Smoke and fire
Take control of your kitchen.
Area of Practice
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KITCHEN KIT
Get started in the kitchen with the kitchen. A quick and simple guide to what should be in your kitchen to maximize your space.
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BASIC TECHNIQUES
Where to start and how to get started cooking. Creating a common language together so we all agree on what we’re talking about.
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MODULAR RECIPES
Simple, easy to follow adaptable recipes that will get you started down a very long road.
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SPICES
How to pick them, what you need and what you want. Here we talk about the art of flavor. Level up your dishes with a few pinches.
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HACKING YOUR MEAL PLAN
How to come up with a meal plan or system to fit your time and/or financial budget.
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THE BAR
From basic cider making to advanced cocktails, we’ll talk about your bar kit, resources and modular recipes that will make your parties a hit.
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Take the first steps into your kitchen starting from the beginning…
Who am I and why am I doing this?
Read about the food nerd that put this all together. The who, why and why me.
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Recipes to try
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Cocktails to Taste
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Instructional Articles
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s here for me?
My goal is to have something here for everyone, except maybe the professional chef. Nothing I do here will be groundbreaking, but I will be explaining cooking from the very basics to the moderately advanced.
Do you actually read the comments?
Every time. I do this for you and your feedback matter more than anything else.
Can you help me with…?
Yes! Though it might take me a bit to get to your question I will usually try to answer in a short-form quickly, but if it’s a big enough question or if people ask it enough I’ll probably add it to the list to become a full article.
I have a correction to…
I love being wrong. Being wrong is only an opportunity to learn something more. That said, there’s a chance that what I’ve said is a correction to a commonly held myth or more likely, a simplification for the purpose of the article and the audience it was intended for.
You forgot about…
Possibly, but probably not. Many topics are too large to fit into a single article. For instance, my Kitchen 100: Pans glosses over Cast Iron and Carbon Steel, but you’ll find those covered in greater detail elsewhere.
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