Behind the Line
Topic: Help for Home Cooks/Bartenders
Cooking Tips and Hints
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and any respectable home cook would do well to take on more than cereal. What's one breakfast dish you feel is essential for home cooks to master?
- Matt Danko
- Pastry Chef
- The Greenhouse Tavern and Noodlecat
- Cleveland, OH
The runny omelet is essential, the eggs must still be runny and cannot be browned in any way. Goes well with triple creams and other soft cheeses.
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- Melissa Trimmer
- Pastry Chef
- Le Cordon Bleu Chicago, Pastry Chef Instructor
- Chicago, Illinois
My favorite breakfast dish is simply scones. Baked fresh that morning with butter, jam, cream, whatever, and a cup of coffee. Pretty simple, they usually only take around 20 minutes to whip up (m...
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- Sandra Holl
- Pastry Chef/Owner
- Floriole Cafe & Bakery
- Chicago, IL
A good omelet. It can be breakfast or lunch.
- Paul Virant
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Vie and Perennial Virant
- Western Springs, IL
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- Paul Fehribach
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Big Jones
- Chicago, IL
Omelets are so simple, it really just takes a commitment to get good at it and follow up with as much practice as you need. Omelets are so quick, so nutritious, and so full of creative possibility.