 April 2002 Newsletter | | INDEX - In our Last Newsletter
- Chef of the Month, Wayne Nish
- The Winemaking Home Page inducted into our "Hall of Fame"
- Prize and Book Winners from March Giveaways
- Chef2Chef wins Major Award
- Sauces that will turn Heads!
- Visit our new vendors in the Market Place
- Trouble Free Mac and Cheese Recipe
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In our Last Newsletter - Site of the Month, MinuteMeals.com
- Check out our NEW Ultimate Bulletin Board!
- 30,000 Kitchen Items available at Kitchens-Today.com
- Cynthia's Corner: Tried and True Baking Recipes
- Visit our new vendors in the Market Place
- Recipe: Warm Asparagus Spears with Aged Gouda and Sherry Vinaigrette
If you missed it, you can access our last issue here. |
 | Chef of the Month, Wayne Nish Join us as Chef Wayne Nish, co-owner of the March Restaurant visits our Chef Club for a very special month. Although well-known as a "New American" chef, and considered among that cuisine’s best practitioners, Nish was never completely at ease with the title. True, his food spoke of America, but even more, it spoke of something closer to home. It said "New York."
And now Nish, too, has decided to say "New York." Both in recognition of what his cooking has always been, and, even more, as a tribute to the city that inspires him, Nish will no longer define his food as "New American Cuisine," but rather as "New York City Cuisine."
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The Winemaking Home Page inducted into the Chef2Chef "Hall of Fame" The Winemaking Home Page is the first of our TOP 100 Wine Sites to be inducted into our "Hall of Fame". Not an easy task to accomplish, as they must reach a total voting score of 50,000 to reach the goal. We would like to invite you to visit their site. Here is an introduction:
"The Winemaking Home Page" is a love-fest of the belief that good wine can be made by almost anyone from an endless variety of base ingredients, including grapes. Hundreds of recipes, from Acorn Wine to Youngberry Wine, are scattered throughout the site along with the knowledge required to make them. As a hobby, home winemaking offers many rewards beyond the obvious finished wine, from gathering wild ingredients to label design to entering amateur competitions. All of these and many more are the realm of "The Winemaking Home Page." Jack Keller, a certified home wine judge, is president of the San Antonio Regional Wine Guild and a mentor to thousands of winemakers. He and his wife Donna live in Pleasanton, Texas. |
Crisco.com
Looking for great recipes from appetizers to desserts, Crisco.com has them all. Visit their new "Chef of the Month" or check out the Crisco sponsors 911 Benefit video
Crisco makes cooking a joy, not a job. And now we've made our website easier to navigate, loaded with more tips and techniques, and an expanded recipe section that rates preparation on a complexity scale of 1,2,3. You can also post ideas to the Crisco Message Board and store your favorite recipes from Crisco.com and your own kitchen in a Crisco Recipe Box. Check out our new Chef of the Month.
Please visit us at http://crisco.com |
Visit our new vendors in the Market Place The Market Place at Chef2Chef.net is a great place to find whatever you are looking for! You'll find listings and links to gourmet meats and seafood, coffee, beer & wines, seasonings, chocolate, "Of the Month Clubs", desserts, sauces and stocks, nuts, fruits, pies, clothing, shipping solutions, wild game, fresh produce, gifts and more.
Over 450,000 unique visitors visit Chef2Chef each and every month. If you have products or services that you would like listed in the Market Place, contact me HERE | Chef2Chef Site Wins Major Award Chef2Chef.Com wins the coveted Editors’ Choice Award. PC Magazine, the authority for evaluating and recommending technology products and services reaches over 6 million technology readers in the U.S. alone. Chef2Chef, LLC, a closely held private company started Internet Operations in March of 2000 as a Culinary Portal for the Foodservice Professionals and Home Cooking Enthusiasts.
PC Magazine’s editors concluded that:
Chef2Chef truly deserves to be called a culinary portal. In addition to a huge online marketplace that sells food, gifts, clothing, kitchen supplies, books, and magazines, it offers an over-the-top collection of food-related news articles and reviews, cooking tips, health and allergy information, business and employment listings, classified ads, forums, and a whopping 280,000 recipes. Most impressive is a Top 100 section that lets you vote for your favorite chefs, wines, beers, restaurants, and Web sites. If it's not here, it doesn't belong in your kitchen.
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Sauces that will turn Heads! Recently I hosted a week in our Recipe Club that focused on sauces and how to make them. The full collection of recipes for over 25 sauces can be found here. Here’s a list of the sauce recipes you will find: - The Basics of Sauce making. White Sauce (Bechamel Sauce) Basic Chicken Sauce (Veloute) Brown Sauce (Espagnole) Hunter's Sauce.
- Amaretto Almond Cream Sauce. Bourbon Cream Sauce. Red Currant Rhubarb Sauce With Port Wine. Yellow Curry Sauce.
- Crisp Pizza Dough. Easy New York Style Pizza Sauce. Tomato Sauce Marinara Style. Hollandaise.
- Jalapeno Plum Sauce. Grand Marnier Peach Sauce. Cranberry Tangerine Glaze With Bourbon. Garlic And Six Chile Wet Rub. Dave's BBQ Sauce.
- Peach Butter. Hot Bacon Dressing. Homemade Chervil Dressing. Peach Glaze. Francine's Applesauce. Uptown Au Jus. Raspberry Sauce.
Click here for SAUCE RECIPES
Prize and Book Winners from March Giveaways Last month the fine folks at Harper Collins donated 5 books for our "Chef of the Month" feature. Jody Adams "In the Hands of a Chef" cookbook winners are Cliff Johnson, Patricia Rain, Vicky Lynn Abney, Erin Kupka and Barry Hittner. Congratulations, your new cookbooks are on the way!
Last month Chef Revival gave away 5 fantastic Stainless Steel Wire Knife Blocks to Kathy Am, Andrea Ford, Barbara Wright, Susan Petrey and Karen Clark. And guess what? There was such an overwhelming response to the knife block giveaway, Chef Revival will do it again!
So, if you didn’t win last month, try again! A $135 value each, this knife block has a "Handy" handle so you can move it about the kitchen with ease and it comes apart for easy cleaning. Holds 9 knives and a steel. Click here to Enter our April Sweepstakes |
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Bennington Pottery Bennington Bakeware Collection The historic Bennington Potters Yard, located in downtown Bennington Vermont, is excited to now offer their "Baking with Bennington" bakeware starter collection online at PiecesOfVermont.com.
Also available are... Bread Warmer, Heart-Shaped bakers, Deep Dish Pie baker, Lasagna Dishes, Tankard Mugs, Dinnerware and Country Pitchers. Gift Ideas for the cooking enthusiast...and much more! Made in Vermont, this exquisite line of blue agate glaze pottery is know throughout New England for its' charm and durability.
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You can get your pantry or cupboards in order with our modularmates, great improvement for organizing. Baking products for all your baking needs. My site is also bilingual, "Si hablo Espanol."
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Trouble free Mac and Cheese Recipe from Crisco.com (4 to 6 servings) - 1 package (7 ounces) elbow macaroni
- 1/4 cup Butter Flavor CRISCO
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon curry powder, optional
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1-2/3 cups milk
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (about 8 ounces)
Topping: - 1/4 cup Butter Flavor CRISCO, melted
- 2/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs (unseasoned)
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook macaroni as directed on package. Drain. Transfer to 2-quart casserole. Set aside.
In small saucepan melt Butter Flavor Crisco. Remove from heat. Stir in flour, salt, onion powder, dry mustard, curry powder and pepper. Gradually blend in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir in cheese until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir into macaroni.
For topping, combine melted Butter Flavor Crisco, bread crumbs and parsley flakes. Sprinkle over macaroni and cheese. Bake at 350°F for 20 to 25 minutes, or until bubbly.
Spicy Macaroni and Cheese: Follow the recipe above After cooking macaroni, melt 1 tablespoon Butter Flavor Crisco in small skillet. Add 1/3 cup chopped green pepper and 1/4 cup chopped onion. Cook and stir over medium heat until tender. Add to macaroni. Drain 1 can (16 ounces) whole tomatoes. Chop and add to macaroni. Continue as directed, substituting 1/2 teaspoon chili powder and 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin for dry mustard, onion powder and curry.
Recipe from www.crisco.com |
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