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I have returned to teaching recently and seeing students grasp and apply culinary techniques has made me contemplate my own culinary journey. From early experiments I think it took Mom and Dad 10 years to find all the last remnants of the egg I tried to hard boil in the microwave. (Note: It doesn’t work… Read more »
What components make a good meal? Often when asked what we want for dinner, we focus on the center of the plate, chicken, beef, fish but just like a jazz band, all components must work in unison to produce beautiful music. A missed beat on the plate can turn a great concept into a lackluster… Read more »
I am back. Sorry for the missing column last month. Things got a little backlogged while trying to get out the new Cape May Magazine column. (Shameless plug time.) If you want more recipes and culinary rambling, check out Cape May Magazine, where you can actually see what the dishes are supposed to look like.… Read more »
We are now entering February and legend has it if the chef’s groundhog sees its shadow, we have six more weeks of comfort cooking to look forward to. What exactly is comfort cooking? And no it is not wearing sweats in the kitchen. Comfort foods are those old reliable dishes that hit the spot when… Read more »
A Jersey boy’s travels to culinary school and back again and other stories from the dark side of the restaurant. As ’05 winds down and ’06 dawns with anticipation and hopes that only a new year brings, my mind wanders (an all too frequent occurrence). ’06 is a milestone year for me. It marks the… Read more »
Well, I survived Thanksgiving with just minor leg cramps from my exile to the little table and have slowly started to emerge from my tryptophan induced coma (helped along by several bottles of very good wine and one too many helpings of pumpkin and pecan pies). It is the day after Thanksgiving and I have… Read more »
The dictionary defines persnickety as; fussy about small details, overly particular about trivial details, requiring great precision and snobbish. The chill is in the air and you can actually find a place to park in Cape May. Fall is here and one of my favorite holidays approaches. Thanksgiving, a holiday built around food. Around 385… Read more »
The dictionary defines persnickety as; fussy about small details, overly particular about trivial details, requiring great precision and snobbish. The Events of early September down south have affected me deeply. I’ve never lived or worked in New Orleans, but I visited there on several occasions and the city quickly became part of my soul. My first visit… Read more »
The dictionary defines persnickety as; fussy about small details, overly particular about trivial details, requiring great precision and snobbish. Labor Day is close by and another season starts to wind down. The circle of life goes on and that got me thinking about the cycle of food and specifically food trends. Some burst upon the… Read more »
Hello there.. allow me to tell you a little bit about myself. When I was seven years old and my dad argued with the waitress to let me order the duck ala orange, my career path was laid out. I became a chef. Now that another Memorial Day has come and gone and the summer… Read more »
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