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When you are at pressure, is there a lot of steam escaping?

Troubled times indeed. I can imagine a town in the heartland where the choice is Olive Garden vs. Bob Evans vs. truck stop. Olive Garden would look pretty good. Better than pretty good. I've been in Casper, WY for the trout. The Outback Steakhouse was a godsend because the Petroleum Club was members only. And that was pretty much it. The trout were more than worth it.

Well, CK finally lived up to his promise and sent me the first edition of Milk Street. I like it more than CI. The approach is roughly the same, but the dishes are ones I might like to cook, as opposed to more than half the stuff in CI (I don't need to learn how to bread a cutlet three times a year). The pieces are shorter and more to the point (thank goodness)and the gee-whiz writing is muted if not gone.

I could be up there on Thanksgiving....

Whether condensation forms depends on the temp of the candy and the temp of the air and the relative humidity. ideally you'd warm the candy to near room temp before opening the seal.

My Cabela's unit has a seal without vacuum option. I never heard wooshes or pops. Wouldn't condensation form on anything cold that is exposed to room air?

I have the same model. A good buy. It will seal without vacuum very nicely.

I had a big group meal at Sinatra, which is never the same as ordering from the menu, but it was well executed. I'd eat there again if I could order for myself.

I love the texture and juiciness of sous vide turkey and almost always break it down and cook separately. Though I've never done it, Bourdain has recommended doing a "stunt turkey" for the presentation and then actually serving a separately-cooked and properly done second turkey. They cost what, $15? And the meat could be used in salads and for stock etc etc.

Just had some great food at Wazuzu and La Cave at Wynn/Encore and even better food at Jaleo in the Cosmopolitan. Jaleo was just outstanding tapas and paella. Place looks like a shopping mall restaurant until you get inside. Sit in back near the paella pit (grill? whatever). Great service... inventive stuff and classic tapas.

I suspect that Boars Head injects brine into the beef. If I recall correctly, a rub will penetrate about a cm/day, so more than two days might be needed to fully season/brine this chunk using a rub.

1/4 sheet pan? I'd have clear glass too.

Its a valid point @rotuts. I have 7 fireplaces in my house and only use two and just on ceremonial occasions. If I were building a house, I'd just have a couple FPs for aesthetic reasons. (but not gas...wood). A big steam boiler has made the FPs obsolete. I'm so modern that we don't use coal anymore to fire the thing. Tho we could.

The lack of fire is an aesthetic problem for me.

Part of the problem is that these kind of owners aren't experienced "professional" owners. Expectations are higher than their ability. They need mentoring themselves.

I've had a few memorable meals in hotel restaurants. The Pressoir d Argent in the Grand Hotel du Bordeaux is a Mich. 1-star. Even room service was fabulous. The Four Seasons in Phila had one of the best restaurants in town, the Fountain Room, which , alas, is gone. Lacroix, at the Rittenhouse is still top notch. But yes, hotel restaurants are mainly for 24 hr room service and breakfast buffets, which are critical for a business traveler. I've seen a trend in some NYC hotels where the room service comes in take out containers with disposable silverware. Same high prices for a big drop in quality. French fries and Reuben s don't survive in that steamy package. And I hate plastic utensils.

If you mean to say electromagnetic, then don't say radio.

Induction uses magnetic flux to heat not radio waves.

Char Broil Big Easy! That was big a few years ago.

Perhaps freeze it first?

Still waiting for the free copy he promised me.

Interesting that there's no consideration of the carbon footprint of shipping tropical fruit to North America or the effect on the local ecology if production ramps-up. But that's more likely to be a NYT hand-wringing piece that will follow.

@Shelby How about that! Looks great.

That scoundrel Kimball had pledged to send me a copy of the new magazine. Needless to say I have not seen it yet.

@JoNorvelleWalker I avoided it like the plague.