Our favorite holiday is a week away, so celebrate the season at these upcoming events at Kitchen Conservatory:
Join us for the Champagne Stroll on Sunday, November 22 from 12 to 5 pm. Stroll the shops, including Kitchen Conservatory, on Clayton Road between Hanley and Brentwood, while enjoying our homemade appetizers and champagne [...]
At big family meals, we always have carrots, because they look colorful and everybody likes carrots, and (most importantly for the cook) they can be made days ahead of time and easily reheated. Nobody ever says, “let’s have carrots tonight!” but if you serve carrots, be sure to peel and cut twice [...]
“A Passion for Cooking“ features the recipes from over a hundred different chefs who have cooked at Kitchen Conservatory. One of our favorite recipes from that cookbook – which several staff members make every Thanksgiving — is a pudding from chef Jim Voss of Duff’s (who also chefed for The Grateful Dead). [...]
Sandy writes, “What’s your favorite non-dairy stuffing? I can’t mix meat and dairy.”
Fair enough; tis the season for chestnuts! Fresh chestnuts can be hard to find, but frozen or canned whole, peeled chestnuts are readily available at specialty grocery stores.
Chestnut Dressing
1 loaf of bread, preferably French baguette, cubed 1/2 cup duck fat 4 cups [...]To stuff or not to stuff? I am firmly on the stuffer side of the debate. When the dressing is inside of the bird, it is basted with flavorful meat juices. The extra dressing baked on the side is never as tasty. The key to a good dressing is lots of [...]
Our favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, which is all about eating delicious food, is coming up. Besides ordering your turkey, you can also make ahead the cranberry relish. Here is a favorite recipe.
We still have a few openings in our upcoming Thanksgiving cooking classes.
To find all of our favorite tools for [...]
Roosters are sometimes identified as “useless roosters.” They consume, but they do not produce and multiple roosters in a coop can create an unsettled environment (see the picture of the rooster chasing the hen!). When we buy chickens, hens cost $5, but the roosters are free. (If you [...]
Dear Chef,
I received my repaired knives a couple of days ago. I had mailed a 10-inch and 6-inch kitchen knives with broken black handles. I have had these knives for more than 30 years. I could not locate a repair shop till you guys.
I am SOOOO happy. Better than new. [...]
Our Winter 2010 cooking class schedule is now available online with 150 new classes!
Please welcome these new chef-instructors:
Lauren DeSantis, who has a cooking show on TV in Washington called “Capitol Cooking,” will cook with wine on December 22. Chuck Friedhoff of Persimmon Woods Country Club is making his well-known and delicious [...]
