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  1. His food just doesn't move me. I don't know why really, but I  much prefer Pascal Barbot -the Astrance book is incredible. Yannick Alleno are more my jam -I'd love to have a copy of his / Ma cuisine Française

     

    The book that came out on the bistronmy movement is probably my favorite cookbook of lady year.

     

     

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  2. @heidih You are in the LA area.. Have you ever been to Father's Office? I know they are famous for their burger but but one of their original menu items and my favorite is their smoked eel salad with a poached egg & shaved fennel salad. Fantastic. Hopefully they reopen soon

  3. They were really having a hard time meeting demand. I was buying in bulk through Sysco and my supply was interrupted because they were triaging which customers could receive their product. Personally really prefer impossible to beyond, we were doing 7oz burgers with them. Flavor wise they are meaty but they do have an aftertaste I would describe as peanutbutter-ish. I'm certainly not vegetarian but I would choose to eat one every once in a while, they aren't healthier than a regular burger. As an ingredient it's pretty versatile and i made a pretty good bolognaise with it. 

  4. On 2/1/2021 at 4:18 PM, HélèneJ said:

    I come across recipes which clearly are making a pâté brisée but they add an egg yolk. How does that affect the texture of the pâte?

     

    It's there usually for extra security with wetter filings 

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  5. I really like this one originally from Chef Travis Lett & restaurant Gjelina in los angeles Venice Beach. Really excellent 

     

    Makes 16 cups

    4 C rolled oats

    4 C rye flakes

    3/4 C black sesame seeds

    1 1/2 C natural almonds

    1 1/2 C pumpkin seeds

    1 3/4 C sunflower seeds

    1 vanilla bean, scraped

    1 t cinnamon

    1 t salt

    2 1/2 C maple syrup

    1 C grapeseed oil

    3/4 C brown sugar

    Heat the oven to 350°F.

    Mix together the pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, oats, rye flakes, almonds, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla in a large bowl. Set aside.

    Combine oil, maple syrup, and brown sugar in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.

    Pour the syrup mixture over the seed-and-oat mixture, and mix until everything is well coated. Spread out on 3 parchment-paper-lined sheet trays.

    Bake for 20 minutes, stir, and bake for another 10 minutes. Stir again, and bake until browned and dry, 15–20 minutes. Stir the granola again just after it comes out of the oven, then let cool.

     

     

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  6. On 1/18/2021 at 4:23 PM, paul o' vendange said:

    While here, I only know one chef personally who attended ESCF.

     Forgive my ignorance but what is ESCF?     I’m curious because I think we have similar taste, so I want to look them up

     

    Of more recent books the ones that seem to get my creative juices going most are Jeremy Fox’s On Vegetables and Pascal Barbot’s Astrance: A Cooks Book

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  7. Have you read James Peterson's Sauces? Its my favorite book on the subject, Don't have it handy but i do recall that he adds towards the end as well basically says there's no point in cooking the veg for 12 hours when its going to give up its flavor in 1 or 2.  

     

    I do like the new FL/PS book and his approach to folding in new techniques to what is really still very classical approach to fine dining

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