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Features and Recipes

 

This is a collection of articles and notes that I write as I have time. The newsletters also have some short features and one or two recipes in them. The articles are divided into the following categories:

 

Beer, Wine, and Spirits

The Restaurant Business

The Pantry: articles on foodstuffs

Recipes

Miscellaneous

 

Beer, Wine, and Spirits

Mike Potashnik of the Virginia Wine Guide interviews Chef Ed about Virginia wine

Read about a much maligned grape, the Seyval Blanc

Here’s a bit about how Scotch is made

Our flagship beers are produced by Tröegs Brewery

A favorite of Chef Ed’s: sparkling wines

Swedenburg v. Kelly: a look at the direct wine shipping controversy before the Supreme Court

Port, a primer on that fortified wine

Of corks and screwcaps

 

The Restaurant Business

Get the lowdown on Chef Ed

Read about a day in my life: an inside look at what it takes to be the chef/owner of a small restaurant

Try your hand at our business for a day with our Chef for a Day Program

Not old enough to cook at the restaurant? Cook at home with Chef Ed in Kids Cook!

 

The Pantry: articles on foodstuffs

Perhaps more than you wanted to know about the vinegars in our pantry here at One Block West

We get lots of questions about the oils that we use. Here, perhaps, are some answers

There’s more to salt than just the table salt in your shaker

Ten essentials for your pantry

We use many kinds of rice at One Block West

A new kid on the vegetable block: Broccolini®

Are you a chile head? Here’s the rundown on the chiles we use at the restaurant

 

Recipes (view the Recipe Index)

Dazzling Holiday Appetizers from the Faith in Action fundraiser at my home

Need some fish recipes? Here are some from my demonstrations at the Freight Station Farmers’ Market

Here are some recipes for cooking with herbs from a demo at Blandy Farm

Need some tips on what to do with winter squash? An article I wrote for the Winchester Star

A basic frittata recipe and some variations on the theme from recent demonstrations

Recipes for summer appetizers from a class I taught at my home

Also, every issue of our newsletter contains recipes

 

Miscellaneous

Ten culinary tricks for elevating your home cooking

From my perspective, here are The Essential Knives

 

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