Category Archives: Ala carte

Chicken is a Vegetable

By chefhenry » Published on June 28, 2010

Watch your Demographics,   “Where I come from, Chicken is a vegetable.” Is a phrase that one of my guests here uttered to me the other night as he came back for a third slice of Prime Rib, totaling close to two pounds of meat he had ended up having for supper, nothing else, no [...]

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Sourcing in Canada 2.0

By chefhenry » Published on May 31, 2010

As much as I have always wanted to keep my purchases within Canada, and my wish is to pass along any information I can gather in regards to this, I just have to pass along this information even though it is to do with an American company (read duty and exchange, international purchase). For months [...]

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Take a Moment, Relax

By chefhenry » Published on April 1, 2010

   While around here I certainly can’t say to stop and smell the roses, or even suggest a couple of nice deep breaths most of the time, one can at least stop and appreciate the wonders of something as simple and regularly occurring as a sunset. Just so happened this evening that I had been [...]

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The Care and Feeding of a Blog

By chefhenry » Published on March 4, 2010

Over the past year (and a bit) I have often lamented my inconsistency in posting, and apologized rather too frequently for my liking due to this. Although I cannot seem to figure out how to bring regular posting into my daily routine my food-centric nature has led me to these following thoughts:   I read, [...]

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Short Staffed???

By chefhenry » Published on February 5, 2010

One of the things that seems to be chronically a problem most everywhere I have worked is the issue of staffing. Over the years there has been only a very small number of venues that have had the stability of staff and volume to rarely experience an issue with being short staffed, or overstaffed. From [...]

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Winter @ Work

By chefhenry » Published on January 18, 2010

With all the other trials and tribulations involved in the day to day operation of a kitchen weather is one that we sometimes do not take into consideration. Up here it is a fairly constant factor in how things are accomplished. These photos were taken after work last night, the really ironic part is that [...]

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Further Adventures in Sous Vide

By chefhenry » Published on January 3, 2010

With some time off over the Holidays I finally managed to clean up and sterilize my newest toys, I’ve gotta say, eBay comes through quite well, once in a while. The new pieces pictured are both from the auction site and I consider myself lucky that no one else was interested and I picked them [...]

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Inspiration & Creativity

By chefhenry » Published on November 23, 2009

Where does it come from? Where do you look for yours? The last couple of months I have been collecting up a good sized stack of “Cookbooks”, from chefs from all over the world almost. Between the actual physical books and the healthy handful of blogs that I read on a regular basis I have [...]

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Read Today

By chefhenry » Published on November 18, 2009

Just a little humor that I read today:   Ham and Eggs: A days work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig.

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Driven to learn, or OCD?

By chefhenry » Published on November 4, 2009

As my library grows, quicker than I could possibly read it, let alone digest the information I am starting to wonder if I could be a candidate for a diagnosis of OCD or if it is just a case of being driven to learn or catch up? It certainly feels like I have a lot [...]

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