Enjoying food is about flavor, texture, aroma, and visual appeal. And yeah, okay, nutritional value too. If any of those elements isn’t up to snuff, the food isn’t good. Unfortunately, the food industry today is about producing volume, not about producing food that’s actually good. It’s about quantity, not quality. Feedlot beef has no beefiness […]
I am often asked by friends and family why I have so many knives. The belief is that all knives are the same — they are sharpened slabs of metal with a sharp edge to cut your food. Many good homes make do with 1 or 2 knives. Really, even I would suggest to most […]
Making excellent sushi means making excellent sushi rice. No matter how good your fish is, if the rice sucks, your sushi sucks. Unfortunately, my sushi sucks. I’m working on it, though. I know that apprentices in real sushi restaurants — not the all-you-can-eat variety — can take years to perfect their sushi rice. I might not […]
I like food. I like food enough that just a few days ago, I found myself dreaming about food on my subway ride back home after work. Yes, I dream about food. Cooking something nice at home is one of life’s little pleasures, I think. Here are two quick little videos, one on scrambled eggs, one on […]
It has always been obvious to me, but every once in a while I get the question, “Why have so many Japanese/Italian/French/Chinese/Indian/Caribbean/whatever cookbooks? You just need one of each type, right?” Maybe you would ask me the same thing. My answer is simple. You get better advice and better food when you can consult different […]
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