Posted in Food Finds, Tasting on Jun 30th, 2007 8 Comments »
Hot summer day, rack of ribs to BBQ. Everything is perfect until you start basting with the BBQ sauce. Why, because most bbq sauces are tomato based (which causes burning & that nasty black char on your food). Jack Lockwood (Doc Jack’s Soss)has solved this burning issue by following an age old recipe [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jun 25th, 2007 5 Comments »
What to serve with all the wonderful grillng that you are doing this summer? Take advantage of summer’s fresh veggies, and use Chef Silvia’s favorite cooking technique – Saute! As she states, ” Saute- a process by which small, uniform pieces are cooked in hot oil (or butter), over high heat in just a few [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Tasting on Jun 20th, 2007 8 Comments »
A month or so ago we received samples of tsp Spices. We were very excited about this unique concept of offering organic spices pre measured in 1TSP packets. Their beautiful packaging and fresh flavors prompted us to make them our featured product. Now that we have this blog, we wanted to be able to show [...]
Posted in Chef's Q & A on Jun 15th, 2007 4 Comments »
Question: Hello chef sylvia. I’m pam from the Philippines. I would like to know the dessert trends these days? I am working for an upscale continental restaurant and would like ideas from you. thank you, Pam
Hi Pamela, The trends below are the result of a survey taken by Star Chefs in which they [...]
Posted in Field Trips, Food Finds, Tasting on Jun 4th, 2007 10 Comments »
It all started last summer on a biking trip in Holland. We went to a very small cheese farm (farmstead cheese – if you read our cheese email you will know that farmstead describes cheese made solely from milk produced on the same farm.) De Willigen cheese & ice cream farm . Here [...]
Posted in Chef's Q & A on Jun 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
name: pc
email: XXX
state: virginia
message: a food network recipe calls for cocoa nibs. What are they and where can I purchase them. Thanks
Hi Patricia,
Food411’s February Email was all about Chocolate :
Here is an excerpt all about the cocoa nibs:
“To make chocolate, processors roast and shell the cocoa beans, leaving only the centers, called nibs. [...]
