Professional Recipes Blog

I’ve added a new section to the website all about different types of food and ingredients with more articles coming over the next few weeks. It’ll have information about where the ingredients come from, how they are used, recipes to prepare using those ingredients and other interesting information.

There will be a Food and Ingredients home page listing the food items alphabetically and as new articles are added, this page will be updated. Here is the link:

Food and Ingredients Home Page

At the moment, there are articles about the following:

• Garlic – a favorite of mine!
• Ginger – more common than you think!
• Kale – one of the healthiest foods around.

Have any suggestions for new articles? Leave a comment here and I’ll be sure to update the site. Cheers!

I’ve updated the main site, as hopefully you’ve seen, and just added a new survey about one of my favorite topics here, the show Hell’s Kitchen. I enjoy watching it and can sit back and laugh at some of the mistakes, seeing and doing some of them. Other times I am simply appalled at other mistakes… mistakes that just cannot be made in a professional kitchen.

I’m not sure who I like at this point, but Carol has shown some promise and is a favorite in my mind. Giovanni has gotten better of late with a nice team effort on the red team and a winning dish for the red team in the challenge the other night. The others really haven’t shown a lot of promise and there is no other clear favorite that I can pick out.

So, who do you think is going to win Hell’s Kitchen and the head chef position at the Borgata in Atlantic City (somewhere I can actually visit relatively easily for once!)?

Cast your vote here: Survey: Who’s Going to Win Hell’s Kitchen?

Saint Patrick’s Day is fast approaching and to help celebrate the holiday, we’re revamped and updated some of Professional Recipes to help celebrate the holiday!

The Featured Recipe this month is a wonderful St Pattys Day Corned Beef! Traditional, delicious and easy to make, this one is sure to be a hit!

Be sure check out the Irish Potatoes recipe. This one’s a family recipe, but I’m sure it’s the same as a few others, or very similar. They’re very easy to make and just about everybody loves em!

Normally, I’ll go out and taste some local Irish fare and have a few rounds with some family and friends as there is a good bit of Irish in my family. Ham and Cabbage, Irish Potatoes, and of course this year I am making the Corned Beef and Cabbage! More on that to come.

So come check out all of our Gourmet Recipes and be sure to stop by for more site updates and more recipes!

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!