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Andrew Zimmern Quotes

American - Critic | July 4, 1961 -

Wok cooking is intimidating, but it's the most versatile and handy tool in your kitchen.

Cooking Kitchen Tool Your Most

Remember for stir-frying not to use a wok bigger than 16 inches. Once it has food in it, you won't be able to work very efficiently.

Work Food Remember You Bigger Able

A well-seasoned and properly cleaned wok will always have micro-pores in the metal that hold some oil or food particulate, etc. - that's a good thing.

Good Food Will Oil Always Hold

For wok cooking, use oils with a high smoke point and low polyunsaturated-fat content: grapeseed oil, peanut oil, etc. Sesame oil and olive oil will burn and taste bitter. Oils with high polyunsaturated-fat contents like soybean oil will also make your food texturally unpleasant.

Food Cooking Smoke Burn Will Oil

Never use an aluminum pot, pan, or utensil when cooking tomatoes - or any other soft metal items for that matter. The acidity in the tomato doesn't do well with them; they create a chemical reaction that can turn cooked tomatoes bitter and fade the color, and the food will absorb some of the aluminum!

Food Cooking Color Create Fade Will

Don't pile your tomatoes in a container that doesn't breathe. I like my baskets or grass mesh plates, and I layer them single deep, stem end down to prevent bruises and premature rotting.

Deep End Down Grass Breathe Single

A five-pound boneless rolled-and-tied breast of veal, like any other piece of meat fit for braising, can come in many shapes and sizes. So recipe times aren't uniformly applicable. A long and thin tied roast will cook more quickly than its stouter, football-shaped cousin.

Long Will More Meat Recipe Shapes

I rest my proteins in their liquid when I am done with the heat braise.

I Am Rest Done Heat Liquid Proteins

I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have a ton of N.Y.C. in my DNA, from both sides of my family. I had a wonderful childhood in the city.

Family Childhood War New York City

My parents divorced when I was six but stayed close.

Parents Close Six Divorced Stayed

Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.

Time Kid Out Ethnic Even

I log 250 days a year on the road. I need pants that are versatile, easy to clean, and dry in my hotel room if necessary.

Road Hotel Year Easy Clean Need

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