Recipes & Ramblings from Chef School Bread was one of the first things my mother taught me to bake. The fragrance of freshly baked bread was as familiar as a Saturday night bath on a frigid evening in Iowa. I could often be found covered ...
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Photographing Food with Natural Light
Since I have been in cooking school my appetite for food photography has developed. I discovered a class called “Natural Light Food Photography” thanks to fellow food blogger Lynne of Cook & Be Merry. I would have titled the class “How to Shoot ...
Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce
Methods & Madness... Class 15: Sausages & Such Recipes & Ramblings from Chef School Pork butt… last week we braised it, this week we ground it up. I sure didn’t know how useful pork butt is! This was our first lesson in forcemeat, ...
Pork Butt with Port and Prunes
Methods & Madness... Class 14: Meat Part 2 Recipes & Ramblings from Chef School This week’s class we came straight out of the gate cooking. We were braising a trail with the tougher cuts of beef, pork, and veal, and needed plenty of time to ...
Stacked Grains with Avocado
grains, greens, and grins... I am 14 weeks into professional French cooking classes. If there is one thing we know about French cuisine, it’s how much the French love butter, meats, and sauces. So when my friend Sophia asked me to take a detox ...