You never ever wash as cast iron pan with soap. Never. That's what dries it out. And you also never season it with any kind of veg/olive oil. It has to be seasoned with an animal fat, duck fat is best so buy a duck breast, score the skin with a knife and render out the fat. Coat the pan with tue...
I hate to burst everyone's bubble here, but Hells Kitchen is absolutely fake. The guy that won last year and was going to be the chef at Araxi in Whistler during the Olympics in 2010, shucked oysters which is the next step after the dishpit in that restaurant. They are all actors and it is...
It is interesting to see polar opposite opinions about whether it is ok to boil cream or not. I've worked in French restaurants and I've boiled cream literally dozens of times. you have to watch it though because it boils over easily, but it absolutely does not "sour" or "break" or anything else.