Posted by
William on June 29th, 2011, at 10:13 am
What do you do when you unexpectedly end up with over two dozen fresh eggs? Well, eggs are pretty versatile in the kitchen, but I didn’t want to have to make dozens of different things just to use them up. I wanted to quickly half the quantity of available eggs on hand so they wouldn’t [...]
Posted by
William on November 3rd, 2009, at 12:15 pm
Kyle’s Potato and Mushroom Gratin got me thinking about the classic French scalloped potato dish, the Gratin Dauphinois. This gratin strips the dish to its core ingredients; it’s all about the cream and potatoes. No cheese, mushrooms, onions or other additions are allowed.
Though nearly every potato gratin dish involves some sprinkling of cheese, it isn’t [...]
Posted by
Kyle on October 22nd, 2009, at 1:25 pm
Alton Brown’s first show was about steak, so naturally the next episode, “This Spud’s for You”, was about potatoes. There are so many different options when cooking potatoes. I have already covered oven fries, and William has already covered chips, microwave chips and fries. For a slightly different dish I decided to follow AB’s Potato/Portabello [...]
Posted by
William on March 27th, 2009, at 9:07 pm
While I had all the oil and potatoes available, I decided to make one more thing with it. This one was pretty obvious, really. Cut your potatoes into thin disks, fry them, and ta-da…
Apart from the shape, there is really only one difference between these and the french fries: Fry them once at the high temperature [...]
Posted by
William on March 24th, 2009, at 11:57 am
Serving yesterday’s burgers on an empty plate just wouldn’t be right. It didn’t take much thought to decide what side dish best accompanies burgers. Obviously, I had to make French fries.
Fresh French fries are everything that frozen, fast food fries are not: crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside, and a true [...]