Turkey is one of the most popular holiday main dishes. It can be served at any holiday gathering including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Rosh Hashanah, Passover, and Easter. It’s the dish that everyone looks forward to all year long. So, you better learn how to do it...
There are many of you bit@hes who like to serve a beef dish in addition to your turkey. No other dish screams home-cooking or says “welcome to my home, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em” like a pot roast or a brisket. In fact, the...
Lotsa bit@hes like to serve ham for Christmas and Easter. Well, it is a tasty dish, so I can see why. Rest assured, cooking a ham is not overly difficult, so even you can handle it, bit@h. However ,what it does require is a little...
You may decide for some crazy reason, that your guests deserve something more special than the traditional turkey, ham or brisket. In such a case, a great option is either a rack or leg of lamb. It will certainly serve to make your guests feel...
Another special holiday meal is a beautifully roasted leg of lamb. If your family and friends are a lucky bunch of bit@hes, you will go out of your way to make this special dish. There are basically two schools of thought on how to best...
If the friends and the family have been extremely good this year and you want to reward them with the star of meals, then you might consider preparing a standing rib roast (commonly referred to as a prime rib roast). Now, just to clarify, the...
Duck breast can be a real treat for the bit@hes you call friends and family. It’s moist and flavorful meat is sure to please everyone! Now, I know that what you really want to do is feed them and send the bit@hes on their merry...
Roasting is so damn easy, that I considered not even putting a section about the proper ways to roast in the lesson section. Then I remembered who I was dealing with, so thought it couldn’t hurt. The biggest risk in roasting is the meat or food...
So, we have been talking a helluva lot about deglazing pans to make sauces in past lessons, but unless you really know a thing or two about creating sauces, you’re sh*t out of luck. So, relax, stop palpitating, and listen. I am going to give...
Chefs tend to brine and marinate meat to make the end result more tender, moist, and flavorful. I have to admit that I tend to marinate a lot more than brine, but both are very useful in tenderizing and flavoring your meat before you cook...
