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Salted Caramel
Been so busy recently have scarcely had time to post. Just got back from taking James to camp :( My chief videographer and dessert innovator. I was in Boston talking salt on Simply Ming. I was in NYC working on confections with Bouchon Bakery head chef Sebastien Rouxel and putting together a pitch for a chef drama with some friends. I came home to find a great new ice cream book from Ohio's own Jeni Britton Bauer! Salt, sweets, ice cream, and an unused photo donna shot for the new book due out in fall: salted-caramel! Of course. Caramel is one of those awesome no brainer dessert sauces that more people ought to do at home. Takes 10 minutes tops, uses inexpensive ingredients, and ...
Posted in Desserts, Ratios, Recipes, sauce Tagged columbus, ice cream, James Ruhlman, jenis splendid ice cream, ratio, recipe, salted caramel sauce Comments closed
Alinea vs Noma
Posted in Article, chefs, Restaurants Tagged Alinea, Grant Achatz, Noma, Rene Redzepi, wall street journal Comments closed
Video: Robot Butcher
Posted in Article, Butchery, Kitchen Technology Tagged Chicken, kitchen technology, robots, the eater Comments closed
How To Make the Best Burgers
I published this post almost two years ago, at the end of summer—but a chance email today thanking me for the technique dropped into my email box today and I thought let's put it up again at the start of grilling season. I'm not always real quick on the uptake, but I eventually get around to the right way, and the right way for perfect (and safe) burgers is to grind your own meat and make sure to include the right amount of fat (I don't believe that the cut is that critical). (For safe, raw ground beef, see this recent post on steak tartare.)
Yes, I still buy ground beef occasionally but when ...














