Culinary School: Classical French Technique

I use cooking and researching the history of culinary dishes as a distraction for my mental health. I worked for a time in a professional kitchen and have a passion for French, Japanese and the food history of the American South.

Section I: French Fundamentals

• A Soldier’s Life: Escoffier & The Brigade de Cuisine
• Croque-Madame
• French Cheese: The Process & The Palate
• French Culinary Lesson: The Macaron
• French School Lunches
• Knife DNA 101
• Le Bistrot Paul Bert (18 rue Paul Bert, 75011)
• Poste de Travail: Setting up your Workstation
• Preservation Techniques
• Salt: When, Why, How much – A Primer
• Steak-frites
• What is a Traditional Bouquet Garni?
• Your Knife Roll

Section II: Vegetables

• Lavage & Épluchage: Washing & Peeling Vegetables
• 101 Ways To Cut Yourself: Vegetable Knife Skills
• Knife Skills: Tournage
• Vegetable Cooking: A l’anglaise
• Vegetable Cooking: A l’etuvé
• Glacer: Glazing Vegetables
• Pommes Rissolées
• Cooking Method: Dans un Blanc

Section III: Stocks

• Stocks and Sauces Terminology
• Guidelines For Stock Preparation
• French Stocks (Fonds)
• White Stocks (Fonds Blances) & Fumets
• Brown Stocks (Fonds Bruns)
• Glazes (Glaces)
• Liaisons: The Binding Agents

Section IV: Sauces

The Five French Mother Sauces

• The Five Classical French Mother Sauces : Béchamel
• The Five Classical French Mother Sauces: Velouté
• The Five Classical French Mother Sauces: Espagnole
• The Five Classical French Mother Sauces: Hollandaise
• The Five Classical French Mother Sauces: Tomate

French Sauces Overview

• French Brown Sauces
• French White Sauces
• Béchamel Sauces
• About Emulsified Sauces
• Warm Emulsified Sauces
• Cold Emulsified Sauces

Secondary / Modern Sauces

• Classical Sabayon
• Sauce Allemande
• Sauce Crème (Cream Sauce)
• Sauce Mornay
• Sauce Soubise
• Sauce Suprême

Section V: Modernist Cuisine

• Molecular Gastronomy : Intro
• Molecular Gastronomy : Agar, Agar
• What is Sous Vide?

Section VI: Ethnic Cuisine & Sourcing Ingredients

Sourcing Ingredients

• Butchery: Meat & Seafood
• Cheese & Dairy
• Commercial Fishing, Sustainability and Environmental ImpactAlaska
• Salmon Purse Seining

Thinking of Opening A Restaurant

• Thinking Of Opening A Restaurant: Equipment
• Restaurant French Cooking Vessels

Culinary Fun Facts

• Culinary Fun Fact: Are All Fish Eggs Caviar?
• Culinary Fun Fact —> Eggnog
• 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
• Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws

Culinary Japan

• Chadō (茶道): The Way Of Tea
• Japanese Table Manners 101
• Kaiseki-Ryori (会席料理)
• Japanese Teas After Matcha
• Nodaiwa: Unagi Restaurant
• Shōkadō bentō (松花堂弁当)
• Soba Master: An Art Form
• Sushi Definitions for Foreigners
• What is the Japanese tea ceremony?

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)
• 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
• Storm Castle Cafe – Bozeman, Montana
• Storm Castle Cafe Cowboy Bistro Pop-Up Dinner (Bozeman, MT)

Recipes & Techniques

• Ancient Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
• European Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
  • High (Afternoon) Tea – Recipes & Techniques
• French Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
• Hippie Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
• Japanese Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
• Jewish & Israeli Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
• Nordic Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques
• Southeast Asia Cuisine – Recipies & Techniques
• Southern Cuisine – Recipes & Techniques