I have created a dish using delicata squash, marrying some simple flavors and striking colors to create a memorable impact. Also in season, kohlrabi adds crunch and absorbs flavor, serving as a...
"When I told my mom that I was in the food industry, she actually laughed," Trinh says. "She said, 'You were such a picky eater when you were little.' I would chipmunk my food because I didn't want to...
There are four key guidelines to making proper puff pastry like a pastry chef. They are: Keep it cold. The beautiful layers will only stay layers if you work with the dough cold and keep it cold...
As a chef who is obsessive about technique, I’m enthralled by these types of recipes that seem to have endless variations and uses. By having a solid pâte à choux pastry recipe in your tool kit, you...
Chef Frank shares pro soup terms that chefs use in the kitchen while demonstrating his process: Fond: the brown bits at the bottom of the pan after roasting chicken, the foundation for a lot of good...
91ÃÛÌÒß¹ Los Angeles students, faculty and staff celebrated the holiday season in true culinary school fashion — by baking and decorating lots and LOTS of cookies. The baking bonanza kicked off with a...
Though the name may imply otherwise, Mexican wedding cookies are made for plenty of occasions other than just celebrating matrimony. During the holiday season, you’ll likely find some variation of...
Standing a foot tall, this Christmas cookie tree is a show-stopper for sure. To start, you need a great sugar cookie recipe, like the recipe used in Chef Penny's gold covered sugar cookies (gold leaf...
This is my favorite time of year for many reasons, but in a culinary sense, we have an array of fantastic produce available and an enormous array of ways to prepare it. One of the best ways to get the...
The first thing Chef Stephen Chavez remembers baking, with his mother’s help, was a pineapple upside-down cake that he discovered flipping through the pages of an issue of the children’s magazine,...
