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Chicken with Teriyaki Sauce

Posted in Appetizers, Asian, Easy Weeknight Meal, Main Dishes, Sauces, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few years back, my cooking club made these fab chicken wings with teriyaki sauce, sesame seeds and cilantro. I loved the flavor of the sauce but I do admit, I’m not all that keen on chicken wings. Gnawing on bones is so not my thing. So I’ve decided to make the recipe using chicken [...]

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Culinary School Day Six

Posted in Culinary School, Education, tagged , , , on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

We glove boned chickens and ducks today.
What does that mean exactly?
In a nutshell – it’s taking the bones out of a bird without making a slit in the skin.
Gasp!
Impossible! You say. It cannot be done!
Well, to an extent, it kinda is impossible. But you can get MOST of the bones out without slitting the skin. [...]

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Culinary School Day Five

Posted in Culinary School, Education on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Back in high school, I had a momentary bout of vegetarianism. About the same time I was involved in Amnesty International and all other liberal student groups I could find (yeah, I was THAT kid). I was absolutely distraught about the dissection of fetal pigs in my Advanced Human Biology class. So much so that [...]

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Beef Bolognese

Posted in Italian, Main Dishes, Pasta, Sauces, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

So I put one of the techniques I learned in class to the test today by peeling and seeding five pounds of tomatoes for Wolfgang Puck’s Bolognese sauce.
Things:
1. So you know how I injured myself in class coring tomatoes? Yeah…I didn’t learn. Sliced the same finger. Doing the same damn thing. Christ…
2. You do not [...]

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