John Kessler
Wine quiz
I recently spent two solid days of reviewing the world winemaking regions and the coarser points of wine service in a series offered by the Court of Master Sommeliers. I made a sample quiz based on the course’s study questions. If you like the grape, take a shot at it. You can find it on the Food and More blog.
Jenny Turknett
New chef at the Mill
Benjamin Castro has been appointed executive chef at the Mill Kitchen & Bar in Roswell. This Athens native and CIA-trained chef has worked with Hector Santiago at Pura Vida and Doug Turbush at Bluepointe. Castro says he immediately identified the consistency issues at the Mill and is working to get the kitchen refocused and to correct “bad habits.”
Jon Watson
Cooking with gloves
When I’m cooking, there are really only two situations in which I don gloves: cutting super-hot peppers or if I’m handling a single large piece of meat for an extended period of time. In many respects, freshly washed hands are safer, as the chef’s awareness of when his hands are clean is much higher.
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