The difference between cooking good food an great food is merely knowing the right techniques and using the right ingredients. I know personally I would love to be a great cook and not just a good one. I have a few recipes that I make well and everyone loves them but these came from restaurants I worked at and learned from experienced chefs on how to prepare them perfectly each time. So imagine having a personal chef standing next to you when you cook telling you all his little secrets. That is what this new site offers us all now today, sort of.
The Rouxbe site offers a massive list of recipes for you to learn and use but not just the run of the mill text version. They actually have videos of the chef that you can pause, rewind and even replay each time you cook. To boot they also allow you to download version to your video ipod so you don’t even need a television in the kitchen to make use of their service. Sounds like a great idea to me. I will have to give it a go this weekend and see how I get on.
Visit their site to find out more: Rouxbe.com
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4 Responses:
February 12th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Thanks for the post.
How did your recipes turn out? Which ones did you cook.
Joe
CEO Rouxbe
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February 13th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I am absolutely addicted to Mushroom Risotto now. I can’t walk through the supermarket and not think to myself “Do we have enough risotto in the house?”.
http://rouxbe.com/recipes/49;preview
I have added a little irish bacon to the mix (pre cooked in the oven and chopped finely) and everyone loves it.
February 13th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Great to hear.
This used to be my favorite until I tried the Toasted Middle Eastern Couscous. You might want to try it. Have fun on the site.
PS You can now embed our video previews and skill & technique videos right into your site. Thought you might be interested. Please feel free to edit out this note.
Joe
Joe Girard’s last blog post..Pan-Seared Scallops
March 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I am totally hooked on this site now. I can’t stop making things. I have even made my own chicken stock and froze it like they suggested so i can use it when I cook. I also bought a bottle of brandy for the flambes, I don’t even drink brandy except at Christmas time. Here are the ones I have tried so far.
http://www.rouxbe.com/recipes/116
http://www.rouxbe.com/recipes/47
http://www.rouxbe.com/recipes/49
http://www.rouxbe.com/recipes/40