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throughout Europe, Rougie is quality. they have 2 grades, both very expensive. If you are making terrines and pates, Hungarian goose is great and funny enough, Bulgarian is decent for terrines/ pates but not for searing...

Wasn't really the point of the post.. Now having resources, can anyone recommend a good site to search for cook resumes and post a listing?

I am coming back to the states after being in Slovakia for 6 years now. The restaurant where I am consulting at present has asked me to try and find them an American Chef to fill a position in their steakhouse restaurant. Does anyone out there know of any places to look for chefs, particularly ones who want to go to Europe? Most sites require paying a listing fee which is not possible at the moment. thanks for the help...

Which statement? I said that the vast majority of Chinese people do not use fish sauce in their cuisine, which is kind of shown by its lack of availability and the fact that few people have heard of it. (I now learn from this thread that Fujian may be different, but that hardly makes it universal in China.) Your answer was that it was invented in China, therefore I must be wrong. Maybe it was. I wasn't commenting on where it may or may not have been invented. I was commenting on where it is used. A totally different concept. The Roman stuff is called liquamen (or garum). ← my apologies then

It is a truly fascinating read. As it is in paperback, it is not so expensive. Amazon.com lists the price at about $11.00. As the book is packed full of information on salt and its use, I don't remember a whole lot in reference to fish sauces. One bit I do remember is that original Chinese soy sauce was made with fish and soy beans originally and later the fish was removed. Also, salt was so expensive that it was never placed directly on food, and only used with brines and sauces etc. The sprinkling of salt on food was only for the high society...

On the Amalfi, they make a kind of 'fish sauce' as well by salting anchovies and then reserving the liquid which is leftover...

I would highly disagree with this statement. Chinese are said to be the founders of fish sauce which predates their use of soy sauce. I can't quote exact dates etc., but a fantastic read on the subject is Salt: A World History: by Mark Kurlansky this will tell you all about the worlds fascination with start starting with China..

Milk is mostly water, about 90%. Milk solids are what remain once the milk has been dehydrated: fat, protein, and minerals. I have always assumed that milk solids listed as an ingredient in food is simply powdered milk. The reasons for using powdered milk versus fresh milk in mass produced baked goods would be a lower production cost and a longer shelf life.

The low rate of pay in NYC and San Francisco (as I can say from experience), is largely due in part to the simple principal of 'supply and demand'. In San Francisco, the CCA pumps out so many students per semester, that there is an overflow of cooks in that city. This is one reason why the rate of pay is so low. Working shift pay in SF had me working for a mobil 5 star kitchen making less than minimum wage.

keep your knives sharp, station clean, ask as many questions as you possibly can, put in extra time and go above and beyond, and most importantly 'go big or go home.'

With Marco Pierre White as an example, chefs and cooks of the past decades did their fare share of smoking. Thankfully gone are the days of stirring the soup pot with a butt dangling from the cooks lips, but how many chefs and cooks still smoke? what are the rules in the states regarding this, ie. smoke breaks, how far from the building they must smoke etc. i have read various reports on if infact smoking does alter the palate and it seems to be related not to smoking but to the nicotine. whats the verdict?

broccoli and sausage quiche...

when this is done to the wing, i've heard it called a drumette

my experience tells me 1T of whole spice yields 1 1/2T or just under

sweet! i'm movin back to the bay and for some reason i have this itch for a tiki bar. funny thing about them is that there has been a recent surge in popularity for them in Europe. We went to one in London which was across the street from the Ritz and it paled in comparison to what i remember in SF...