High Tide

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Category: Food & Drinks

New flavors, techniques, and ingredients

I have returned to teaching recently and seeing students grasp and apply culinary techniques has made me contemplate my own culinary journey. From early experiments I think it took Mom and Dad 10 years to find all the last remnants of the egg I tried to hard boil in the microwave. (Note: It doesn’t work… Read more »

The components of a great meal

What components make a good meal? Often when asked what we want for dinner, we focus on the center of the plate, chicken, beef, fish but just like a jazz band, all components must work in unison to produce beautiful music. A missed beat on the plate can turn a great concept into a lackluster… Read more »

Food I love: Cheese

I am back. Sorry for the missing column last month. Things got a little backlogged while trying to get out the new Cape May Magazine column. (Shameless plug time.) If you want more recipes and culinary rambling, check out Cape May Magazine, where you can actually see what the dishes are supposed to look like.… Read more »

A February Sunday Dinner

We are now entering February and legend has it if the chef’s groundhog sees its shadow, we have six more weeks of comfort cooking to look forward to. What exactly is comfort cooking? And no it is not wearing sweats in the kitchen. Comfort foods are those old reliable dishes that hit the spot when… Read more »

Is it fate or is it providence?

A Jersey boy’s travels to culinary school and back again and other stories from the dark side of the restaurant. As ’05 winds down and ’06 dawns with anticipation and hopes that only a new year brings, my mind wanders (an all too frequent occurrence). ’06 is a milestone year for me. It marks the… Read more »