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4 best sous vide machines for cooking restaurant-quality food, according to professional chefs

Courtney M. Wolf

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You don’t have to be a Michelin-star chef to master the technique of sous vide in the kitchen. This French method, in which food cooks in a vacuum-sealed bag typically placed in temperature-controlled water, allows for cooking a range of meats, fish and produce — from steak au poivre and halibut, to barbecue tofu and caramelized onions. Using this cooking method, foods retain their moisture, “resulting in a moister final product,” explains chef Daniel Carpenter of virtual restaurant operator Nextbite, who develops the company’s restaurant concepts and menus. The result is often a perfectly-cooked cut of just about

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Minnesota Cooks cookbook highlights local ingredients, farmers and chefs

Courtney M. Wolf

Since 2003, the Minnesota Farmers Union has been connecting farmers and chefs in a popular, recipe-driven program called Minnesota Cooks, which culminates in a fun and fascinating annual event at the Minnesota State Fair. The program is also responsible for the ultimate fair freebie, the gotta-have Minnesota Cooks calendar.

Armed with nearly 20 years of recipes that celebrate Minnesota-grown ingredients, longtime Minnesota Cooks writer Claudine Arndt and photographer Katie Cannon have produced “The Farmer and the Chef” (Globe Pequot, $27.95), a lively, informative and user-friendly cookbook that illuminates the lives of the state’s farmers and food makers, then continues to

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Chefs of Odin Brewing, Chicory Restaurant in TV competitions

Courtney M. Wolf

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Kristen Lyon, executive chef and general manager of Odin Brewing in Tacoma competes on “FireMasters,” an open-flame competition on the Cooking Channel and Food Network Canada.


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Representing Tacoma and Olympia, two chefs — both women — compete on two new cooking shows, one now streaming and the other available June 1.

Kristen Lyon, the executive chef of Odin Brewing in Tacoma, appears in Season 4, Episode 2 of “FireMasters,” a grilling competition on the Cooking Channel and Food Network Canada.

On Discovery+, Elise Landry, co-owner of the barely year-old Chicory in Olympia, jumped into the first

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Martha Stewart and other TV chefs share their best-ever cooking tips

Courtney M. Wolf
Martha Stewart and other TV chefs share their best-ever cooking tips


Top tips from television royalty


There’s a reason we love watching cooking shows. They provide us with insider knowledge and top recipe inspiration, especially useful now we have more time to spend in the kitchen. It was a hard job selecting the best but here are our favorite TV chefs’ cooking tips, from Martha Stewart to Guy Fieri.



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Thursday April 8, 2021