The Joy of French Toast

by Jeff Berkowitz March 28, 2011 Breakfast
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Is French toast really French…French fries aren’t; they are from Belgium. Why don’t we call it toast Francaise like we have named the chicken dish…that is chicken dipped in an egg batter and sauteed; just like French toast. The funny thing about French toast is that I had a devil of a time finding a corroborating [...]

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Sometimes Those PBS Shows Inspire Great Cooking

by Jeff Berkowitz March 25, 2011 Chicken
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Some of you may know that I have had a bit of trouble with my shoulder. So much trouble that I had to have surgery on it last summer which forced me to convalesce on the couch for a month or so. While I was healing I watched a little too much television and one [...]

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Greens Built America ~ So Why Do We Hate Them?

by Jeff Berkowitz March 22, 2011 Vegetables
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I have heard everything from, “they are slave food”, to,”I just don’t like them”, and I can’t believe my ears. I love greens of all types because there are very few foods that are as nutrient dense as greens are and they can be cooked in so many ways. I think a lot of people [...]

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A Little Twist On An Old Scottish Favorite ~ Cranachan

by Jeff Berkowitz March 21, 2011 Desserts
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I was the Executive Chef at CMU when the world champion bagpiper retired. The person in charge of ordering food for the retirement party asked for some Scottish food and I sat there on the other end of the phone in silence…I didn’t know what to say. At that point in my career I had [...]

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Stop Boiling Cabbage, Sauté It And Keep All Of The Flavor

by Jeff Berkowitz March 17, 2011 Vegetables
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Most people I know throw cabbage, carrots and potatoes (usually red skins) into the same water they boiled their corned beef in. Did you ever taste that water? The corned beef comes well seasoned as part of the curing process (more on that when I post my homemade corned beef post) but it does not [...]

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Is Your Corned Beef Lousy? What Ever You Do, Don’t Boil It!

by Jeff Berkowitz March 15, 2011 Beef
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Over the last 25 years I have cooked a lot of corned beef around this time of year (I’m  not really sure why). Years ago I had a patron that would have me cater a party for close friends at his house ( the house had previously belonged to an executive of Playboy magazine and [...]

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Will The Real New York Cheesecake Please Stand Up!

by Jeff Berkowitz March 11, 2011 Desserts
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I have fond memories of my mother’s cheesecake…the aroma of the batter as it was mixing (I got to lick a beater from the mixer back when eggs were a safe food)…the smell that filled the house while it was baking…the inevitable disappointment when it cracked, it pretty much always cracked…the sight of the funny [...]

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Butter Is Magic ~ Lets Make A Sauce!

by Jeff Berkowitz March 9, 2011 Sauce
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There are cultures on the planet that hold butter as sacred. We used to be among them…what happened? I can’t stand all of the ways we have invented to try to avoid butter. Sure it is 80% fat and sure it is higher in saturated fat than olive oil, but grass fed butter is also [...]

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