How much effort you put into something vs. how much value you get from it.
"We share our garden with Meadowood, and we have that same mentality of trying to highlight seasonal ingredients.We want to have technique in there, but in a subtle way that allows for a really fun, celebratory, shared dining experience.".
Katianna Hong is intense.She was a competitive gymnast until the age of 15, so the discipline of professional kitchens held a certain familiar allure.Nineteen years later, she still hasn't lost her game face.
You can usually spot Hong tending to the wood-burning oven at.The Charter Oak.
in St. Helena, California, stoking the logs in its fiery maw or stringing up bunches of rosemary, corncobs, and trussed haunches of meat to dangle in the smoke.
Hong herself has been forged in the fire of.They’re also known as Puy, du Puy, or le Puy, and are renowned for keeping their shape after long periods of cooking so they don’t become mushy.
This makes French lentils perfect not just for salads but soups, including... What are mustard seeds, and how do I cook with them?.
Look into a jar of coarse- or whole-grain mustard, and you’ll find seeds in more than one color, typically yellow or brown.These are the edible seeds from a variety of mustard plants, with the black, brown, and white varieties available at most markets.
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