March 2007

Better than Pancakes?

admin Saturday, March 31, 2007 Add Comment Breakfast, Weekend Filler Edit

The weekend's here and you know what that means! Chef John takes a break, and posts fun, food related stuff he's found on the web. O...

Mushroom Gravy – Quick, somebody find me a slice of meatloaf!

admin Friday, March 30, 2007 Add Comment French Cuisine, Sauces Edit

My mother just reminded me that I promised a mushroom gravy recipe clip when I did the meatloaf demo. So, here you go; better late than neve...

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls a la Aunt Angela

admin Thursday, March 29, 2007 Add Comment Beef, Italian Cuisine, Vegetables Edit

I had dinner recently at a new restaurant here in Northern California. The featured entrée was a stuffed cabbage roll, and I was very excite...

Smoked Salmon “Gravlox” Part 2 – It worked!

admin Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Add Comment Appetizer, Breakfast, Seafood Edit

Alright, you watched us prep our Smoked Salmon “Gravlox” in Part 1 , which was basically a simple salt/sugar curing mixture. We turned it ov...

Salmon, Spring Pea, and Ricotta Tortellini with Lemon – And why it’s too bad doors don’t have keyholes anymore!

admin Tuesday, March 27, 2007 Add Comment Cheese, Italian Cuisine, Pasta, Seafood Edit

The origin of tortellini is very cloudy, and several stories exist regarding how it was invented. This one is my favorite, and it totally so...

Smoked Salmon “Gravlox” Part 1 – From Cradle to Grave

admin Monday, March 26, 2007 Add Comment Appetizer, Breakfast, Seafood Edit

Gravlox, or Gravlax, as it is also spelled, has a very interesting translation. It was originally made by Scandinavian fishermen who coated ...

Spaghetti with "White" Clam Sauce

admin Sunday, March 25, 2007 Add Comment Italian Cuisine, Pasta, Seafood Edit

This is a rerun from my old blog, but I’ve had several requests for it so I posted it today. This pasta dish is always a best seller at Ital...

A Real "Slip of the Tongue!"

admin Saturday, March 24, 2007 Add Comment Edit

As I mentioned in a post a while back, I was going to be posting a new cooking clip every weekday, but on the weekends I would start posting...

Wonton Soup – When was the last time you got to “swallow clouds?”

admin Friday, March 23, 2007 Add Comment Asian Cuisine, Pork, Soups, Vegetables Edit

Half the fun of doing this blog is the research I do about the various dishes, so I can give you all a little bit of extra info in the posts...

Tarragon Aioli – Keeping it real!

admin Thursday, March 22, 2007 Add Comment Dressings, French Cuisine, Sauces Edit

Many of you have never had real “aioli.” Oh, you’ve probably had garlic flavored mayonnaise-based sauces and dips many times. But today we’r...

Wild Salmon Cakes – Canned Fish and Saltine Crackers?…Now that’s Gourmet!

admin Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Add Comment Appetizer, Breakfast, Seafood Edit

So, we all know we need to eat a lot more salmon. And not only that, but we have to find “wild” salmon. Well, depending on where you live th...

Spring Greens in a Cucumber Vase (pronounced “vaahhzzzz”) - When a plain old salad bowl just won’t do!

admin Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Add Comment Appetizer, Salads, Vegetables Edit

Today I’m showing one of those very simple restaurant tricks that anyone could do at home, but don’t. The next time your doing a dinner part...

Orzo “Risotto” with Chicken, Sausage and Peppers

admin Monday, March 19, 2007 Add Comment Mediterranean Cuisine, Pasta, Spanish Cuisine, Spicy, Stews Edit

Orzo (also known as melon seed pasta, due to its shape) is one of my favorite choices for pasta salad. I really like the shape and texture, ...

Fast Food Freestyle - Because that's how I roll

admin Sunday, March 18, 2007 Add Comment Edit

While I still plan on posting a new cooking clip every weekday, on the weekends I thought I would start posting other random, fun and/or fun...

Spaghetti Squash 101

admin Saturday, March 17, 2007 Add Comment Vegetables Edit

Please Note: This is another older clip that I'm moving from my old blog, so a few of you may have seen it before. And, I know it's ...

Butter Bean Prawn “Scampi” – Culinary confusion at its best!

admin Friday, March 16, 2007 Add Comment Italian Cuisine, Seafood Edit

Growing up in upstate New York, any time my family would go out to eat at an Italian restaurant there were always the same two shrimp or pra...

“Faux-Smoked” Wild Red Rock Cod – More delicious culinary cheating!

admin Thursday, March 15, 2007 Add Comment Seafood, Spicy Edit

This is another of those older clips some of you may have already seen from my old blog, but as I stated before, I do eventually want to hav...

On the Road to Las Vegas – What happens there definitely won’t stay there

admin Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Add Comment Edit

I thought I would post a quick update for all of you waiting patiently for a new recipe clip. I’ve leaving Giants Spring training with a rec...

Cactus League Here I Come!

admin Friday, March 9, 2007 Add Comment Edit

Chef John (as I write about myself in the third person) will be taking a small vacation to Arizona to take in some spring training baseball....

Chicken Marsala a la Ryan’s Cafe

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Certain dishes have a special place in my heart and this is one of them. The first real restaurant job I had in San Francisco was at a small...

Braised Lamb and Eggplant Cous Cous – Easy, exotic, and a great case for gender bias!

admin Thursday, March 8, 2007 Add Comment Cheese, Lamb, Mediterranean Cuisine, Stews, Vegetables Edit

Today’s post is perfect for the person that’s afraid to try anything that seems exotic because they think it’s going to be hard to prepare. ...

Chocolate Lava Cake – Is this the World’s most delicious mistake?

admin Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Add Comment Chocolate, Dessert Edit

Legend has it that this dessert was the result of a major catering disaster. The dessert for this particular event was to be individual choc...

Eggs Benedicts – The last 2 episodes to make this brunch classic!

admin Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Add Comment Breakfast, Sauces Edit

Hopefully you watched the hollandaise demo we just posted, and you are ready to fearlessly finish this delicious egg dish! So, the sauce is...

Hollandaise 101 – Can a sauce really sense fear?

admin Monday, March 5, 2007 Add Comment French Cuisine, Sauces Edit

Re-run alert! Yes, viewers to my old blog may have seen this clip before, but it’s such a key sauce to master, I wanted to have it on this n...

Perfect Mashed Potatoes – Breaking the Cycle of Generational Potato Dysfunction

admin Sunday, March 4, 2007 Add Comment Potato Edit

Well, I just posted a meatloaf clip so I thought I would re-post this mashed potato demo. Every day, all across the country, people sit dow...

Classic “All American” Meatloaf

admin Friday, March 2, 2007 Add Comment Edit

This recipe is a version that Alton Brown did on Good Eats. I’ve added a few extra ingredients, like mushrooms, which I believe helps make a...

“See-through” Herb and Potato Crisps – Worst Demo Ever?

admin Thursday, March 1, 2007 Add Comment Appetizer, Potato Edit

Of all the things I’ve demonstrated on this site, without a doubt, this will be the one that the fewest viewers try. Why? Well, basically we...