Kitchens are my favorite place to hang out!

And if you don't feel hungry (first, what's wrong with you??), you can always get your appetite going by checking drooling at the pictures on this site


Food Porn Daily[foodporndaily.com]

Despite the name it's totally safe for work (technically anyway, and only if you are comfortable drooling all over your computer at work in front of colleagues)

Originally posted by badfluffy:

Kitchens are my favorite place to hang out!

And if you don't feel hungry (first, what's wrong with you??), you can always get your appetite going by checking drooling at the pictures on this site


Food Porn Daily[foodporndaily.com]

Wow, that site is great! I'd never visited before, thinking it was an actual X-rated site. (As an aside, thanks for the drool-warning!)

My all-time favorite cooking show has both excitement and thrilling suspense: 'The Great British Baking Show'[www.pbs.org] (a.k.a. 'The Great British Bake Off' outside the US). Such a great reality TV cooking show! I'd never seen people burst into tears when their souffles went flat.

Originally posted by solistide:

Wow, that site is great! I'd never visited before, thinking it was an actual X-rated site. (As an aside, thanks for the drool-warning!)

Haha yeah that would be an awkward click. I'm sure I can find some of those other sites easily but that would be in the bedroom thread or something

It took me a while to watch the Great British Bake Off because I suck at baking and it's a sore topic for me (no, really it's just because there is only so much food tv my girlfriend will let me watch)

And I never got how people can get flat deflatable soufflés. I suck at baking and I have never had a soufflé go limp ever.

On the other hand, I have no idea how they even make soufflés in those cooking shows. With all the cleanups and resets and cuts...

And one more to see really cool things the pro do

Great British Chefs[www.greatbritishchefs.com]

Yeah I know some of you are going to be mean and say British cuisine is not exactly known the world over as... hm... delicious but they'll change your mind. Also, lots of influences from all over. And a lot of highly awarded chefs are working in the UK right now. So for eye candy, check it out.

Originally posted by badfluffy:

And one more to see really cool things the pro do

Great British Chefs[www.greatbritishchefs.com]

Yeah I know some of you are going to be mean and say British cuisine is not exactly known the world over as... hm... delicious but they'll change your mind. Also, lots of influences from all over. And a lot of highly awarded chefs are working in the UK right now. So for eye candy, check it out.

I somehow knew Britain must have 3-star restaurants, however I never really thought of British fine chefs. It's good that more and more countries are breaking into the 'haute cuisine' thing, that used to be purely French! :)

Originally posted by solistide:

I somehow knew Britain must have 3-star restaurants, however I never really thought of British fine chefs. It's good that more and more countries are breaking into the 'haute cuisine' thing, that used to be purely French! :)

Oh yeah the London food scene is on fire. So are Hong Kong's and Dubai's by the way lol.
Don't get me wrong, Paris is still the place to be to learn technique (I should know) and there are some great kitchens to work in (mostly in high end hotels if you want some creativity and modernity) but London, Las Vegas, Dubai, HK, those are the places young hungry chefs with talent go to make their mark.

So yeah they're still using a lot of French classic techniques but they also use modernist tools and techniques, exotic ingredients from all over that you will be hard pressed to find in a lot of premium restaurants in Paris.

Edit: undeleted this post!

I'm trying to figure out how to make haute hamburgers (and possibly hot dogs) -- both of which are typical, working class foods. In one of my fave movies Ratatouille, the lady chef said ratatouille was a 'peasant (working class) dish' yet was able to turn it into a fancy French dish just by the way she thinly sliced the ingredients & carefully placed them on the plate, instead of chopping them into cubes and tossing them together in a bowl. Maybe you might have some tips on what to do about the burger? :D

Oh man you deleted your post! Sorry. It's been a busy time at work and at home.
End of the year is always crazy time.

I'll get an answer for you ;) and Ratatouille is a fun movie.
And that gives me a chance to post this recipe from the really cool Chefsteps website


Get Creative With Pixar-Style Ratatouille[www.chefsteps.com]

Originally posted by badfluffy:

Oh man you deleted your post! Sorry. It's been a busy time at work and at home.
End of the year is always crazy time.

I'll get an answer for you ;) and Ratatouille is a fun movie.
And that gives me a chance to post this recipe from the really cool Chefsteps website


Get Creative With Pixar-Style Ratatouille[www.chefsteps.com]

Thanks for the link -- I *just* realized there's a free video on that page that shows how to make ratatouille! (I had mistakenly thought I needed to pay the $39 subscription fee)

(Also, is that you in that video? :)

Here's a link to my current favorite online cooking school: rouxbe.com

I am just starting out learning how to cook, and they've got some gentle intro courses for complete beginners that even I can follow! :)

Lmao no it's not me in the video. I wish. Those guys are brilliant.
Sorry again for not replying to your other post. I have to travel for work all week and it's been last minute so I've been busy.
I think you are onto something with that gourmet burger. It's fun to play with the elements of a dish and rethink everything.
You can go even further. A nice juicy meatball. Maybe throw in some lamb with the beef for a different texture. Have a nice toasted slice of brioche on the side instead of bread. Homemade ketchup! Awesome! Add some blueberries in it for a zing. Spice up the mustard. A little cheese crisp on the side or stuff the meatballs with a cube of cheese for a melty surprise bite. A nice fresh pickle to garnish the plate. Something colorful like sliced raw beet or carrot sticks. The limit is your imagination.

Real cool online school. I have a couple others in my bookmarks but I need to get to my laptop so I'll post them later.

Originally posted by badfluffy:

Lmao no it's not me in the video. I wish. Those guys are brilliant.
Sorry again for not replying to your other post. I have to travel for work all week and it's been last minute so I've been busy.
I think you are onto something with that gourmet burger. It's fun to play with the elements of a dish and rethink everything.
You can go even further. A nice juicy meatball. Maybe throw in some lamb with the beef for a different texture. Have a nice toasted slice of brioche on the side instead of bread. Homemade ketchup! Awesome! Add some blueberries in it for a zing. Spice up the mustard. A little cheese crisp on the side or stuff the meatballs with a cube of cheese for a melty surprise bite. A nice fresh pickle to garnish the plate. Something colorful like sliced raw beet or carrot sticks. The limit is your imagination.

Real cool online school. I have a couple others in my bookmarks but I need to get to my laptop so I'll post them later.

No worries! :) Thank you for the tips -- time for a trip to the grocery store