http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog Featured Chef and Food Blogs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am interrupting my European travel journal this week to interject a few words about the best darn chickens I have ever tasted. Now many of you might naively believe, as I once did, that all chickens are created equal and that they all taste the same, but you must ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550029 The mention of macaroons in the U.S. usually brings to mind a dense, coconut packed, knob shaped cookie. This isn't the case in France, however. Their version of the macaroon (or macaron, as they spell it) is a delicate, crispy-chewy sandwich cookie that nestles a thin layer of creamy filling, ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550027 British food has a pretty dismal reputation -- bland meat pies, greasy fish and chips, unfamiliar animal parts -- but let me assure you that this is no longer the case. The second part of my European travels landed me in London, a city whose food scene I had high hopes ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550021 We have been making our own fresh apple cider for years but this is the first time I have documented the process and wish to share it with all of you. We have a bunch of different varietals in the orchard including: Mackintosh, Red Barons, Sweet Sixteens, and Northern Spys. I will ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550010 I arrived in Paris a week ago and have been in a state of culinary bliss since the minute I stepped off the plane. I am staying in the apartment of some friends while they are away on their own vacation, and I must say that this is the only ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550009 As I mentioned in last week's entry, I spent a number of months early in my career as a bread baker. While baking bread on a large, restaurant scale bored me, baking bread at home is one of my favorite things to do. To this day I find few things ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550008 Safe Tables was kind enough to invite us to attend a teleconference discussing the Senate FDA Reform Bill this Wednesday night at 8:30 pm ET.  Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il) and the FDA's Mike Taylor will answer questions from the Safe Tables community about the proposed legislation and how it will ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550007 The thing I am asked the most by people I've just met (other than where I work or my favorite restaurant) is my favorite thing to cook. This question, to me, is like asking a mother her favorite child or a composer his favorite chord. Cooking is less a specific ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550006 As the autumn air gets crisp and the leaves start to change color, my thoughts inevitably turn to pie and suddenly I start to picture everything before me swathed in a flaky crust. So you can imagine my excitement when I opened my front door this morning to find that ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550001 I am convinced that white chocolate, the once eschewed, ugly step-sister to the more popular and desirable dark chocolate, is about to kiss the frog, bite the apple or have some other fairy tale-like transcendence out of the dungeon and into the limelight. Most chocolate lovers maintain that white chocolate is ... http://forums.chef2chef.net/chef-blog/?p=550000