Archive for February, 2011

Blue Cheese and Our Friendship

I have come to a decision that if you buy bottled blue cheese dressing or dip we can no longer be friends. I think our friendship is worth 3 minutes to make some yourself. Don’t you? I remember growing up and getting blue cheese dip in the plastic tub, which I think was supposed to [...]

“Efficiency is intelligent laziness.”

-David Dunham Well hello knife cuts from weeks ago, how have you been? They have been hanging with all the other things I did in school and didn’t post about. Six weeks go by like eating a taco. You’re all like that was the best taco (six weeks) ever, I devoured that taco (culinary information) [...]

It’s All a Roux

If you’ve made gravy, or stew before, a roux was most likely your road to thickening. It is also a major player in our next two mothers sauces. That’s four if you are counting. I am saving sauce tomate for last. It will get its own little post. After all she is the crimson princess. [...]

Your Mother

Like a dog, I thought hollandaise would sense the apprehension on me, and not want to cooperate. Good thing this hollandaise was a cat. We had a demo, then it was our turn to emulsify some magic. I broke my first one right before it was finished. My fault. I added to much butter at [...]

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