I’ve worked in a professional kitchen, but never for a long period of time and have never run a restaurant kitchen. With that said I am a cook and not a chef, but more than a cook a culinary researcher/historian. I thrive at researching food history and how a single ingredient is used in different ways with different supplemental ingredients in different regions. The examples of this in the South are plentiful from grits, to cornbread, type of shrimp, type of fat, sweetener whether it’s honey, cane syrup or sorghum syrup.
Cookbook Reviews
Sourcing Ingredients
Ancient Cuisine
- Ancient Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
Culinary France
- A Soldier’s Life: Escoffier & The Brigade de Cuisine
- Croque-Madame
- Culinary School: Classical French Techniques
- French Cheese: The Process & The Palate
- French Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
- French Culinary Lesson: The Macaron
- Le Bistrot Paul Bert (18 rue Paul Bert, 75011)
- Steak-frites
Culinary European (Non-French)
- European Cuisine (Non-French) – Recipes & Techniques
Culinary Israel
- Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws
- Jewish & Israeli Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
Culinary Japan
- Japanese Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
- Japanese Table Manners 101
- Kaiseki-Ryori (会席料理)
- Nodaiwa: Unagi Restaurant
- Shōkadō bentō (松花堂弁当)
- Soba Master: An Art Form
- Sushi Definitions for Foreigners
Culinary Mexico
Culinary Scandinavia
Culinary Southeast Asia
- Southeast Asia Cuisine – Recipies & Techniques
Culinary United States Southern
- 13 Gypsies – Jacksonville, Florida
- Dockside Seafood Restaurant – Jacksonville Beach, Florida
- Edna Lewis on Coffee
- Husk – Charleston, South Carolina
- La Cuisine Creole by Lacadio Hearn
- Leah Chase
- Palm Valley Fish Camp: An Afternoon Lunch (Ponte Vedra, Florida)
- Photo Essay : Palm Valley Fish Camp & Marker 32 (Jacksonville Beach, FL)
- Southern Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
- Stephenson’s Apple Farm: Family Influence
- The Grey – Savannah, Georgia
- The Olde Pink House – Savannah, Georgia
- Turkey and the Wolf – New Orleans, Louisiana
Culinary United States Non-Southern
- A few bites at Jaleo (Washington D.C.)
- A Morning at Wagshal’s Market – Washington D.C.
- Bistro Provence (Bethesda, MD)
- Gertrude Stein on Coffee
- Hippie Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
- Storm Castle Cafe – Bozeman, Montana
- Storm Castle Cafe Cowboy Bistro Pop-Up Dinner (Bozeman, MT)
Culinary Fun Facts
- Culinary Fun Fact: Are All Fish Eggs Caviar?
- Culinary Fun Fact: Peanut Allergy
- Culinary Fun Fact: Please don’t recycle
- Culinary Fun Fact: Salmon Pin Bones
- Culinary Fun Fact: Soy Alergy
- Culinary Fun Fact: Should you eat oysters only in months whose names contain the letter R?
- Culinary Fun Fact: How to Polish Copper
- Culinary Fun Fact: How to Wash Lettuce
- Culinary Fun Fact: What is a Moderate Oven?
- Culinary Fun Fact: How To Use Gelatin
- Culinary Fun Fact: Removing abnormal odors from your refrigerator
Thinking of Opening A Restaurant
