Thomas Keller’s Cote de Boeuf and Blanched Asparagus

I have a confession - I don't cook steak if I can help it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE steak. Like, if I had to choose one thing to eat for the rest of my life, it would probably be steak (topped with mushrooms and onions and cooked by my husband.) But I married … Continue reading Thomas Keller’s Cote de Boeuf and Blanched Asparagus →

MasterClass Winner – Massimo Autographed Apron!

Last post, I talked about my two attempts at Massimo's pesto pasta. Well, I also had another great time with Masterclass and Massimo - they had a giveaway for an Osteria Francescana apron, autographed by Massimo himself, during the time I was taking his class and doing the cooking experiments! I was a very lucky … Continue reading MasterClass Winner – Massimo Autographed Apron! →

Recipe #11 – Roasted Whole Chicken: Thomas Keller And Gordon Ramsay

Recipe #11 Roasted Whole Chicken Thomas Keller Teaches Cooking Techniques II: Meats, Stocks and Sauces Chapter 09 AND Gordon Ramsay Teaches Cooking II: Restaurant Recipes at Home Chapter 09 This is something I've wanted to do for weeks: take two recipes I loved of the same dish and combine their best parts. I never had … Continue reading Recipe #11 – Roasted Whole Chicken: Thomas Keller And Gordon Ramsay →

Recipe #10: Thomas Keller’s Fried Chicken

Recipe #10 Fried Chicken Thomas Keller Teaches Cooking Techniques II: Meats, Stocks, and Sauces Chapter 05 After a week of being laid up in bed from a particularly nasty virus, I'm finally back to food! I cooked Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc fried chicken right before falling ill. I started with a whole chicken, breaking it … Continue reading Recipe #10: Thomas Keller’s Fried Chicken →

Recipe #8: Thomas Keller’s Boiled Eggs

Recipe #8 Boiled Eggs Thomas Keller Teaches Cooking Techniques Chapter 22 I use the term "recipe" in this one loosely. 😉 When I was growing up, hard boiled eggs looked like one thing: green and pale yellow yolks and egg whites so solid you could bounce them. My mother's method of hard boiling eggs was … Continue reading Recipe #8: Thomas Keller’s Boiled Eggs →

Recipe #7: Pickling Red Onions

Recipe #7 Pickling Red Onions Thomas Keller Teaches Cooking Techniques Chapter 12 I decided to finally tackle a chapter I've been putting off: Pickling. I enjoy a pickle now and then, but I've never been very big into pickling everything. Plus, I've always been a little shaky on jarring it and trusting a long shelf … Continue reading Recipe #7: Pickling Red Onions →

A MasterClass Christmas

Note: I just got my All Access Pass back! I never had customer service from anything work so fast. I sent a message to Masterclass on Twitter about my dilemma and how I've already waited several days with no word back. In less than 5 minutes of hitting that send button, they had written back … Continue reading A MasterClass Christmas →

The Setting: My Kitchen

Last post, I gave you a peek at who I am. You already know what MasterClass is (Right? If you don't, go to MasterClass.com and check them out - I can't possibly rave about them more!) But I realized we're still missing a key player in this venture: My Kitchen. Since none of this is … Continue reading The Setting: My Kitchen →

Mastering Cooking through MasterClass: The Introduction

My Goal: To tackle all the recipes by the amazing chefs who have put forth a MasterClass. Thomas Keller. Gordon Ramsay. Wolfgang Puck. Alice Waters. Dominique Ansel. And every chef that is added to the roster in the future. But who am I? I am a thirty-year-old novelist (I write mostly about fictional chefs) and … Continue reading Mastering Cooking through MasterClass: The Introduction →