Posts Tagged ‘cooking’
The Scoop on Potatoes
What is a potato? A potato is a vegetable. It is part of the nightshade family of plants (along with tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers. The potato is actually the swollen portion of the underground root, called a tuber. The tuber serves to provide food for the leafy green (above-ground) part of the plant. If allowed…
Read More »3 Ways to Make Use of an Abundance of Tomatoes
Hello, tomato. So wonderful to see you again. Such taste, such loveliness, such flavor… tis’ the season of Jersey-grown tomatoes. As a tomato lover, I sometimes find myself thinking with my eyes, and come home with more tomatoes than I can possibly consume. What’s a girl to do? 3 Ways to Make Use of an…
Read More »How to Make a Simple Salad Dressing
One of the perks of working for Blue Moon is free greens. During the spring and summer, this means salad for at least one meal a day for me, every day of the week. A challenge (aka an opportunity for improvement) I face is keeping my salads interesting. How do I do this when the…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 6
Chef Kenny Kunz is a thoughtful, deliberate cook, who carefully considers his work in the kitchen and the dishes he is preparing. The cookbooks he recommends for us are true classics from the greats. Kenny Kunz Cook, Ulivo, Philadelphia, PA Recommended Cookbooks: A Return to Cooking, Eric Ripert The French Laundry Cookbook, Thomas Keller Italian…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 5
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Chefs’ Bookshelf Cookbook Recommendations from Blue Moon’s Favorite Chefs Do you have an aspiring chef among your family or friends? You might consider picking up one of the cookbook recommendations below for young chef. My cousin Sean (12 years old and Thanksgiving’s best sous chef in family history) will likely be seeing one of…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 4
The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 3
This edition of The Chefs’ Bookshelf could be alternatively titled “Chefs Who Own Many Books.” And I thought my own cookbook selection of 10 cookbooks (and Martha Stewart Living back issues) was a lot! The recommendations from our chefs today span a large time period and cover different cooking styles– from a French fine dining…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 2
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Chefs’ Bookshelf Cookbook Recommendations from Blue Moon’s Favorite Chefs: Part 2 Max Hansen Chef and Owner, Max Hansen Catering, Max Hansen Carversville Grocery, Bucks County Recommended Cookbooks: Plenty (Yotem Ottolenghi) and Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way (Francis Mallmann) As a committed carnivore, Seven Fires is Max’s absolute favorite with its “amazing meat cookery.” Plenty,…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 1
On Monday night I asked 20 different chefs for cookbook recommendations. By Tuesday morning I had received more than 10 recommendations. I was shocked and incredibly excited. Getting answers from chefs, when you aren’t in a kitchen with them, can be difficult. So it seemed that I had stumbled upon the perfect question, with answers…
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