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lemon confit!!!!! plus peeling the pith off the skin is awesome with a sharp knife!!! 5 cups kosher salt 5 tablespoons sugar 6 lemons, scrubbed and quartered In a large bowl, mix the salt with the sugar. Toss the lemons with half of the sugar-salt. Pour a small layer of sugar-salt into a...

the whole foods down here in naples has a bar you can belly up to and open anything they have in the store with no corkage fee. its pretty awesome. i had a brooklyn black chocolate stout. sooooo good!

here is a a cool range i saw in a window front in austria in 08. it is pretty small compared to the size of our oven/ranges http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632499@N07/4048371734/ also here is on in my buddies farm house. he lives in white cross nc and uses it as the only heater for the...

naples fla over here

i always think about using a nice heavy plancha on my crappy non-gas burner at home as a make shift cook top. i could keep 3 pans on one plancha that is heated by 2 elements making them more efficient. but yeah unless it is kept on all day and used to heat your home i think they are a bit...

thanks for the warm welcomes! i am really enjoying this site!!!!!!!!!! lots of great reads!

hendricks over ice

i use flat/french tops everyday at work. in fact i kind of hate cooking over open flames these days. for me the main plus is that, while in service and cooking every thing to order, i can cook more things in smaller pots at the same time vs dedicating a single burner that can hold bigger pots...

whats up dudes? i just found this site and am pretty pumped to get started warm-holing my way though all these great posts. i am currently living in naples fla cooking in a psycho hotel working like 75 hours a week. its pretty awesome but i am planing a move back to the north east this summ'a...