New menu, new lead cook, new direction. It all starts tonight

This is my favorite time of year. As much as everyone loves summer cookouts, I like fall cookouts even better. I’m a year round grilling kind of guy. As crazy as it may sound, I also look forward to a certain fall cookout at work. There’s a group …

Everyone has them. Those foods that you grew up with. Maybe you still eat them today. They take you back to a certain time and place. For me, it’s baked beans. Growing up in Massachusetts they were a staple in our house. I am now one of the few pe…

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love using culinary byproducts (as any chef should). What can we salvage, use and re-use? My current obsession is the dried, coffee poached bacon bits that I have in my walk-in. This past week, we ran ham with red…

I recently went to the farmer’s market and scored a great deal on some yellow plum seconds. I knew what I wanted to do was make ice cream, so I started looking for a base recipe. Once again, I pulled out Frozen Desserts by Caroline Liddell & Robin…