posted by Dave Arnold (Hey, what is this Skoal Project anyway?) Happy Father’s Day! Unfortunately, we don’t have any father/son skÃ¥l shots (except this one) so we decided to do a food media extravaganza instead. First, for a master of all media: Now, for the real power behind food tv: In the land of print […]
posted by Dave Arnold Cooks love their thermometers. Thermocouple thermometers are especially loved because they are rugged, can measure extreme temperature ranges, have a wide range of available probes, and are fairly accurate once calibrated properly. But they can be expensive. This post is dedicated to making thermocouple probes affordable, by rolling your own. Thermocouples […]
Posted by Dave Arnold So I’ve finally decided to build my own rotovap. If you aren’t familiar with rotovaps, check out our primer. Besides the fun of making my own, here are the problems I hope to address: Rotovaps are big Rotovaps are fragile Rotovaps are expensive Rotovaps are complex The vacuum seals on rotovaps […]
posted by Dave Arnold Sous-Vide cooking is any cooking that involves a vacuum bag (as opposed to low temperature cooking, which is all about temperature control, and doesn’t necessarily involve a vacuum). For a post on our sous-vide class, see here. Soon (i.e., if we ever get around to it) we hope to post a […]
If you don’t know about the skoal project click: here. So, you’ve seen Regis skÃ¥ling at the Food Inc. Premier party last week; but how about this: Christine Baranski. Famed actress of stage and screen. One hell of a skÃ¥ler. And this: And this: And one of our own: BTW. We currently have a backlog […]
