All schools should be chocolate schools, but until that sweet day comes you could move to France and attend Valrohna's Ecole Grand Chocolat. If thats too far, you could take a class from Mary Loomas, she attended Ecole Grand Chocolat. Her Saratoga, California shop, Saratoga Chocolates, also sells chocolates on-line. Just one box and you will be planning a trip to Saratoga....FRESH CHOCOLATE!
If you love to make homemade bread, cakes and pastry; then you might consider a career as a pastry chef. There are many high paying jobs in this field. The best and most lucrative jobs go to people that have a quality education from an accredited pastry chef school. Find these schools at culinary-school-finder.com. Just like other field in the cooking world, try to find a entry level position working with a professional who is doing what you want to be doing. Work this no-glamor gig for a few months, and see if this line of work is for you. At least this way you get paid to make a mistake....culinary school is not cheep, make sure its for you.
This list is a guide to help you buy fruit, that is in season and therefor at it's peak flavor, and best price. This list is by no means all inclusive but it does contain just about all the fruit one may find in a local market like Kroger or a Whole Foods.
As I have said in the past- form a relationship with your produce person. They will be able to show you how to pick the best produce. The produce that is ripe and ready.
Please note that mangosteen fruit is missing from the list. Why? Keep reading...
Improve your cooking skills, today!
Go to your knife drawer and check
the condition of your knives, are they old, dull, chipped, point
missing? I would bet the cost of a new knife that they are. Most people
that I know can't cook at home, or hate to cook at home, because it is
too hard to fabricate the veggies, meat, or whatever. The knife will
not move thru the raw food stuffs. If the knife slices the onion at
all, it is with great effort... and a devil may care attitude about
cutting your own finger. Problem is, most people can't sharpen a knife. They just whack away, and hope for the best. This technique will take
all of the fun out of cooking for yourself and your loved ones. Don't
feel badly about not being able to sharpen your knife, I know a lot of
chef's that can't do it. I have been in the business for many years and
can't sharpen a knife very good. I used to depend on my son to do the
job, he learned the ancient art of sharping with stone and steel when
he was a apprentice violin maker. His knife had to be razor sharp to cut the
head stock for a violin.
What to do? Buy yourself a good knife and a sharpener and place all of
the junk knives in the trash. I use at my house a Wusthof Classic 7
inch hollow edge santoku knife. I sharpen it with a Wusthof Life 3
stage sharpener. This knife is 4 years old and is as sharp as the day I
bought it.
