Behind the Line
Topic: Help for Home Cooks/Bartenders
Cooking Tips and Hints
Wine and food go together like coffee and doughnuts. And not just on a place setting. What are some of your basic tips for cooking with wine?
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- Melissa Trimmer
- Pastry Chef
- Le Cordon Bleu Chicago, Pastry Chef Instructor
- Chicago, Illinois
hmmm, that's pretty easy... deglaze the pan, then add a bunch more!
- Paul Virant
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Vie and Perennial Virant
- Western Springs, IL
don't use cheap wine, use something you would drink
- Chrissy Camba
- Chef
- Bar Pastoral
- Chicago, IL
pick a wine that will enhance the food - at home, i'll cook with what i drink...
- Paul Fehribach
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Big Jones
- Chicago, IL
Only cook with wine that you would enjoy drinking on its own. It's an ingredient. Why would you bother getting great proteins, vegetables, and other ingredients and then cook them with jug wine? Af...
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- Cary Taylor
- Executive Chef
- The Southern
- Chicago, IL
Try to drink it before you have to cook with it. It's like a fun college drinking game that you can play by yourself.