Mise en place."O farmers, pray that your summers be wet and your winters clear." Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil), 70-19 BC The ability to withstand heat: this, to my mind, is what separates chefs from the rest of the world. Several years ago, as an on-the-fence culinary student in the middle of an excruciatingly hot New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. summer, I stood sweating beneath my regulation polyester chef coat, neckerchief and paper hat, thinking, is it always going to be this hot? (And then the chef-instructor turned on the ovens and the grill.) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At any temperature, the restaurant business can be as stressful as it is satisfying--and sometimes more so. Michael C. Sturman and J. Bruce Tracey, associate professors at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, discuss the things that can make employees crazy--and some ways for employers to prevent meltdowns. Working from four different North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cities, Susur Lee Susur Lee (b. 1958) is a celebrated chef based in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Hong Kong, the youngest of four children. He served his culinary apprenticeship at Hong Kong's renowned Peninsula Hotel. , Jacky Pluton plu·ton n. A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma. [German, back-formation from plutonisch, plutonic, from Latin , Jordi Valles and Sano Yuji keep the pans sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. as they dip, coat, pour and spackle using a striking array of batters. From batt(er)ing practice, head out to Portland, Oregon, where chefs Morgan Brownlow, Scott Dolich and John Eisenhart are keeping that city's residents and visitors happily and thoughtfully-well fed. Skipping back east to Brooklyn by way of Chicago, Michael Ayoub and Paul Kahan show you how easy it is for chefs to "grow their own." Pierre Herme and Francois Payard invite you to press your sunburnt sun·burn n. Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight. tr. & intr.v. sun·burned or sun·burnt , sun·burn·ing, sun·burns To affect or be affected with sunburn. nose against the windows of the patisseries where they spin sugar into gold. And finally, Gruner Veltliner gets its (long-overdue) place in the sun. Here's to keeping your cool. --Ikw |
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