Blogs and Tips
Ordering A Charcuterie Board in Austin
Ordering a charcuterie board in Austin? We have your covered and we do it well! Homemade pickles and bites for everybody to enjoy!
Supper Club in Austin, Texas.
We explore how important it is to stay together as a team and do the right thing when somebody is down and out. There are many ways that we can do this but often times things are overlooked and the cause becomes the asset. One team, one dream.
What I Wish I Had Read Before Becoming a Chef
This read is for the person who's never been in a professional kitchen before but is considering entering the profession or beginning (as well as finishing) culinary school. This is a reality check as well as a source of knowledge from experience that I would have appreciated reading before beginning down this path myself.
Our Responsibility As Consumers in a Deteriorating Ecosystem
Food journalist Michael Pollen has transformed the public’s awareness and perspective concerning what we eat and the implications these choices carry over time. This article picks apart the vicious cycle of the procurement of processed foods and the unhealthy effect it has on us and more importantly, the environment.
Why yes, I would like a private chef in Aspen.
We all have dreams. Sometimes those dreams align within the universe and become reality. This is called HARD WORK and its why we are coming for you Aspen. A little brain fart of our thoughts about becoming the go to private chefs in Aspen, Colorado.
Private chef in Aspen Colorado.
Setting the table is a regular occurrence in this field of work. We ae constantly trying to raise the bar and be the best service provider above our competition. We are officially announcing that we are building a new branch to the website and we will be coming to Aspen, Colorado within the next year.
The AirBnb for Chefs
The chef industry is going to change and we want to help be apart of it!
Tenets of Line Cooking
I write this because when I started cooking, I often wondered if anybody out there had taken the time to share what they had learned to make this game easier, or more efficient, or less painful. I write this to share what I have learned and what I've passed onto my co-workers either passively or intentionally. The same tenets here apply to the barista, as well as to any skilled chef.
Jessica Prentice's Niter Qibbeh, an Ethiopian Spiced Ghee
This classic cooking oil of Ethiopia is a great thing to use whenever you want to give something a more complex North African or Middle Eastern Flavor. It is also a primary ingredient (along with the spice mixture berebere) of Ethiopian cooking.
The Best Knife Sharpener for the Chef's Kitchen
The chef's knife is the most important tool in the kitchen. The home cook, line cook, or executive chef should take pride in having their tools perform at peak performance. Not only is it disrespectful to the ingredients to use a knife as dull as a baseball bat, but there is nothing more dangerous than a dull knife. I've seen a coworker stab straight through the fleshy part of his hand from a miscalculation with a knife dulled by animal fat and sinew. This knowledge matters.
Adhering to Michael Pollan's "Food Rules"
We always try to go back to the basics! We have to remember that we have been cooking for more than 10,000 years!
How to Become a Private Chef
When In started my business almost 4 years ago here in Austin, Texas I never knew what it would eventually become. Although Austin is in the midst of a boom, I never in a million years thought that I would become so busy that I would have more clients than I know what to do with.