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Critic-Turned-Cook Sick and Tired of Being Sick
What do you crave when you're sick? For me, it's a blast from my childhood in the form of a bowl of Cream of Wheat. I knew I was really sick because no other food sounded good.Critic-Turned-Cook Searches for Signature Dish
What's your signature dish? You don't have to be a four-star chef to have a dish that defines you. My grandmother was famous for her baked beans, fried chicken, and snappy dill pickles. Like the scribbled handwriting that has become illegible over time, my signature dish has shifted through the years.Critic-Turned-Cook's Top 5 Cheap Meals
This has been a lean year, but not necessarily a mean year. I've learned a lot about doing more with less. I still think "budget" and "economize" are dirty words, but cold reality transformed the way I shop and cook and, guess what? I'm up to the challenge. Here are my top five super cheap meals.Critic-Turned-Cook Ponders Bacon's Future
Is everything better with bacon? Maybe, but I would sure hate to see people burning out on bacon. Maybe cooks should come up with a plan to give this red-hot food staying power, so it's not just another trendy flash in the pan.Critic-Turned-Cook Recalls A Few Perfect Bites
Perfection is a lofty goal rarely achieved in busy kitchens where there are tons of little details to execute. Which means there are so many ways for things to go wrong. Yet, it usually goes all right. It's such a sweet miracle when ingredients get put together by talented, hard-working people and sometimes, perfection appears on the plate. Here's a short list of some perfect bites.Critic-Turned-Cook's Recipes Not Exactly Success
Are you the kind of cook who follows recipes? Or do you wing it? At home, I'm more of a toss-it-together-and-hope-it-works kind of cook. Most of the time I pull it off. But recently a friend asked for my help coming up with recipes for gluten-free sausage dishes. Gulp!Critic-Turned-Cook Relishes Return To Being A Diner
Sometime between heavenly bites of crawfish pie at The Swamp Shack and blissing out over foie gras-stuffed rabbit at The Heathman, I had an epiphany: I no longer missed being a critic. I could give myself over to the pleasure of dining without having to worry about rushing home and taking notes.Critic-Turned-Cook Loses Her Cool
As a critic, I witnessed chefs losing their cool in open kitchens, chewing out their staff. Of course, we've all watched in amusement (or disgust) as Gordon Ramsay spews profanity. But while working behind the scenes in various professional kitchens, I've yet to see a true hissy fit. Unfortunately, I often get fired up in my own kitchen.Critic-Turned-Cook Finally Gets to Party Like A Rock Star
Over the past year, I've checked off a long list of accomplishments working in various professional kitchens. But one thing I hadn't yet done was party like a line cook. I was totally up for grabbing a beer after the last bits of debris were swept up, but never got an invite. Last weekend, I finally went to my first-ever chef bash. And it lived up to my high expectations.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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