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Sous Vide, take two

A previous episode saw me lured into attempting sous vide by only the best chef in America, Grant Achatz, making this method of food preparation look as easy as…well, dunking plastic bags in water. The first attempt didn’t pan out so well, probably because I wasn’t really that on top of making sure the temperature [...]

Mésaventures sous vide

Sous vide: literally “under vacuum,” referring to a fancy pants French method of cooking vacuum sealed foods in water. After seeing it in action on last season’s Top Chef (courtesy of Richard Blais, one of the many fauxhawks that season), and seeing it repeatedly referenced on Ruhlman’s blog, I was intrigued but still needed someone [...]