Category: Instruction

The Challenge Buying Your Commercial Condiments

The Challenge Buying Your Commercial Condiments

For those with dietary restrictions or allergies, finding condiments that meet specific needs can be a daunting task. Whether you’re avoiding onions and garlic due to a low-FODMAP diet, personal preference, or religious reasons—or steering clear of eggs because of allergies or veganism—the search for…

Reading a Recipe: A Guide for Culinarians

Reading a Recipe: A Guide for Culinarians

As a professional culinary instructor, I can tell you that approximately 40 percent of the time dishes prepared from written recipes go wrong because my students did not actually read the recipe. Sure, I know they think they did, and they will tell me that…

Weight vs. Volume: A Professional Chef’s Guide

Weight vs. Volume: A Professional Chef’s Guide

When it comes to listed ingredients in a recipe you can either use a measure of weight or a measure of volume.  Weight refers to the actual weight of and ingredients as read by a scale and volume is the amount of space an ingredient…