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Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip – Less is More for the First Time Ever

If this is the kind of thing you really love to eat at the local sports bar, but never thought about making at home, then I hope you find this video recipe very motivational. Not only is this baked spinach artichoke dip easy and delicious, but it's also a first in culinary history. For the first time ever, sour cream and ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Taking a Trip to Breadtopia

This great sourdough starter video is from Eric at Breadtopia. Eric was one of my fellow nominees for most innovative video content in the Saveur best food blog awards, and as you'll see in this clip, he's a great teacher. One of my very few regrets with the pro food blogger lifestyle, is having almost no time to visit and watch/read ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

The Incredibly Simple Secret to Lump-Free Sauce

Outside of a few choice Black Eyed Peas videos, lumps are rarely associated with something good. When it comes to making sauces and gravies, nothing causes performance anxiety in an inexperienced cook like these malevolent masses. The good news is there's an incredibly simple way to prevent lumps. Repeat after me, "Hot roux, cold milk, no lumps." That's it. As you'll ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Building a Better Stuffed Pepper

I reworked the stuffed pepper recipe for the cookbook, and this was the result. I've posted the written recipe below the photo, and I highly encourage you to try it out. Enjoy! Stuffed Bell Peppers For the sauce: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, diced 1 cup beef broth 2 cups prepared marinara sauce, or other tomato sauce 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1/4 tsp red... [[ This is a ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Food and Wine

Just in case you were wondering, here's the menu and what it was paired with this weekend at the Frick Winery. I was preoccupied with food production (that's my story and I'm sticking to it), so I only spent a few minutes taking pictures with predictably mediocre results, but you'll have to take my word for it when i tell ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Frick Sunday

Just a very quick update from gloriously sunny Sonoma, where the 2010 Passport event has just concluded. It was another smashing success, and over the last two days we fed a staggering 1,200 people. Michele was amazing as usual, and so were my in-laws Peggy and Al who always come through like champs. And now my favorite part of the weekend ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

We’re Getting Our Frick On

Michele and I are getting ready to head north for a huge catering event this weekend in Sonoma. If you've been following this blog for awhile, I'm sure you've read about this before. It’s called “Passport to Dry Creek Valley,” which is an annual event showing off the great wines and vineyards of the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. We'll be doing ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Dr. Baker’s Famous Cornell Chicken – Ivy League Taste on a Community College Budget

Unlike most of America's regional culinary specialties, the origins of the Cornell chicken recipe are undisputed. According to nearly all reports, as well as the college itself, this famous grilled chicken recipe was created by Dr. Robert C. Baker, Professor of Animal Sciences at New York's Cornell University. They say Dr. Baker was simply trying to invent an easy and delicious ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Next Up: Cornell Chicken

After an exhaustive half-day of research, I dove right into the strange and mysterious Cornell chicken recipe. I was very excited by the results. Stay tuned! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

So What’s the Deal with Cornell Chicken?

I'm planning to do a video recipe for Cornell chicken, so if you have any information, tips, secrets, anecdotes, memories, or other pertinent details, I'd love to hear about it! In case you've never heard of Cornell chicken, here's a little video tease I found on someone called skeeler1954's YouTube channel. By the way, as someone who appreciates a well-done ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Original Buffalo Chicken Wings (Shaken, Not Stirred) – Totally Authentic, Or So I Hear

If you know someone from Buffalo, they know someone who told them the secret ingredients to the Anchor Bar's famous Buffalo chicken wings. I know people from Buffalo. This is my version, as described to me many years ago, over almost as many beers. Now that we've established it's absolute validity, I should tell you, I'm not a huge fan. Just ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Original Buffalo Chicken Wing Sauce – Totally Authentic, Or So I Hear

If you know someone from Buffalo, they know someone who told them the secret ingredients to the Anchor Bar's famous Buffalo chicken wings. I know people from Buffalo. This is my version, as described to me many years ago, over almost as many beers. Now that we've established it's absolute validity, I should tell you, I'm not a huge fan. Just ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Next Up: My Buffalo Chicken Wing Sauce

I can't believe that after three years of doing video recipes on this blog, I've never shown you my Buffalo chicken wing sauce! Later today (or maybe early tomorrow), I will. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Scone Home

I've been waiting almost 3 years to work an E.T. reference into one of my blog post titles. For whatever reason, I've had quite a few requests lately for a scone recipe video. I should say at the outset, I've never made scones before (or at least never remember making scones before), and I've never been a big fan of eating ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

How to Sharpen a Knive Using a Whetstone

There was such an unexpectedly large and enthusiastic response to my knife steel video yesterday, and so many questions about knife sharpening in general, I thought I'd find a video showing the proper use of a whetstone. This extremely well-done demonstration is by Ian Knauer, food editor for Gourmet Magazine. Enjoy! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

How and Why to Use a Knife Steel – Our Most Cutting-Edge Video Ever

I don't think there have been any official government studies regarding the use of knife steels, which is a good thing since that would have been a really silly use of taxpayer money (unlike investigating the sexual arousal in anesthetized female rats…true story). However, if such a study was done, I believe we'd learn that most home cooks have no real ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Cooking with Grass-Fed Beef - Episode 6: Sirloin Tip Beef Satay

This video recipe for Beef Satay is the sixth in a series of videos I'm doing with grass-fed beef from Steve Normanton, focusing on how to cook the various cuts. This time I had some lovely looking sirloin tip to work with, and being in the mood for something Thai-ish, I decided to try some beef satay. This video recipe is ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Chef John’s Computer Died

Sorry for the delay in posting the beef satay video recipe, but my iMac died this morning, and I've just been told Best Buy has to ship it out to fix, and that it will be three weeks before it's ready! I still have my laptop, but everything is slower, and the disc is almost full. I'm not happy. Bottom ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Next Up: Beef Satay

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By Foodwishes a few months ago

We Know a James Beard Nominee!

It is my distinct pleasure to announce that our very talented friend, Liza de Guia, has had her website food. curated. nominated for Best Video Webcast by The James Beard Foundation. I've featured several of Liza's videos here, and think she does an amazing job capturing and sharing these artisan food producers' stories. Congratulations Liza! Here is another example of her ... more

By Foodwishes a few months ago

Recent Content Summary Recipes

Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip – Less is More for the First Time Ever

Taking a Trip to Breadtopia

The Incredibly Simple Secret to Lump-Free Sauce

Building a Better Stuffed Pepper

Food and Wine

Frick Sunday

We’re Getting Our Frick On

Dr. Baker’s Famous Cornell Chicken – Ivy League Taste on a Community College Budget

Next Up: Cornell Chicken

So What’s the Deal with Cornell Chicken?

Original Buffalo Chicken Wings (Shaken, Not Stirred) – Totally Authentic, Or So I Hear

Original Buffalo Chicken Wing Sauce – Totally Authentic, Or So I Hear

Next Up: My Buffalo Chicken Wing Sauce

Scone Home

How to Sharpen a Knive Using a Whetstone

How and Why to Use a Knife Steel – Our Most Cutting-Edge Video Ever

Cooking with Grass-Fed Beef - Episode 6: Sirloin Tip Beef Satay

Chef John’s Computer Died

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We Know a James Beard Nominee!

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