While I do have formal training, the vast majority of my culinary skills come from experience, and honestly, f*cking up, a lot, before I figured out a better/easier way. This page, like my entire website, is to help you traverse your kitchen like a pro, and avoiding those mistakes I made.
Enjoy this selection of informational tid-bits, and tools that I have to have, find exceedingly helpful, or are just fun to use.
An abundance of beta-carotene gives orange cauliflower it’s unique color, in addition to a 25% boost of vitamin A over it’s white counter-part
Purple cauliflower gets it’s vibrant hue from a higher content of the anti-oxidant anthocyanin, the same found in red cabbage and red wine.
The 3 Tools I Can’t Cook Without
While it may seem needlessly obligatory, the most important tool any cook has is their knife (I have a more in depth post about knives here ). They come in all shapes and sizes, and can be highly customizable, but the most important thing is to take good care of her; keep her sharp, honed,…
Sheet Pans and Silpats
The piece of metal that you bake things on, whether you call it a cookie pan, baking pan, cookie sheet, or metal thing that goes in the oven, in the professional world we call them sheet pans, and they come in 4 sizes: full sheet, half sheet, 1/4 sheet, and an 1/8 sheet. While I…
Let’s Talk About Lamination
What the Hell is Gluten, and Why is it Important?
Useful Kitchen Terms
Knives
Ok, I need to preface by saying I am absolutely not a master of knife skills, in fact I have just enough knowledge to take care of my ladies, and most of the time not get cut by them (or at least not sever an appendage). However, seeing as a knife is your single most…
Emergency Baking Substitutions
Cast Iron
Provisioned Kitchen 