Recent content by Chef Wil

Just a few of the dishes we have cooked.

My fav dessert is Molten Chocolate Volcanos with hot caramel sauce served on vanilla bean ice cream Good poll Sierra :)

I agree with you Bethzaring, I use applesauce or banana to sub for butter in baked goods. I also use cream cheese if the fat isn't a large issue. It gives a very creamy taste and texture to most foods and is less fat than any of the mentioned fats.

I have made this fudge from when I had to stand in a chair to reach the stove. It is the richest and creamiest fudge I have ever had. This fudge will turn out perfect every time if the directions are followed exactly. No thermometer, ball testing or other difficult cooking procedure other than a...

Are you using real parm cheese or the grated stuff in a can? If the later, toss it..... please. That stuff is real parm but from the rind usually and I use rinds to boil in Italian soups and stews. It never melts at all, just gets soft and flavors the soup wonderfully. I suggest using a good...

At under $5.00 or so a package for even the better Decaf Teas out there why worry, just pick up a fresh package for her. Teanobi is right to an extent, teas coffees and herbs will collect spores and if the humidity is high enough it can produce molds and fungi and it can make sensitive people...

Good choice, now I'm going to go fix a nice pot of Rock Stew and a tall Lumberjack Float for dessert :mrgreen:

Hi folks, thanks for the welcome back! Been busy with health issues and work but still plugging away :D

Water and more water. I drink Dasani bottled water from Coke as a second choice. It has a fresher taste and is a distilled product with a mineral packet added back to it. My first pick is fresh water from an artesian spring a few miles from here. My favorite way to fix it is to crush a little...

Good point on the water, I wouldn't use ice as that tends to dull some of the more subtile flavors the better whiskys have. As with most any drink or food, try it before you invest money in it, I have over $1000.00 tied up in a few bottles of different "Water of Life" but every drop is a...

try this for the ultimate in grilled shrimp 3 tbls paprika 6 tbls dark brown sugar 2 tbls garlic powder 2 tbls onion powder 1 tbls thyme 1 tbls basil 1 tbs white pepper 1 tbls black pepper 1 tsp marjoram Combine all ingredients and mix well. Mix 1/4 cup of evoo, 1/4 cup white wine and 1/4 cup...

The first time I saw a homemade chimney was in the 60's too. Amazing how hindsight is always 20/20

LOL, I cooked 9 this last Thanksgiving and 14 at Christmas for officers at High Desert Prison, Calif. We also donate 5 birds on the 2 holidays every year to Family Shelters and the like. This is the 3rd or 4th year I have cooked for the guards there and the list gets bigger every year. We charge...

I have used a recipe I found years ago, either Peter Yan's cookbooks or Ming's Blue Ginger cookbook that uses tea to smoke duck. Comes out moist and very tasty

I love the disposable cutting boards I get at the café. Makes a nice protector for the boards and easy on the knife's edge too.