I love cooking for a number of reasons. First, you never know it all…there’s always something to learn (which I’m sure can be said of every field). However with cooking it’s simple enough to learn from taking cues from the world around you. Second, I love the fact that unlike architecture, rocket science, and any other number of technical fields, … Read More
Food Network: “Chefs vs. City” Mix it Up at 700 Kitchen Cooking School
Note: This was originally posted on May 3, 2010. Due to the website going down with technical issues the April/May posts were deleted from the database. In the interest of maintaining the original content of the site I’m now re-posting. Left to right: Sean Rossi, Kate Blair, Jamie Deen, Bobby Deen, Jonathan Preston, Darin Sehnert, Aaron Sanchez, Chris Cosentino, Danette McGeeney … Read More
Holiday Food Traditions (or Ghosts of New Years Past)
Happy New Year! Growing up it was always customary for my family to have Oyster stew on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. I recall asking my mom once about why that was our tradition but unfortunately I don’t recall her answer. Traditionally oysters are best eaten during the months that contain “R’s” (because they spawn during the summer and … Read More
3rd Annual Tyler Florence Low Country Celebration – Inn at Palmetto Bluff
I’m definitely getting old. Every month seems to fly by quicker than the last. I can’t believe November is over, Thanksgiving has passed and I haven’t even made one posting the entire month! Next thing we know it will be Christmas…after all, only 26 more days to go! It has been a great fall season. I have to offer up … Read More
Flour Power
Are you one of those people who prefer cooking to baking? Even as professional chefs go, very few openly embrace both aspects…just watch some of the cooking competition shows on TV and you’ll very likely see the “headlights in the eyes of a deer” look from more than one contestant. “Baking is too exact…it’s a science and cooking is an … Read More