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Cooking Tips

I am often asked about what it takes to become a good chef.  Is it classes?  Do you need great recipes?  Is it good ingredients? Well, yes to all of the above.  But that isn’t what makes a good chef … Continue reading

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Pork Practice II

Here are a couple of views of the latest pork practice.  What I am serving here is a pork tenderloin stuffed with tropical dried fruit.  That includes papaya, mango and pineapple.  I also added dried apple. It is resting on … Continue reading

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Pork Practice, The First Try

  Sorry, no bird’s nest this year.  I finally adopted the K.I.S.S. rule.  That is right.  KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID.  And we all know I adhere to the last part of that acronym.    This year I am doing a … Continue reading

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Pork Time

It is that time of year again.  Time for pork practice.  The event is less than a month away and I only just settled on a recipe.  I am going with a fruit stuffed tenderloin with a berry coulis (fancy … Continue reading

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Double Time!

Last night I was one of 4 judges for the chef competition for the Taste Of Gahanna.  That was very, very cool.  So tonight, I am rewarding myself with a double at work. I guess I must go and prove … Continue reading

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Success!

Can you believe it.  It actually worked.  We did it.  Despite the rain 45 minutes before the event, people still came to the event.  Over 110 people were in attendance.  We had six restaurants passing out some great food.  We … Continue reading

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A very busy day

Not much time to play with Doroth”i” today or do much writing.  Have a food seminar all afternoon.  Should be fun as I get to try to learn some things from chefs who are way better than I am.  That … Continue reading

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The Show

Click here to see  Toph on the news.  What can I say, I am just a ham.  Bethany was great, even though we cut her off. I pretty much suck.  You would think that I would get better the more … Continue reading

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Pork Reality

The judges have spoken and I was not one of the top three in the contest last night.   Brutal! Am I disappointed?  You bet I am.  Do I think I got robbed?  No, I think I did not deserve to … Continue reading

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Pork Practice III—EUREKA!!

For those of you not following along at home, I have been preparing for a cooking contest put on by the Pork Council Of Ohio.  Along with some very helpful friends, I have been trying to make stuffed pork look … Continue reading

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Tough day at the office.

I already have described the weather issues we had today.  By the way, roads were wet and it was cloudy most of the day.  Wicked Winter Storm.  Once folks figured this out, well they came out to eat.  At least … Continue reading

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If you are having a bad day…

If you think you are having a bad day and you just can’t seem to be able to go another step.  If you feel like the world has got you down and there seems to be a rain cloud on … Continue reading

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Out for the day

Must do a double today, so let the trumpets sound and the crowd roar, for Toph will not be out to play today! Hawaiian night at the MoHo. Some fun stuff in the cooking arena. Coconut shrimp??? YUM

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