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Seriously Asian: Red-Braising with Chili Bean Paste

Red-braising for the Sichuanese is not soy-sauce based but rather, relies on chili bean paste as the main flavoring agent. The bean used in the paste is labeled as "broad bean" on the jars, but we know it better as the fava bean.

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'Tis the Season of Braising

Brian Halweil of Edible Communities and editor of Edible East End checks in with braising ideas from East Hampton, New York. "Of all the various culinary operations, braisings are the most expensive and the most difficult," Escoffier wrote in his tome on French cuisine, Le Guide Culinaire. "Long and assiduous practice alone can teach many difficulties that this mode of procedure entails, for it is one which demands extraordinary care and the most constant attention." The authority devotes ten dense pages to the technique's many variants and nuances....

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My First Recipe

I’ve been following recipes for as long as I’ve been cooking. If I keep following recipes, the best I can be is a great recipe follower. Don’t I want more for myself? Why can’t I come up with my own recipe? I envy home cooks who throw in a dash of this, a dash of that, and make a mini masterpiece. Why shouldn’t it be my turn?

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In Praise of Braise

In Praise of Braise: "When done with the proper liquids (stocks or wine) and the right aromatics (root vegetables and herbs), braising carries more flavor than boiling or stewing and doesn't dry out or burn food the way roasting can." Good short history of braising plus four recipes; I especially liked the Braised Guinness Stout Short Ribs and Anthony Bourdain's Coq Au Vin....

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Serious Eats Basics: Braising

We caught up with fancy-pants chef Daniel Boulud, who taught us a little something about the not-so-fine art of braising.

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Serious Eats Basics: Braising

Serious Eats' Meg Hourihan gets advice on cooking chicken wings from an unlikely source, fancy-pants French chef Daniel Boulud. // By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C // found at http://www.brightcove.com/publishertermsandconditions.html. var config = new Array(); /* * feel free to edit these configurations * to modify the player experience */ config["videoId"] = null; //the default video loaded into the player config["videoRef"] = null; //the default video loaded into the player by ref id specified in console config["lineupId"] = null; //the default lineup loaded into the player config["playerTag"] = null; //player tag used for identifying this page in brightcove reporting config["autoStart"] = false; //tells the player to start playing video on load...

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