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Critic-Turned-Cook: The Coolest Things I Learned While Working in Professional Kitchens
After trading my pen for a pan and working in nearly a dozen different kitchens, I've picked up some amazing techniques. I am still in awe every time I walk in a kitchen and watched the seasoned pros do their thing with such style and grace. They make it look so easy. It's not.Critic-Turned-Cook Has Seen The Future of Reviewing, And It's Not In Newspapers
Restaurant critics in newspaper are being downsized, but citizen food criticism is on the rise. Who can you trust? I'm a big fan of the trio of tech start-up dudes behind MSG150, a food blog that aims to review all the restaurants in Seattle's International District.Critic-Turned-Cook Mourns The Passing of Her Coppa
The beautiful coppa and lomo I have been curing with Earth & Ocean chef Adam Stevenson since November has been 86-ed before ever making its way to the menu. In Seattle, the health department started cracking down on charcuterie programs at the beginning of the year. Adam got wind of this development and took all house-cured meat off the menu. Goodbye gorgeous lambcetta, tangy red wine salami, and so long to the prosciutto project.Critic-Turned-Cook Is No Master Chef, But Is Learning More
Although I didn't make it on the reality cooking show Master Chef, I did learn how to be a better cook and am pushing myself to learn more. Here are the recipes I've been making.Critic-Turned-Cook Stirs It Up At Chef's Retreat
What do chefs talk about at a retreat at the Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts in Rice, Washington?Critic-Turned-Cook Works on Her Kitchen Workout
Check out my husband's biceps! [Photograph: Leslie Kelly] A while back, I was standing at the sink at Alpha Sigma Phi, squeezing water from blanched spinach. The squeeze-a-thon made my forearms ache. It felt as if I had just done 50 pushups, but it also gave me an inspiration. The Kitchen Workout! Forget pilates. Deep-six the kick-boxing class. Drop the gym membership. You wanna shape and sculpt and burn mega-calories? The Kitchen Workout's just the ticket. Veteran cooks will tell you, working a shift is like sprinting in place. There might be something like a million little steps each night between the line and your mise en place (and the alley where you might run to for a smoke...Critic-Turned-Cook Mulls Question: Worst Meal Ever?
[Photograph: Robyn Lee] A few days after showing up for the Master Chef casting call, I got together at Palace Kitchen with fellow reality show hopefuls to compare notes. We mostly knew each other by our Twitter handles. "Aren't you Seattle Food Geek? (Also known as Scott Heimendinger.) And Salty Seattle (Linda Miller Nicholson), MarcSeattle as well as... hey, isn't that Serious Eats contributor Michael Natkin?" In between bites of sublime bites of Spam—yes, housemade Berkshire pork Spam, served on creamy grits, a poached egg on top—the pleasant conversation focused on, what else, food. One question stopped me cold. Marc Schermerhorn asked me, "What's the worst meal you've ever eaten?" As a former critic, I'm used to being asked...Critic-Turned-Cook Gives A Cheer For Most Valuable Tools
[Images: Cooking.com] In honor of the Big Game, I thought it might be fitting to recognize some of the Most Valuable Tools (MVTs) in the kitchen. Can I get a wave going for the Drew Brees of all appliances, the %2Fshprodde%2Easp%3FSKU%3D314236">food processor? What did cooks do before the food processor? Spend endless hours chopping, whisking and kneading by hand, that's what. My poor personal Cuisinart is on its last legs, the base held together with duct tape—kinda like Vikings quarterback Brett Favre right before that interception. Still, my ancient food processor gets a daily workout, especially since I've mastered the art of making mayo; specifically, anchovy mayo that I transform into sublime Caesar dressing. Because January was all about eating...Critic-Turned-Cook Catches Up With 'Top Chef' Contestant, Robin Leventhal
Me and Robin Leventhal at Citizen. [Photograph: Leslie Kelly] With the possibility of being a participant on a reality show on my plate, I've been dying to talk to Robin Leventhal, who appeared on Season 6 of Top Chef. We had coffee this week and she gave me the skinny about the on-screen drama viewers ate up. "It was intense," she said. "But I'm so glad I did it." Leventhal said there was nothing cooked up about the friction between she and Eli Kirshtein. "I wanted to be civil, but Eli chose to make it a big deal," she said. All that's ancient history, best viewed during one of those Top Chef marathons that occasionally appear on Bravo....Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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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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