These are the chili destinations you've got to visit! Whether your mom mastered a multi-generational recipe, your community held chili cookoffs, or you frequented the Wendy's drive-thru, your idea of chili probably stems from the…
How to Master Mom’s Pasta
How to cook fresh and dried pasta; how to sauce pasta; History and background; Recipe lists
Balancing Flavors
Flavor Profiles When we talk about the "flavor profile" of a particular dish, we are talking about ALL the sensations we experience when eating it - not just its taste or its aroma or its…
Pastry 1 – Pâte à Choux
Choux has the reputation for being difficult, but it’s surprisingly simple. Master this easy recipe and you can make many pastries most bakers are scared to try. Pipe logs and fill with pastry cream for eclairs, pipe dollops and sandwich with whipped cream or ice cream for cream puffs and profiteroles, mix it with cheese and herbs for savory gougères, deep fry it for churros, French cruller donuts, choux beignets… you can do a lot.
Chocolate Recipes 1
Recipes: Chocolate Mousse; Chocolate Souffle; Chocolate Garnishes; Sachertorte; Double Chocolate Torte with Mousse and Raspberries; Chocolate Lava Cake,
Seafood
Salmon en Papillote, Fried Calamari, Oysters Rockefeller, Shrimp Scampi, Confit Octopus; Grilled Trout
Icing
These are the icing recipes and techniques you need to master during your third year. Do this and you will be successful when we can get to the really challenging stuff. “Regular” Buttercream, Italian Meringue, Ganache, Royal, Glaze, and Chocolate Buttercream
Everything You Have to Know to Make Delicious Tarts
King of the Crust! Time to take on three different varieties of pie crusts – Pate Sablee, Pate Brisee, and Pate Sucree – and then put them to work with Miniature Pies and Tarts like Peach Galette Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie, and a Fruit Tart
Advanced Yeast Breads
Taking on the yeast bread that are a bit more challenging: Sourdough from scratch; enriched doughs like Brioche and Cinnamon Rolls; Sandwich bread like Whole Wheat Pullman Loaf, Bread Bowls
Beef
Hamburgers are America’s greatest invention. Grind up some beef, put it on the grill, and everything is right with the world. But what about steak? If hamburgers are our passion, steak is our obsession. How do you cook a great steak? From basics to the spectacular… this is for you, beef lovers. Recipes covered: Blue Cheese Stuffed, Peppercorn Crusted Hamburgers, Hawaiian Marinated Sirloin Steak, Corned Beef, Beef Jerky