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A Chef's Notes

Calling all chefs and kitchen junkies: here is a forum for us to discuss the changes in the food industry and how we can improve what we do. I'll share observations from my 35 years in restaurants and catering, and I invite you to enter the dialog about the thrill and the headache of a chef's work.

Kevin McKenzie writes a blog and contributes articles for the Restaurant Business Center.
Latest Posts

Pan-Seared Breast of Chicken with Spring Favas, Cherries & Fresh Morels
April 07, 2008, 12:05 AM
Spring has arrived, at least in my part of the globe as a result some of my favorite edibles are popping up, such as wild morel mushrooms, fava beans and even some cherries. This chicken dish is one of my ...

Chef's Note: The Paradise Within
April 03, 2008, 10:55 PM
To this day one of the best pieces of fish I have ever enjoyed was at a little restaurant attached to a small supermarket on the main road about ten miles south of Kona, on the big island of Hawaii.

Recipe of the Week, Meyer Lemon Confit
March 28, 2008, 3:25 PM
Preserved lemons are a vibrant addition to any dish or sauce, not to mention that preserving foods is a good way to help with food cost and make use of some citrus that might be leftover from an event or ...

The Dumbing Down of Cuisine
March 28, 2008, 3:20 PM
Personally I would love to see a sex reality show called "Next Top Bottom". Now that I think would be a hoot.

Verjus: Another Nectar of the Vines
March 25, 2008, 7:40 PM
As a community, we need to support our local artisans and there is no better place to start than to use a product produced by a bright young couple with the courage and strength of vision to follow their dreams.

Kedgeree, From India to Iredland
March 13, 2008, 3:15 PM
Kedgeree originated in India, was transplanted to England and from there to Ireland where it has become a popular rice dish, often served at country Inn's as a breakfast or tea alternative. Although smoked haddock is the traditional fish used ...

Kedgeree, From India to Ireland
March 13, 2008, 3:15 PM
Kedgeree originated in India, was transplanted to England and from there to Ireland where it has become a popular rice dish, often served at country Inn's as a breakfast or tea alternative. Although smoked haddock is the traditional fish used ...

Pan Seared Filet with Guinness
March 13, 2008, 3:10 PM
For anyone who has spent any time at all in Ireland they would not have been able to miss the preponderance of cattle wondering the back roads of the Irish countryside, often to the point where it becomes a pain ...

Irish Soda Bread
March 12, 2008, 5:40 PM
Because I am Irish myself I suppose I’m a bit partial to soda bread. In Ireland its sold all over the country in wonderful hand formed loaves, which are a tender combination of wheat, oats, sweet butter, a touch of ...

Slow and Easy Ireland
March 12, 2008, 5:35 PM
I recently flew home to Schull, a small seaside town nestled in the far southwestern corner of County Cork in Southern Ireland. I had come to visit my parents who’ve owned a farm on a little patch of pristine coastline ...



Latest Comments in A Chef's Notes posts

A terrapin is a turtle. I suppose you could get oil from a turtle, but perhaps you meant "terpene"?
By: carey on 9/6/09 at 12:28 PM
Wine Speak
Sounds like a perfect dinner!

Thanks for the great recipe.
By: cindy reyna on 6/24/09 at 7:08 AM
Pan-Seared Breast of Chicken with Spring Favas, Cherries & Fresh Morels
I totally agree, I love to see fresh herbs growing around my favorite food spots, to me it says the chef cares! and that most likely the food is fresh and exceptional. I pesonally love the smell of rosemary in a pot right by a door so eerytime someone enters and brushes past it they can get a sensation of scents.
By: Cindy Reyna on 6/24/09 at 7:03 AM
Fertile Soil
Kevin,

It does seem like you are full of batter as the other comment states. I noticed a few issues. 1- the recipe does take time to perfect but there is no need to prefect canele. 2- You mention beeswax and butter in the story and then advise using non-stick spray, NO
3- recipes should include yields and mold sizes 4-the food processor is completely unnecessary, have you actually made this dish? 5-Normally the molds are frozen after they are coated with bees wax before they are filled with chilled batter.

Get schooled here:http://phillymarketcafe.blogspot.com/search?q=canele ...
By: Gaetano on 4/5/09 at 9:37 AM
Recipe of the Week: Canelé de Bordeaux
What a load misleading false journalism...You make it sound as if YOU discovered this recipe- as if it were in some hidden vault of yours for you to come share to the rest of hte world. This is CLEARLY Paula Wolferts Recipe in her cookbook... The slow meditarranean kitchen...with some minor tweaks in order to make it seem like yours.

Its a GIFT from you???? Shame on you sir. You are a chef with no integrity...therefore you are not a chef. I have no problem of using recipes from others...even tweaking it is fine...BUT PAY CREDIT WHEN ITS DUE.
By: consumer on 7/8/08 at 6:09 PM
Recipe of the Week: Canelé de Bordeaux

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