Recent content by cutmyself

best flame tamer is a cast iron skillet; just use a skillet that's larger than the pot you want to use

I'll take the 240+saya for $200. PM'd

If this is still available I would like to buy it.

This is one of my most used faves! Jolly good luck to its new owner!

PM'd on the Shibata 240

IN! This very item is near the top of my wish list!

Eighteen months ago, I was sitting at the desk with a salesperson and her sales manager, negotiating the price for a new Mazda CX30 (which I bought). When I showed them on their very own website on their very own computer that that their advertised MSRP was significantly lower than what they...

PM'd on the Kono HD 210 (this time for real; sorry about the false alarm on the Takeda the other day.)

Not all styles in all sizes. What actual use cases have you executed which were "inferior and lame"?

Not everyone likes sushi, but don't bash the yanigibas.

have you done it? with what? like anything else, it's a technique, not a salvation

Les Halles is/was not really a steak house, although the Tartare trolley was quite the trip. Bourdain's Les Halles cookbook is terrific; some earlier posts recommended Pat Wells's Bistro Cooking; Bourdain's is better IMHO. Also Keller's Bouchon is the (ahem) cat's cookies.

72 hour S/V short ribs are the most "WOW!" thing you will ever make (unless of course your guests don't eat meat...)

Apologies; I have to withdraw my offer to buy. Sorry for any confusion. GLWS!

PM'd on the Takeda