Here is one of the most useful kitchen gadgets that you can own.  Your very own butcher’s block!  Mine is over a hundred years old it measures 36″x36″x12″.  It is made of solid maple with dove-tail joints and three steel allthreads to prevent it from cracking apart.  It lives in the center of my kitchen and is the place where 90% of my home kitchen work takes place.  After looking… Continue reading

Most of the time you know that the can of parmesan cheese is in the fridge and that you pull it out for pasta and sprinkling on an occasional salad.  But did you know that it can play an important part in your food garnishing as well?  Since Parmesan is a hard cheese it holds it’s form when… Continue reading