Just finished watching the cooking loft. I liked it. Although she covered alot of the basic cooking techniques that you see on FN 20 times a day (after all she is trying to teach a loft full of students), in the end she made some pretty interesting dishes. What won me over was her genuine personality. She didn't sound as scripted as some of the other hosts on FN. what did you think?
I bought a whole duck the other day and I want to do a confit on the leg/thigh quarters. I was able to render about a cup of fat out of the rest of the body not including the breasts which I have resevered for later. I obviously don't have enough fat for a proper confit. What other fat can I mix it with?
i actually thought she reminded me of a cross between Giada and Lidia Bastianich.
I think I solved my problem. I put the legs in a smaller pan and filled in any empty spots with garlic cloves to displace the fat till it covered the pieces.
If you have a kitchenaid stand mixer, I highly recomend buying the pasta roller. It's small and takes all the hard work out of homemade pasta. I use Mario's method only because i've seen him do it on molto about a million times.
I use both when I make chicken stock. You could then use the stock to make..... more risotto. It's the culinary circle of life!!
All of my knives are Kershaw Shun Classics. I love them and I always use a steel. My steel came from a restaurant supply house, it's a dexter russel and I like it because it's way longer than the longest knife I own. Once a year I send them back to Shun for a sharpening which they offer for free for life. Every time i send them in, they send me back new knives instead of the old ones sharpened.
I've been fiddling with brioche recipes and i can't get it right. anyone got a good one?
I am torn on this one. Whenever I see Alex, I am reminded of when she was a contestant on the Thanksgiving Dinner Food Network Challenge (she didn't win). She seemed to have a mental breakdown during the competition. She was crying in front of the judges saying how hard it was for her to have her food judged in front of her. She completely lost it. I find it hard to take her serious as a judge on Iron Chef because of it.
That said, I though what she was making looked very good and will probably try one of her recipes.
Darn, I missed it too but saw her recently on Iron Chef. Her demeanor definitely reminds me of Ina -- not frenetic. Incidentally, Lydia was one of the judges on that episode.
Hey, Guys...I missed those caramel tomatoes and I don't see them listed on the website. Can you give me the recipe? Please?????
I liked it immensely and am totally making those caramel tomatoes! Who knew one could caramelize tomatoes?!
I watched the cooking loft just before work yesterday, I couldnt wait to get home and make her caramel tomatos! they are awesome, although I roasted mine for 40 min, my oven goes wonky occasionally. I truly hope FN considers doing more of this type of cooking show. Less grunting and screaming and more honest low key teaching!
Darn! I totally missed it! I, too, am hoping fot speedy re-runs. It sounds like something I would really enjoy.
As for the new Guy show ... Is it just me, or does it appear to be much like the "old" Emeril Live? Hmmm... I'm just wonderin' ...
Thanks, Purrkins. I confess that I bought it because CI liked it. My remaining question is how often do I sharpen my knives? My knives are Wusthof and Henckel products if that makes any difference. I hope I'm using the sharpener correctly....I do follow the directions exactly but even with directions I can make mistakes!
Is Cutco only available from door to door salespeople?
We have used the Chef's Choice sharpener for many years. I use a steel every time I use my knives, but when they need to be sharpened we do it with the Chef's Choice. Works great. I have Wustoff Trident knives.
I have Shun knives. I have them sharpened professionally every year. I steel them with evey use.
Homemade pasta is so worth it. I do everything with the KitchenAid:
http://nujoikitchendiary.blogspot.com/2008/01/channeling-lidia.html
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