Comments on: Notes from kitchens http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: kristin http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48833 kristin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48833 Yea! The French are back! I guess I don't get the whole Molecular Gastronomy thing, so hear Chef Ripert say that is great news to those who really like to eat. Yea! The French are back! I guess I don’t get the whole Molecular Gastronomy thing, so hear Chef Ripert say that is great news to those who really like to eat.

]]> By: Chippy http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48834 Chippy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48834 Mikey, I really do enjoy your passion for matters culinary, even down to intricacies of pâté de campagne. But for the love of Vishnu! Can you please dispense with the name dropping, "look who I know!", "my good friend Julia Child faxed me from heaven last night...", "I just got a postcard from Antonin Careme"...etc, etc. I makes you seem un pocito cheesey. Stick to the facts, perhaps? Mikey, I really do enjoy your passion for matters culinary, even down to intricacies of pâté de campagne.

But for the love of Vishnu!

Can you please dispense with the name dropping, “look who I know!”, “my good friend Julia Child faxed me from heaven last night…”, “I just got a postcard from Antonin Careme”…etc, etc.

I makes you seem un pocito cheesey. Stick to the facts, perhaps?

]]> By: ruhlman http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48835 ruhlman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48835 it's a tough call chippy. if i don't acknowledge that we're friends, then someone accuses me shilling for the guy. If I do, then I'm a name dropper. I guess it doesn't seem like name dropping to me, because I don't think very highly of him. it’s a tough call chippy. if i don’t acknowledge that we’re friends, then someone accuses me shilling for the guy. If I do, then I’m a name dropper.

I guess it doesn’t seem like name dropping to me, because I don’t think very highly of him.

]]> By: Chippy Redux http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48836 Chippy Redux Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48836 I hear you loud and clear. It's the albatross of your celebrity. You participate in one golf threesome with Chef Ripert and a carefully sourced fluke and people question your motives. I hear you loud and clear. It’s the albatross of your celebrity.

You participate in one golf threesome with Chef Ripert and a carefully sourced fluke and people question your motives.

]]> By: sorcha http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48837 sorcha Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48837 I don't buy into single studies that link anything to anything, anymore. We don't live in the same kind of vacuum that the studies are conducted in - there are a bajillion other factors that affect who gets what disease when. Anyway, FWIW I don't see any name-dropping going on here. Michael wrote a book with the guy, for heaven's sake. I think that alone is enough to imply that they developed a friendship. I don’t buy into single studies that link anything to anything, anymore. We don’t live in the same kind of vacuum that the studies are conducted in – there are a bajillion other factors that affect who gets what disease when.

Anyway, FWIW I don’t see any name-dropping going on here. Michael wrote a book with the guy, for heaven’s sake. I think that alone is enough to imply that they developed a friendship.

]]> By: QUINTESSENTIAL C U I S I N E© http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48838 QUINTESSENTIAL C U I S I N E© Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48838 ... "Do you know me?" asked Rocco DiSpirito in a 2003 ... -- NO, DIDN'T KNOW YOU THEN AND NO, DON'T GO TO THE RESTAURANT WHERE YOU WASH DISHES NOW. -- What a sick-wind-bag this guy was and so very full of himself he had no room left for cooking. I saw one show and that was enough of this guy-clown-chef? I'd have fired him long before that show got on the air. He's one of the reasons restaurants fail so often. QUINTESSENTIAL C U I S I N E© by Wilbur M. Reeling epicurean raconteur http://QuintessentialCuisine.Blogspot.com/ www.WilburMReeling.com … “Do you know me?” asked Rocco DiSpirito in a 2003 …

– NO, DIDN’T KNOW YOU THEN AND NO, DON’T GO TO THE RESTAURANT WHERE YOU WASH DISHES NOW. –

What a sick-wind-bag this guy was and so very full of himself he had no room left for cooking.

I saw one show and that was enough of this guy-clown-chef?

I’d have fired him long before that show got on the air.

He’s one of the reasons restaurants fail so often.

QUINTESSENTIAL C U I S I N E©
by Wilbur M. Reeling
epicurean raconteur
http://QuintessentialCuisine.Blogspot.com/
http://www.WilburMReeling.com

]]> By: fiat lux http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48839 fiat lux Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48839 w/r/t studies - the most important thing I took out of my Statistics class was the following: "Correlation is NOT causation". So very many of these 'studies' find a correlation between A and B and then we see a spate of stories in the media about how A causes B. They are not the same thing. Correlation means that there is a connection between A and B, but the actual cause could be one of a number of different things, including (but not limited to) - A could cause B. - B could cause A. - Both A and B could be caused by some third factor that was not included in the study. Long story short -- take all these media reports on new scientific studies with a very big grain of salt (although maybe not the 1 cup/gallon used in Ruhlman's blanching recipe). w/r/t studies – the most important thing I took out of my Statistics class was the following: “Correlation is NOT causation”.

So very many of these ’studies’ find a correlation between A and B and then we see a spate of stories in the media about how A causes B. They are not the same thing. Correlation means that there is a connection between A and B, but the actual cause could be one of a number of different things, including (but not limited to)
- A could cause B.
- B could cause A.
- Both A and B could be caused by some third factor that was not included in the study.

Long story short — take all these media reports on new scientific studies with a very big grain of salt (although maybe not the 1 cup/gallon used in Ruhlman’s blanching recipe).

]]> By: Brilynn http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48840 Brilynn Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48840 Pate is next on my list. I made smoked saugage in my new smoker this weekend. Awesome! Pate is next on my list. I made smoked saugage in my new smoker this weekend. Awesome!

]]> By: Louisa http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48841 Louisa Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48841 Michael - where did Eric dine in France? Michael – where did Eric dine in France?

]]> By: Louisa http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48842 Louisa Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48842 Michael - where did Eric dine in France? Michael – where did Eric dine in France?

]]> By: French Laundry at Home http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48843 French Laundry at Home Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48843 Michael: Did you also add sugar to the water when blanching peas? Or just salt? I made Keller's English Pea Soup this past weekend and the green was gorgeous. And, I hate to admit it, but I noticed a bit of a difference in using both sugar and salt in that dish. Michael: Did you also add sugar to the water when blanching peas? Or just salt? I made Keller’s English Pea Soup this past weekend and the green was gorgeous. And, I hate to admit it, but I noticed a bit of a difference in using both sugar and salt in that dish.

]]> By: annie http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48844 annie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48844 Wow...keep the meat cold for meatloaf...that explains ALOT! Never understood why when I grab everything at the last minute fresh out of the fridge, it always comes out so juicy with a nice loose texture and last week it was dense and strangely gritty...ingredients just not cold enough. You're my hero. Wow…keep the meat cold for meatloaf…that explains ALOT! Never understood why when I grab everything at the last minute fresh out of the fridge, it always comes out so juicy with a nice loose texture and last week it was dense and strangely gritty…ingredients just not cold enough. You’re my hero.

]]> By: annie http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48845 annie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48845 So funny, but I will be visiting my friend Ian Kelly in a few weeks in London, an english actor who wrote and performed a one man show here in NYC, a few years ago about Antonin Careme, in a theatre series called Brits Off-Broadway. Ian first researched and wrote a book about him then wrote and starred in the play. At the end of each performance he served meringes and madeleines, that he cooked during the performance. How's that for name dropping?! Last year, he did likewise with Beau Brummell. Name dropper or shill, oh the names you drop...keep 'em coming. So funny, but I will be visiting my friend Ian Kelly in a few weeks in London, an english actor who wrote and performed a one man show here in NYC, a few years ago about Antonin Careme, in a theatre series called Brits Off-Broadway. Ian first researched and wrote a book about him then wrote and starred in the play. At the end of each performance he served meringes and madeleines, that he cooked during the performance.

How’s that for name dropping?!

Last year, he did likewise with Beau Brummell.

Name dropper or shill, oh the names you drop…keep ‘em coming.

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48846 Judith in Umbria Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48846 People who have spent their lives in an industry, know people in the industry. There seems to be a prejudice among blog readers lately that bloggers have to be "downhome ordinary dudes." If your natural language is a bit more educated, or you don't split infinitives, or you know someone famous, you get criticized for it. If the great leveler works on us all, why read anyone? People who have spent their lives in an industry, know people in the industry. There seems to be a prejudice among blog readers lately that bloggers have to be “downhome ordinary dudes.” If your natural language is a bit more educated, or you don’t split infinitives, or you know someone famous, you get criticized for it.
If the great leveler works on us all, why read anyone?

]]> By: ruhlman http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48847 ruhlman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48847 french laundry at home, yes on the sugar, for flavor. french laundry at home, yes on the sugar, for flavor.

]]> By: Moby http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48848 Moby Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48848 Michael, did Ripert mention any names? Michael, did Ripert mention any names?

]]> By: French Laundry at Home http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48849 French Laundry at Home Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48849 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: proeats http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48850 proeats Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48850 It seems to me that there would be an awful lot of holes in your posts if you do not credit sources or acknowledge names in your stories. I appreciate the connectiveness of this industry. It seems to me that there would be an awful lot of holes in your posts if you do not credit sources or acknowledge names in your stories. I appreciate the connectiveness of this industry.

]]> By: big injun http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48851 big injun Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48851 It seems that every day a new study comes out that damns another gastronomical pleasure of ours. I'm a skeptic for sure..however for every study that prevents consumption - you'll find another study enabling a different sort altogether. From Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/17/hscout603764.html So the bottom line is - make sure you consume your cured meats with a health side of greens. It seems that every day a new study comes out that damns another gastronomical pleasure of ours. I’m a skeptic for sure..however for every study that prevents consumption – you’ll find another study enabling a different sort altogether. From Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/17/hscout603764.html

So the bottom line is – make sure you consume your cured meats with a health side of greens.

]]> By: Wayne http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html/comment-page-1#comment-48852 Wayne Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000 http://ruhlman.com/newblog/2007/04/notes_from_the_.html#comment-48852 In regard to salted/cured meats and dangers of lung disease via nitrates. I wonder if that would be more an American phenomenon as in Europe all their meats (Bresaola, Lardo, Mocetta,Guanciale et al) do not have to have the same amount of preservatives in them. In regard to salted/cured meats and dangers of lung disease via nitrates. I wonder if that would be more an American phenomenon as in Europe all their meats (Bresaola, Lardo, Mocetta,Guanciale et al) do not have to have the same amount of preservatives in them.

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