Secrets of the Best Chefs

“How many people pay attention to the vegetable on the cutting board?” he asks me at one point. “What’s the texture? What’s the ...

sorrel. It’s a peculiar kind of cooking, but the kind of cooking we should all be aware of as we cook in our own kitchens. If a ...

“Al dente vegetables are a big hoax, an excuse for sloppy cooking.” Patterson’s Kitchen Know-How VIGOROUSLY WASH the cutting boa ...

unwanted flavors don’t carry over. For example, after chopping green garlic on his cutting board for the carrot dish, Patterson ...

Raw Vegetable Salad with Aged Goat’s-Milk Cheese ...

Serves 2 ...

This salad is all about procuring. What goes into your salad depends on what you find at the farmer’s market, in your own garden ...

For the radishes, study their qualities to decide the best ways to serve them. For example, you might cut a black radish into ma ...

Orange, Yellow, and Purple Carrots Braised in Brown Butter Serves 2 This carrot dish is a spectacular way to showcase multicolor ...

3 slices of white bread, crusts removed 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon melted butter Kosher salt A s ...

until it’s a nice chestnut brown*, then add ½ cup water along with a big pinch of salt. Add the purple carrots, cover the pan, a ...

If the carrots are really dirty on the outside, and washing isn’t enough to get them clean, use a knife to scrape off the dirt ...

Grilled Brassica with Dandelion-Green Vinaigrette ...

Serves 2 ...

Words can be deceiving when it comes to food. Patterson referred to this dish as “grilled brassica,” which sounds intimidating a ...

¼ cup almonds, toasted and chopped In a small bowl, stir together the dandelion greens, shallot, champagne vinegar, the juice of ...

Curtis Duffy Chef-owner, Grace Chicago, Illinois When chef Curtis Duffy focuses, he’s quiet and intense. After greeting me in th ...

microwave, and a coconut ginger dome made with liquid nitrogen and infused with a burnt-corn-husk oil. Oh, and popcorn too. How ...

crab with togarashi, cucumber juice, and orange blossom floral cream, and braised short ribs with fried broccoli florets and a l ...

“It’s never been about the technique, just the ingredient.” Duffy’s Kitchen Know-How THEY LOOK LIKE kumquats, but finger limes a ...