NEW BOOK: THE NEW COOKING SCHOOL

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023 

BOOKS / RECIPES / GENERAL COOKBOOK

For someone who owns nearly 100 cookbooks and who has been cooking for decades, why a buy a cookbook that teaches you how to cook?   It makes no sense.

Well, the simple reason is that all cooking comes down to learning proper techniques right from Day One.  So I got this book to help me reinforce the basics of cooking.   

One thing this book leaves out is proper knife techniques.  The French and Chinese are very big on proper use of knife, but for some odd reason most American instructional cooking courses have little to say about it.  To fill that hole, I've found the best place to learn how to use and maintain a knife is YouTube.   

I've paged through the book, and I think it will be an excellent resource for cooks of any skill level.  There is always something new to learn. 

- Pseudo Boethius

ATK: The Best Chicken Parm Breaks All the Rules

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023 

RECIPES / CHICKEN / CHICKEN PARMESAN 

Saw this recipe come across my YouTube feed, and I knew I had to make it.   It was AMAZING.  Really nice and crispy chicken.   You don't even need the sauce and cheese, the breaded chicken cutlets would be fine all by themselves!   

The simple sauce Ashley makes using canned tomatoes was very tasty.   As a matter of fact, it was so good that I cooked up a batch of fresh linguine and used the sauce for the noodles.   It was wonderful!   

Highly recommended.