Scooping Ice Cream is Easy with the Right Equipment

Zeroll makes excellent ice cream scoops that work well and last a lifetime.

Zeroll 1020 Original Ice Cream Scoop USA Favorite Since 1935 Liquid Filled Heat Conductive Handle One Piece Design Easy Release Made in USA Right Or Left-handed 40 Scoops Per Gallon, 2-ounce, Silver

The Zeroll model 1020 is a high quality 2oz single piece scoop selling for $16.50 Prime on Amazon. The handle is filled with a heat conductive fluid so there is no need to keep dipping it in water. This is commercial grade equipment so it lasts.

Zeroll 1065FS Tubmate Aluminum Ice Cream Spade

For those wanting a larger volume scoop with the same quality there is the Zeroll model 1065FS flat scoop. It sells for $20.81 Prime on Amazon.

Here Are D.C.’s 2018 James Beard Awards Semifinalists

Here are the local players who made the first cut Beard season has officially arrived: Today the James Beard Foundation released its list of Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists for 2018. On Wednesday, March 14, the foundation will release its (much shorter) list of final nominees at Philadelphia’s Parc, hosted by James Beard Award–winning restaurateur Stephen Starr alongside the Foundation’s new CEO Clare Reichenbach .

Source: Here Are D.C.’s 2018 James Beard Awards Semifinalists

Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Empire Is Reportedly $100 Million in Debt

Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Empire Is Reportedly $100 Million in Debt Grub Street Jamie Oliver’s restaurants cook up $125 million worth of debt Who Jamie Oliver’s restaurant business racks up $125m in debt NEWS.com.au Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant empire racks up £71.5million worth of debt The Sun Jamie Oliver looks downcast as his Italian restaurants rack up £71m in debt Metro Full coverage

Source: Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Empire Is Reportedly $100 Million in Debt

Food Among Friends

As often as possible my wife and I get together with a group of amazing friends near Charlottesville for wonderful conversation and great food. Everyone is a skilled cook and comes up with simple but savory dishes to satisfy our group that includes gluten free and vegetarians. Take a look at our lunch.

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Smoked Steelhead Trout

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Lentil Salads

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Salad Greens

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Kale with cranberries and a poppy seed dressing.

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Mushroom Lasagna

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Raspberries

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Grilled Lemons

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Grilled pineapple, half brushed with maple syrup and half with a ginger sauce.

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Deviled eggs, half dusted with Dizzy Pig Bombay Currish and half with their Pineapple Head seasonings.

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Tiramisu, half gluten free and half with extra gluten.

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with home-made whipped cream, crystalized orange peel, and a blood orange sauce.

How to Make Crème Brûlée

At first glance, creme brulee seems simple: It has a short ingredient list and can be made in a few steps. Beneath the surface, however, there’s a lot happening! Understanding the techniques needed to create creme brulee will help make your next batch a success.

Source: How to Make Crème Brûlée

Devil’s Food Cake: One Bowl, No Mixer, Diabolically Easy

The perfect devil’s food cake: no stand mixer, no whipping, no foamed eggs, no meringue required. Trust us—it works. Read More

Source: Devil’s Food Cake: One Bowl, No Mixer, Diabolically Easy

Jamie Oliver is to close 12 restaurants putting more than 200 jobs at risk under restructuring plan

Jamie Oliver is to close 12 restaurants putting more than 200 jobs at risk under restructuring plan.

Source: Jamie Oliver is to close 12 restaurants putting more than 200 jobs at risk under restructuring plan

slow-roasted sweet potatoes

I have been obsessed with the Argentinian chef Francis Mallman since I saw his of Chef’s Table episode in 2015. Sure, about the only thing we have in common is a desire to set food on fire , you know, artfully. He does so these days to great acclaim on his private Patagonian island (and 8 other restaurants around the world), accessible through two flights, a five-hour drive, and then 90-minute raft across a lake.

Source: slow-roasted sweet potatoes