My Favorite Food Rants on Stella…
- “If you break a culinary rule, first learn the rule”… (SCS 02-13:49). Jacob doesn’t specifically say these exact words, however. Somewhere in the podcast series, he actually does. Where?
- White pepper rant… (SCS 05-42:19)
- Salt is a seasoning... pepper is a flavoring... (SCS 05-43:01)
- Sear to lock in the juices... No, no, no, no, no!... (SCS 06-28:50) (Background: Harold McGee: On Food and Cooking, Location 4395 of 27601 in Kindle version, The Searing Question segment)
- Rest your meat after roasting (carryover cooking)… (SCS 7-46:41)
- Italian Grandmother’s Tomato Sauce… (SCS 12-27:42)
- Shame on you, bad, evil colander… (fresh pasta segment starts at SCS 12-55:05 & colander rant starts at 55:51)
- (never) … or you rinse it in cold water to stop the cooking process… Oh, my… Shame on you!… (SCS 12-56:25)
- (Get a scale!)…No complaining!… (SCS 12-47:50)
- (Italian Grandmothers are) Superheroes… (segment starts at SCS 12-50:04 & superhero rant at 50:48)
- Juicing mirepoix rant (etc.) rant... (segment starts at SCS 13-7:05, rant at 7:47)
- Always unsalted butter… Never ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER (just to be clear, EVER)… use salted butter... (SCS 13: 30:54)
- Flavor structure: SCS 14-5:00 & 24:48
- Flavor fatigue: SCS 14-26:46
- The origin of the Cesar Salad… (SCS 15-9:15)
- Vinegars… (SCS 15-34:59)
- The Bread Song (SCS 19-46:23)
- Name your starter (mine is Moorpark)… (SB 03-1:32)