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My cooking style is “American Fusion” and I’m classically trained at the French Culinary Institute in NYC. Having grown up in Dallas, I am influenced by Mexican and southern cuisine and my Puerto Rican husband thinks he’s Italian, so it all goes into the pot when I’m creating in my Manhattan kitchen. read more >>
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
“Mis en place” (Meez-en-plahss)

Have a place for everything and everything in its place. My Scotch Irish Grandmother used to say this all the time and professional kitchens take it very seriously. Home cooks should too because it makes you life SO much easier. Mis en place essentially means being fully prepared BEFORE you begin to cook. Thoroughly clean your cooking space with disinfectant … read more

