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Archive for April, 2007

how to cook tuna

how to cook tenderloin

Delicious food

glorious potatoes

What is sweet butter? Cultured butter? What makes butter better?

A brand-new tool is now available at Kitchen Conservatory that is perfect for mincing ginger. This ingeniously-designed, triangle-shaped grater easily grates fresh ginger root (no need to peel the ginger). Then, push the lever — the grating tines disappear — and the ginger is ready to be used. This grater is even better than the […]

Tonight, the Riverfront Times hosted an “Iron Fork” competition among four great St. Louis chefs. The secret ingredient was Grand Marnier orange liqueur, a surprising choice and a difficult ingredient to use in savory dishes because it is so sweet. Flames were shooting up as the chefs liberally added Grand Marnier to their saute pans […]

Chef Mike Johnson has a number of successful restaurants (Roxane, BARcelona, Cyrano, Boogaloo, and more), because he has a magic touch in the kitchen and cooks extraordinary food. Johnson has taught many, many cooking classes at Kitchen Conservatory and has graciously shared the secrets of his memorable dishes: lemon mashed potatoes, crispy chicken quarters, coconut […]

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