Bone Marrow: From Scraps to Splendor

Bone Marrow: From Scraps to Splendor

Bone Marrow, an overlooked ingredient, makes for some of the more interesting steakhouse dishes. Seasoned chefs learn to understand its value, and have started to take it on the narrow road to Haute Cuisine. Across continents, however, local cooks have used marrow in myriad ways and for centuries, not just to flavor broths, but to…

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The Maillard Reaction: The Flavor Behind The Browning

The Maillard Reaction: The Flavor Behind The Browning

Why do seared steaks taste so irresistible? It’s thanks to the Maillard reaction, a chemical dance between amino acids and sugars that occurs when food hits high heat. Named after French chemist Louis-Camille Maillard, it creates complex flavor compounds that define the savory depth of cooked foods.What Is It?The Maillard Reaction, indispensable when cooking a…

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Smashburger: A Crispy Classic Goes Mainstream

Smashburger: A Crispy Classic Goes Mainstream

In recent years, the term Smashburger has become a fixture in conversations about casual dining and street food. It doesn’t refer to a brand (though one exists with the same name), but to a specific burger preparation method – flattening a ball of ground beef onto a hot griddle to create a thin, crisp-edged patty….

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After Japan & Australia: Wagyu Goes Global

After Japan & Australia: Wagyu Goes Global

When people hear “Wagyu,” its birthplace Japan springs to mind, along with Australia – now the world’s second largest Wagyu producer. But over the past two decades, Wagyu cattle have been raised in many other parts of the globe. And while purists still swear by Kobe or Mishima, the Wagyu gene pool has officially gone…

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