is chopped parsley. Jiz is any reduced liquid, like demi-glace. When one adds whole butter to jiz, one is mounting, as in monter-au-beurre.

F. Dick makes a good one for about twenty-five bucks.

Rested and ready after a day off, the chef is going to put his best foot forward on Tuesday; he's got his best-quality product coming in and he's had a day or two to think of creative things to do with it. He wants you to be happy on Tuesday night.

Like a pro, you should use the tip of the knife for the small stuff, and the area nearer the heel for the larger.

treat your garlic with respect. Sliver it for pasta,

Skills can be taught. Character you either have or don't have. Bigfoot understood that there are two types of people in the world: those who do what they say they're going to do — and everyone else.

I never order fish on Monday,

'Have you seen this foam guy's shit?' I asked, talking about Ferran Adria's restaurant of the minute, El Bulli, in Spain.

'An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins,' as we used to say.