Secrets of the Best Chefs

Why do people love red velvet cake so much? It’s a question that baffles Falkner as much as it baffles me. Well, it did baffle m ...

3 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature 1½ cups powdered sugar, sifted 2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses* (optional) ½ teasp ...

cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack. While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting. In a clean bowl, add the butter a ...

You can also use a handheld mixer at medium speed. If you don’t have a piping bag, use a plastic freezer bag with a corner c ...

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Afterword The changes were, at first, subtle. In April, I went to the farmer’s market and bought broccoli rabe because it was in ...

entirely in command. I hope this happens for you. All of the chefs in this book started somewhere. True, many of them went to cu ...

Resources The following are suggestions for where to find the more difficult- to-track-down ingredients in this book. I use many ...

Vanderveer Street #B Queens Village, NY 11428 (646) 233-4198 http://www.bdbazar.com Buon Italia This is where Nancy Silverton bu ...

http://www.chefshop.com D’Artagnan For various meat products in this book—pancetta, chorizo, tasso, even demi-glace (if you don’ ...

http://www.deandeluca.com FGPizza.com Go here to find double-zero flour and Caputo Tipo 00 flour, which, if you can’t find fresh ...

Fresno, CA 93721 (559) 485-2692 http://www.gusmerenterprises.com iGourmet.com If you can’t find Plugra European-style butter at ...

Toll Free: (800) 352-3451 http://www.kalustyans.com Koa Mart A good resource for Korean specialty ingredients, like the Korean c ...

chefs in this book specifically order from there for their restaurants. Nueske’s isn’t limited to bacon, though; they also have ...

http://www.shepherdsgrain.com South Mountain Creamery Excellent milk is yours to be had (this is where Tim Artz, gets his), but ...

shiitakes, and coconut milk. Retail locations in Seattle, Renton, and Bellevue, Washington, and Beaverton, Oregon. http://www.uw ...

Acknowledgments If some books take a village, this book took a small city. Thank you to everyone at Stonesong and my wonderful a ...

photographer. Together Lizzie and I flew on planes, rented cars, and stuffed our faces side by side in the kitchens of the natio ...

The recipes in this book wouldn’t work as well as they do if it weren’t for the many recipe testers who tried them out in their ...

well cared for. And my father, while pretty unadventurous at the table, has expanded his horizons for my sake—and for that I’m v ...