Secrets of the Best Chefs

high heat. Let it reduce from ½ cup of liquid to ¼ cup, 5 to 10 minutes. Strain the liquid into another small pot and then, on l ...

blanc. Serve right away. * Slice the parsnips in half vertically and then cut out the tough core at the thick end. ...

Cured Pork Belly with Kimchi Rice Grits ...

Serves 4 ...

My friend Mark wrote me an e-mail the day after I served him this dish for dinner: “That pork belly haunted my dreams.” For good ...

1 cup Anson Mills rice grits (see Resources) A pinch of kosher salt ½ cup chopped kimchi ¼ cup heavy cream Juice of 1 lime TO FI ...

wrap. Cover it with more plastic wrap and top it with another tray that you line with some heavy cans* to put weight on top of t ...

This step ensures that the fat is evenly distributed throughout the pork belly. Otherwise, one bite might yield a piece with j ...

Nils Noren & Dave Arnold Instructors, the International Culinary Center New York, New York In psychology there’s the ego, th ...

version that they make for me, a dish as satisfying as the best eggs Benedict. “We got lucky,” says Arnold. Lucky, yes, but also ...

culinary envelope. Too many chefs and home cooks break the rules before they know them; but when you know them as well as Noren ...

“People who have their kitchen appliances put away never use ...

them.” —Dave Arnold Noren & Arnold’s Kitchen Know-How WHEN MINCING chives, mince them extra small. Their flavor doesn’t deve ...

Eggs on Eggs ...

Serves 6 ...

How many eggs can you get into one dish? This is the culinary challenge Noren and Arnold set out for themselves as they created ...

Trout roe (optional) To make the hollandaise, place the butter cubes, egg yolks, and a pinch of salt in a large pot. Turn the he ...

egg whites cooked in a pressure cooker). The five egg elements in this version are brioche, French toast batter, poached eggs, t ...

Rib-eye Steak Cooked Sous-Vide Serves 2 Count me among the many who are wary of sous-vide cooking at home. Sure, it’s fine at fa ...

to make this along with their French fries (recipe follows); you can use the oil from the fries to finish the steak. 2 (20-ounce ...