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Knives That Don’t Suck Let me tell you something about knife culture in professional kitchens. It’s a whole thing. Cooks are weirdly possessive about their knives. Like, don’t touch my knife possessive. And when you look around and panic and see that someone put it through the dishwasher? Waa, waa, waa. Heart dropping. I’ve worked…
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Umami.. what is it?
The Fifth Taste Nobody Taught You (But Your Mouth Already Knows) There’s a moment in cooking — and if you’ve spent any real time in a kitchen, you know the one — where something shifts. You’re making a simple pasta sauce. It smells fine. It tastes fine. But then you throw in a smashed anchovy,…
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The John Boos Cutting Board: The Last Cutting Board You’ll Probably Ever Need
I’ve spent most of my life in kitchens. Not the pretty Instagram kind. The hot, chaotic, loud, occasionally-on-fire kind. And after years of prep shifts, dinner rushes, catering events, and enough knife work to make my wrists complain about the weather, I’ve developed a strong opinion about cutting boards. Most of them suck. They’re too…
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25 years in professional kitchens. Fine dining, diners, cafes, a coffee truck on a highway. I’ve done it all and I’m done keeping it to myself.
I still have a voice. This is where I’m using it.
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