Michael Ruhlman on cooking

Just watch it

Had Something to Say - Cooking on Vimeo

On cooking

Excellent piece by our friend Eric Patterson (Cook's House)

from behind the stove: Advice to young line cooks:

"the stove doesn't care who you are"

Good Stuff

Chefs Name Top Food & Restaurant Trends Of 2010

A National Restaurant Association's survey of more than 1,800 chefs at the end of 2009 found that (according to the 1,800 chefs), restaurants with gardens ("e.g. rooftop, back-yard, communal") would be the hottest restaurant trend of 2010. The gardens were followed in restaurant hotness by cooking classes/demonstrations and street food and mobile food trucks.

The chefs were also surveyed on what would be the hottest food trends overall in 2010, with locally grown produce, locally sourced meats and seafood, sustainability, bite-size/mini desserts and locally produced wine and beer rounding out the top 5.