Catering a meal for a few guests is complicated, expensive, and time-consuming, but catering for a large number of people can leave you downright exhausted and broke. Of course, your easiest option is to use a business lunch catering company or some similar event caterer. They’ll be able to give you a delicious, professional service […]
Category: Tips & Techniques
How to Throw a Great Dinner Party
How to Throw a Great Dinner Party If you’re lucky enough to be a foodie with like-minded foodie friends, the thought of throwing a dinner party has probably crossed your mind. You’re relatively confident in your culinary skills and you’re quite the conversationalist, but the pressure of putting together a lovely evening can be daunting. […]
The Secrets of Grilling a Steak, Revealed
Whenever I have dinner in my favorite restaurants, such as the American Cut Steakhouse, I always end up being envious of how their chefs can grill the meat perfectly. I have to be honest, I have tried imitating their techniques several times, but, I seldom succeeded in ending up with the steak that I envision. […]
5 tips for planning a business breakfast
If you are hosting a business event, scheduling it over breakfast may just make your venture more successful. Meetings and networking are well suited to the early hours, being easier for businesspeople to fit into hectic schedules as they finish when the working day is yet to begin. If you’re thinking of hosting an event […]
3 Holiday Records Sure To Make You Drool
Here we are. It’s time for the holidays again. It seems to come a little faster each year. Thanksgiving turkeys are being bought in droves and grandmothers everywhere are getting ready to make their famous dressings and pies. It’s just in time to sit down with our families and celebrate all that we have to […]
Why Do Professional Chefs Enjoy Using Chinese Cleavers?
The Chinese cleaver looks very much like a regular Western cleaver, at least at first glance. There’s the same basic rectangular shape, but what you’ll notice when you pick a Chinese cleaver up is that they lack the heft of their Western brethren. Hold it up to find a cross-section that’s much thinner. This might […]
The Benefits of Using Coloured Chopping Boards
If you happen to have poked your head into any commercial kitchens lately, you’ll probably have noticed that their chopping boards are of different colours. Do they buy those boards simply to liven up an environment mainly defined by stainless steel and cooking whites? They do not; in fact, there are several more practical benefits […]