Notes from a No Recipe Lifestyle with Chef Todd Mohr

Episode 72 – Try Different Tailgate Foods Like Beer Shrimp Scampi

ChefTodd — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:29:23 +0000

My top secret for keeping your tailgate party food hot was revealed yesterday, but today I want to cook my tailgate foods right in the parking lot. With a portable camper saute burner rather than a small charcoal grill, I’ll demonstrate how to cook Beer Shrimp Scampi saute from Carter/Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...

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Episode 71 – Filet Mignon Football Chili Rocks!

ChefToddMohr — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:11:03 +0000

It takes a long time to cook chili and develop the flavor to make it the best chili. So, the best chili for your tailgate party must be made ahead of time, in the kitchen and kept warm through game time. I keep any prepared food warm with hot bricks wrapped in towels in my ...

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Episode 70 – Great Sauces Always Start With Roux

ChefToddMohr — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:33:15 +0000

Great sauces can save a badly cooked piece of chicken. However, a bad sauce will ruin the best cooked meal. Being able to consistently create flavorful and smooth sauces is one of the best skills to have in the home kitchen. When you can make a variety of sauces, you multiply the number of meals ...

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Episode 69 – Avoid Destroying the Color Texture and Nutrients in Vegetables!

ChefToddMohr — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:15:20 +0000

Nutrients in vegetables usually wind up in the green colored water you’ve just cooked them in. Have you ever noticed that if you cook carrots in water, you’ve got orange colored liquid and carrots that taste like water? Where do you think the nutrients go? If you want to avoid destroying the color, texture, and ...

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Episode 68 – Food In The News Friday

ChefToddMohr — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:00:43 +0000

September is Food Safety Education month and the International Food Information Council has just completed their 2011 Food and Health Survey: They found that half of Americans consider foodborne illness from bacteria to be the most important food safety issue today, yet safe food handling practices, such as washing hands with soap and water when ...

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Episode 67 – The Only 4 Cooking Knives You Need

ChefToddMohr — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:18:28 +0000

There are plenty of cooking knives for sale on late night TV. You’ve seen the info-mercials. These amazing knives cut aluminum cans and shoes! I’ve been cooking for a long time, and I’ve never had to cut a can or a shoe. What makes this the test of a great knife? I saw a TV ...

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Episode 66 – Food TV Won’t Teach You To Cook

ChefToddMohr — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:09:44 +0000

Watching Food TV won’t teach you to cook. It’s the truth. Perhaps you shouldn’t believe or attempt everything on your flat screen that’s designed for entertainment value, not educational value. Neither will you learn to cook from a cookbook. Written recipes won’t teach you to cook any more than sheet music teaches you how to ...

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Episode 65 – Making Pierogi is no Polish Joke

ChefToddMohr — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:42:48 +0000

The taste of pierogi is still on my mind as I’ve returned from the Polish Festival in Riverhead, New York. That thought brings me back to my Grandfather who made the stuffed dumplings by the hundreds when I was a child. I had a Polish Grandfather, but if he were Italian, the method for making ...

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Episode 64 – The Polish Festival is the Best Place For Pierogi

ChefToddMohr — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:58:40 +0000

At a wine festival in Maryland many years ago, the vineyard representative said something that’s stayed with me for decades. This wasn’t just a representative of the winery, it was the family owner and winemaker himself! It remains my favorite winery, not just because of the fantastic wines and they create, but also for this ...

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Episode 63 – Food In The News Friday

ChefToddMohr — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:53:30 +0000

A new report, The Global Update on Nutrition Labeling, takes a closer look at food labeling across the globe, identifies examples of best practices, and highlights consumer research and emerging trends in labeling systems. From front-of-package labels in the United States to warnings in Great Britain and Korea to label reviews in the European Union, ...

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