So I am a fan on Jamie Oliver, in total there are 4 Jamie Oliver cookbooks in my apartment! So don’t be too surprised that I follow him on Twitter, jamie_oliver, and he just put up this awesome video. Chopping is something that everyone who cooks does a lot. I know I for one have almost cut off my fingers more than once! This video shows you the proper technique on how to chop! Check it out and keep your fingers a little more safe!
I first posted this on my other blog Stu Tris. I thought readers here might be interested too! I am on Twitter (@Stuart_Buist) a bit, more sometimes than others. One thing that I’d seen a lot of on Twitter was @ENERGYbits. A lot of people seemed to be talking about EnergyBits after a long run […]
This weekend Ottawa’s own, Chef Rene Rodriguez won the latest edition of Top Chef Canada. Chef Rodriguez runs Navarra on Murray St. here in Ottawa. Sarah and I ate at Navarra in 2010 and it was great. I thought I would repost my original post today in honour of his win. Congrats Chef Rodriguez! Last […]
This weekend was what seemed like the first real weekend of spring. We finally got some nice weather, meaning there was some sun, it was above freezing and there wasn’t a snow storm. Since the weather was nicer than it had been we decided we needed to get out of the house and have some fun in the great […]
Last year Ottawa was bitten by the food truck craze. City Hall finally released a limited number of permits for some new food trucks. Having worked in the east end of Ottawa for the last couple of years I’ve only had the chance to try a couple. I’ve already posted about Relish Food Truck, Stone Soup Foodworks and Bite […]
Whenever I go to a restaurant I never think to order soup. I always want to get something that I can’t make at home, either because I don’t know where to get the ingredients or because I don’t have the skill to create the dish. After trying five soups from some of Ottawa’s top restaurants, […]
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I also really like the fact Jamie Oliver has put together a great online “Home Cooking School”, with other videos like the one above:
http://www.jamieshomecookingskills.com/skills-specific.php?skill=howto-videos
It’s really cool, Jamie Oliver is an interesting dude! I really like this chopping one because you’ve got to know how to chop if you want to cook!