[geeks] food geekery question

[Joshua Boyd]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:40:52AM +0200, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:

> If you want to make bread, buy bread machines that people have bought,
> used once or twice and have not figured out how to make work. They should
> be pretty cheap and make great mixers. If you understand how they work
> which I will gladly explain when I am fully awake, they also make decent
> bread, one loaf at a time, but are much more versatile as mixers for bread
> baked elsewhere (e.g. an oven).

I'll second using a bread machine to mix/knead dough before tossing it
in the oven.

> Gordon Rasmsay has a show called Kitchen Nightmares, where he goes around 
> trying to rescue failing restaurants. One place the chef had a shelf of
> cookbooks by famous TV chefs including Ramsay. 
>
> Ramsay made him get rid of them because they have no place in a restaurant
> kitchen. They all, including his, are filled with complex dishes with long
> ingredient lists, long preperation time with lots of steps, and so on.

The question then is where to get the acceptable recipes?

> There are a few TV chefs who are worth watching, Ramsay (but most of his
> shows are about teamwork and managment, not cooking), Rick Stein (food heros),
> Kylie Kwong (from Oz), Justin Wilson (the "I guar-un-tee" Cajun guy),
> Emiril from his "how to boil water" days, and if you can find his old shows
> the Frugal Gourmet (but he was a little too preachy and not really very  
> frugal). 

Not a fan of Good Eats?

> Read Paul Purdomes (sp?) books, "Fork in the Road" first.

Paul Prudhomme?  I'll have to read that book.