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My Top Ten Lists

Mar 24, 2008
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Food Movies

1.) Big Night

2.) Ratatouille

3.) Mostly Martha (German Foreign Film)

4.) Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe

5.) My Big Fat Greek Wedding

6.) Chocolat

7.) Goodfellas

8.) Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese Foreign Film)

9.) I Love You to Death

10.) Dinner Rush

Food Shows

1.) Iron Chef America (Food Network)

2.) Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America)

3.) Top Chef (Bravo)

4.) Lidia's Italy (PBS)

5.) Everyday Italian (Food Network)

6.) Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins (Food Network)

7.) Ace of Cakes (Food Network)

8.) No Reservations (Travel Channel)

9.) Kylie Kwong (Discovery Home)

10.) Everyday Food (PBS)

Magazines

1.) Slow Food (Free with Slow Food USA membership)

2.) Food Arts (Free for Industry Professionals)

3.) Modern Baking (Free for Industry Professionals)

4.) Gastronomica

5.) The Art of Eating

6.) King Arthur Flour Baking Sheet

7.) Food and Wine

8.) Everyday Food

9.) La Cucina Italiana

10.) Taste of Home

Cookbooks

1.) Larousse Gastronomique

2.) The Silver Spoon

3.) Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Breads

4.) The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook

5.) Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

6.) The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, and Science of Good Cooking

7.) The River Cottage Meat Book

8.) Pork and Sons

9.) The Silver Palate Cookbook (25th Anniversary Ed.)

10.) Breakfast Lunch Tea

Foods I Love

1.) Pizza

2.) Spaghetti

3.) Lobster

4.) Chilie

5.) Buffalo Style Chicken Wings

6.) Duck

7.) Asparagus

8.) Tamales

9.) any Artisan Bread (Ciabatta is a favorite)

10.) any Artisan Cheese (Grana Padano is a favorite)

Restaurant Recipes @ Home

Aug 31, 2007
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Gordon Ramsay - owner of several restaurants and writer of many cookbooks

There are several restaurant cookbooks in stores these days. Todd Wilbur, for example, has written several restaurant secret recipe books. Let's say you've eaten at a certain restaurant, you get the book, and you see the recipe for the dinner you ate there, awesome! You thought it was one of the best things you ever ate, otherwise why would you get the book. So, you make the recipe at home, and it taste different, why?

It may taste even better, or it may be worse. Here is the caveat, where you obtain your ingredients and where they get their ingredients are probably different places. You buy retail, they buy wholesale. The brands are different, thus seasoned differently, and who cooks them, can cause deviation from the original recipe and we all put our own personal touches on everything.

Meat, Poultry, and Fish being involved can really change the dynamic. Organic, Free Range, Wild, Domestic, and the list goes on. One solution, become friends with the owner, have him or her sign your book, and explain how you duplicated their recipe, and it wasn't quite right. I'm sure they will be flattered enough to go over what you did, bought, etc and help you achieve your goal. You will still eat there, even if you can make it at home, because it's easier to eat out, but now you know you can do it, mission accomplished.

Also, if you have never eaten at the restaurant, then whatever recipes you make, will be great to your taste or I won't ever try that again. Pictures of the finished dish, can also be very helpful, as we eat with our eyes first.