple recipe that you may enjoy making with your children. If the adult handles the cutting and the oven work the youngsters can have some fun with the seasoning and mixing and in the end they will have a somewhat healthy bowl of croutons that they can put on a…
Who doesn’t love an ice cold glass of chocolate milk? (I know, probably lots of folks, but it’s a much loved expression so I’m going with it!) I found out about this hacked version of chocolate milk from one of my great-nephews. I was describing the principals behind Chef Hacker Kitchen and he got it…
When I was a child my Mom worked in the restaurant business. At various times and often simultaneously, her roles included, waitress, hostess, menu editor and restaurant manager. Although she was always home when I woke up in the morning, by the time I returned from school she had already logged a lunch shift and…
Why do I use “commercial” to describe this dish? Because it was designed to enable 100 different people to individually prepare and package 10 servings of consistent taste and quality to be delivered, ready to be heated and served by a completely different group of people. But don’t worry about having to eat a massive…
We love salmon. Especially grilled salmon. So one day when my brother-in-law served us a shrimp dish along with Asian Cole Slaw it got me thinking about just how good that slaw would taste as accompaniment to a similarly seasoned salmon burger. Just to illustrate how even a foodie like my alter ego, Chef Hacker,…
