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the metal ring. A thin metal ring, or cut-down section of PVC pipe, about an inch and a half to two inches tall and varying inches across, is the backbone of pretentious food presentation. Just
Anthony Bourdain • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
foamer/mixer things [Tim: like the PowerLix Milk
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Fuchsia Dunlop on the Story of Chinese Food (Ep. 199)
conversationswithtyler.comIf you need instruction on how to handle a knife without lopping off a finger, I recommend Jacques Pepin's La Technique.
Anthony Bourdain • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
three fundamental principles: maximize flavor, manipulate texture, and season confidently.
Susan Volland • Mastering Sauces: The Home Cook's Guide to New Techniques for Fresh Flavors: The Home Cook’s Guide to New Techniques for Fresh Flavors
Taste is opinion, framed by the context of what you’re judging.
Charles Fishman • A Curious Mind
Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London is invaluable. As is Nicolas Freleng's The Kitchen, David Blum's Flash in the Pan, the Batterberrys' fine account of American restaurant history, On the Town in New York, and Joseph Mitchell's Up in the Old Hotel. Read the old masters: Escoffier, Bocuse et al as well as the Young Turks: Keller, Marco-Pierre
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My unique talents centered more around watching TV while eating SpaghettiOs raw from the can,