by Joseph Yacino | Jul 11, 2017 | cured fish, fish, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, salt, seafood, sugar
You can pretty much cure anything at all. The common cold is somewhat elusive, but pretty much all fleshy fish can be cured. Gravadlax, or gravlax, is what I’d call a soft and loose cure. The salmon remains moist and almost raw in the middle and the curing process can...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 11, 2017 | chicken, fort lauderdale personal chef, garlic, ginger, palm beach personal chef, recipe, soy sauce, yakitori
INGREDIENTS 1 pound/450g chicken livers, gizzards or boneless thigh meat ½ cup/120ml dark soy sauce or tamari ¼ cup/60ml mirin 2 tablespoons/30ml sake or dry sherry 1 tablespoon/12.5g brown sugar 2 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed ½ teaspoon/2ml grated fresh ginger...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 9, 2017 | carrot, chicken, cooking, fort lauderdale personal chef, healthy eating, palm beach personal chef, recipe, squash
Serves 4 Ingredients 1 pound yellow squash 1 pound carrots 1/4 cup ghee, divided 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin 1 tsp. Celtic sea salt 1/2 cup chopped, fresh basil leaves Juice of 1 lemon 1/4 cup chopped, fresh flat-leaf parsley ...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 9, 2017 | chicken, cooking chicken, cooking tip, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, roast chicken, spatchcock, splaying, trussing
Preparing the Chicken There is no consensus on the best way to prep a chicken for roasting; it’s all a matter of personal preference and tried-and-true experience. But here are some suggestions for where to start. Try each and then pick your go-to method. And note...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 8, 2017 | cooking class, cooking classes, cooking therapy, cupcake, cupcake wars, cupcakes, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, tv show, youtube
An upcoming cooking therapy job will require us to replicate the show, Cupcake Wars. Now the research begins. We’ve never heard of the show so now to see how we will incorporate the key elements of it for the kids we will be working with the middle of the month....
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 8, 2017 | aubergine, eggplant, fort lauderdale personal chef, healthy vegetarian, imam eggplant, palm beach personal chef, recipe, recipes, vegan, vegetarian
Translated literally this means the Imam (a holy man) Fainted. I guess lying on their sides the stuffed eggplants look like a passed out Imam. Many included fresh tomato and cinnamon. This one does not. It was on the Isle of Crete that I learned the Turkish recipe....