In my quest to become a better chef I inevitably came across the sous vide method. This method originated from the French term for under pressure where food is placed in a vacuum sealed bag (not required to have vacuum sealed bags) and then cooked in a water bath to a...
Recipes
Saturday Morning French Toast 101 with Whiskey Whipped Cream
Expecting our baby to come has really helped with the inspiration to learn how to cook significantly better. Reading a text book is helping me to understand how various flavors go together. I am practicing knife cuts to...
Char Siu Pork Steaks
I am obsessed with asian BBQ. Potentially my all time favorite food is char siu bao. I love those little bao buns. The flavor of the buns reminds me of great times with my family (especially my dad) and fills my body...
Sous Vide – A history and an attempt
So it was just my birthday yesterday and all of my gifts revolved around my new goal of learning how to cook. I am about to be a father and know that my time to go out and explore restaurants will be more limited. That being said I still want a certain level of taste...
How to make delicious candied bacon
Ever had candied bacon? It takes an already great food and gives it some pizazz (excellent use of pizazz, I know). For those of you who may not know what candied bacon is, it's bacon with caramelized brown sugar on top of it. It tastes as good as that sentence reads....