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Puff Pastries.

July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Cooking, culinary school, journal, pastry, puff pastry

Palmier
Apples on almond frangipane with an apricot glaze
Prosciutto & mozzarella  turnover

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Week 3 & 4

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, butchering, chicken, culinary school, journal, lamb, shellfish, veal

Day 9:
Knife drills
Introduction to shellfish & shellfish fabrication.
Nothing too new for me here besides the fabrication of squid into calamari.  We were called to the center work station to find two lobsters crawling around in hotel trays.  I think everyone knew what was happening next unfortunately.  We learned how to identify a male and female [...]

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Week 2

April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, culinary school, journal

Day 4:
Week 2 begins with an introduction to nutrition.  I guess we learned some key points, obviously you’re not going to become a nutritionist in an afternoon.  nothing to life changing here for me, eat plants you’ll be fine.
Herb Identification. Rosemary, thyme, basil, cilantro, parsley, tarragon, oregano…
Cheese ID. I love cheese, and by the end [...]

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Blades of Steel.

March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Cooking, Wustof, culinary school, journal, knives

12″ Sharpening steel
10″ Crust Buster
9″ Chef’s
7″ Santoku
7″ Flexible Filet
5″ Boning
3 1/2″ Paring
2 3/4″ Peeling
Shears
6″ Fork
Cordura Knife Roll

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Brown butter, how come you taste so good?

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Brooklyn, Cooking, Reviews, Somerville, boston, homemade, pasta, veggies

I’m now convinced that I need a freezer full of ravioli’s from Dave’s Fresh Pasta.  I haven’t had Dave’s for close to a year, I was in Somerville yesterday and made it a point to stop in.  I’m still trying to find a fresh pasta guy in my new neighborhood in Brooklyn to satisfy the [...]

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A Fennel Crusted Christmas Eve

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking

I was looking for a new pork recipe for my dad as he requested pork for Christmas eve this year. A friend of mine passed this recipe on to me courtesy of RealSimple.com.
In addition to their ingredients, I also shaved one fennel bulb to add to the mix. The pork cooked quickly and [...]

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Garden Rocket Pesto x2

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking

I remember watching Jamie Oliver years ago, always preparing salads and garnishing dishes with a magical green called rocket. It turns out, rocket is actually my favorite garden green. Otherwise known as arugula, this green packs in the most flavor per leaf in my opinion. It’s not bitter like escarole or too [...]

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Super Sloppies.

October 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Brooklyn, Cooking

Vegan slop-sloppy joes.
October 1st marks the first day of the eat local challenge. It’s day one and I am already chalking this years challenge up as an epic failure for me personally. Mainly the neighborhood supermarkets are slightly scary, and definitely are not even close to being on the organic bandwagon yet. [...]

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The Goat Rising Omelette

September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Cooking

Pure decadence.
I’m not one to ever brag but, I make a better omelette than your favorite restaurant. After years of eating mediocre breakfasts’, brunch’s and bigfoot sized omelette’s I had to put my foot down. It was time to take matters into my own hands. I’m not a fan of teflon pans but [...]

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Porky chickpeas & leeks.

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking

This one makes a great side.
I was lucky enough to arrive back in Brooklyn after a weekend in the Pioneer Valley with a few extra bags thanks to “Wheeler Farm.” One plentiful crop growing for the Wheelers this season was the leek. Their garden was beautiful this time of the year just full [...]

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