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The Art of Braising

Posted by Mark Leonard / Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Posted in Recipes

Last week, we introduced Chef Wendy Little to the WhereFoodiesGo community.  Chef Wendy is the new WhereFoodiesGo online personal chef: what this means is that she is available to answer your questions about creative cooking from the simple to the sublime.  Wendy is uniquely qualified to help, too.  She was a protege of Julia Child’s [...]

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Chef Marc Vogel’s Shocking Cooking Advice

Posted by Mark Leonard / Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Posted in Food Specialties

Chef Marc Vogel spoke with WhereFoodiesGo last night, and revealed some very surprising information and cooking techniques.  First, he disclosed that the big poultry factories had worked out a deal with governmental agencies regarding “fresh” vs “frozen” turkeys. Here’s the scoop: ALL turkeys from those big names come out of processing at -13 degrees F. [...]

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Ed and Earl: #11 Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Posted by Earl | Posted in Baking with Earl

You might have noticed, that I jumped to #11. There is an explanation. I have been craving Cinnamon Raisin Bread for a week now. Actually longer. I just had to do it. Also, a few weeks ago, I was down at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market stocking up on some fresh milled whole wheat flour, [...]

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Ed and Earl: White Egg Bread

Posted by Earl | Posted in Baking with Earl

Wow, as far as looks go, this is by far the ‘prettiest’ looking loaf that I’ve made. The end results were picture perfect. The taste was nice, and, well……white. Interesting, that when I was finishing kneading the dough, it had a different feel to it. Different than the others. It was a smoother feel, less [...]

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Ed and Earl: The Results

Posted by Earl | Posted in Baking with Earl

Earl demonstrates the preparation and baking techniques described in Ed Brown’s “Tassajara Bread Book.”

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PRIMAL: Art of the Butcher

Posted by Mark Leonard / Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Posted in Events

WhereFoodiesGo co-sponsored the inaugural PRIMAL event that took place in Napa Valley last Saturday.  This was a showcase for some of the top butchers in Northern California (Taylor Boetticher, Dave-the-Butcher) to demonstrate breaking down whole animals (all sustainably raised), then turning over the meat to some notable San Francisco chefs (Chris Cosentino, Stefan Terje, and [...]

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Ed and I: The Ingredients

Posted by Earl | Posted in Baking with Earl

I am getting very anxious to get started. The first recipe that we will do is the Tassajara Yeasted  Bread.  I figured since I’m going to try and understand taste, textures, and techniques of bread making from the “Tassajara Bread Book” I best get the ingredients that Ed Brown is asking for — or at [...]

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Ed and I: Mastering the Art of Bread Baking by Earl Shaddix

Posted by Earl | Posted in Baking with Earl

October 25, 2009.  It’s my birthday today. It’s also the end of summer, days are getting shorter and the air in San Francisco has a nip in it.  Instinctively, I start thinking of stews, pot roasts, hot soups, and thick chowders. As I am writing this, I think about yeasty bread rising in the kitchen [...]

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PRIMAL: Butchers, Fire Cooking, Spirits

Posted by Mark Leonard / Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Posted in Events

This is a heads-up for WhereFoodiesGo members! Last night, Brady Lowe, President of Taste Network, spoke with WhereFoodiesGo about his passion for sustainably raised animals and supporting local farmers and purveyors. Brady is organizing an amazing event called PRIMAL, whose purpose is to bring together sustainably raised meat, top chefs and butchers, open fire cooking, [...]

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Dario Cecchini and Fire Alarm Cooking

Posted by Mark Leonard / Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Posted in Restaurants/Chefs

Yesterday, Julie and I had the privilege of attending a cooking class taught by the great Dario Cecchini, famous Tuscan philosopher-butcher, who had flown in from his home in Panzano, Italy, for a benefit for Marin Organic. Because Dario claims to not speak English, he was ably translated by his fiancee, Kim, who had grown [...]

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