Sam’s Weekend Brunch 101 – Perfect Eggs and Home Fries

November 5, 2016 | By Sam AuthorMy First Apartment

This post, originally published in May 2012, is back by popular demand for great weekend brunch recipes. I love eggs in all their diverse, delicious glory. There is an old story about the origin of the pleated folds in our chef hats, or Toques, that claims the 100 pleats represent the 100 ways to cook an egg.…

Sam’s Weekend Brunch 101 – Perfect Eggs and Home Fries

May 10, 2012 | By Sam AuthorMy First Apartment

I love eggs in all their diverse, delicious glory. There is an old story about the origin of the pleated folds in our chef hats, or Toques, that claims the 100 pleats represent the 100 ways to cook an egg. Be that true or not, I still think that all ways of utilizing eggs are worth studying…

Sam’s Weekend Brunch 101 – Perfect Pancakes and Bacon

May 4, 2012 | By Sam AuthorMy First Apartment

When people find out that I cook professionally and am attending culinary school they almost all inevitably ask me, “what’s your favorite thing to cook?” Well, that’s a hard question to answer, but I pretty much always come back to the same answer: Breakfast! For many people, especially city dwellers, it is tempting to enjoy…