https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/gordon-ramsey/ Recent content in Gordon Ramsey on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:06:33 -0500 https://crystal.castle.cc/2014/03/04/culinary-school-why-im-making-the-worst-food-of-my-life/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:06:33 -0500 https://crystal.castle.cc/2014/03/04/culinary-school-why-im-making-the-worst-food-of-my-life/ <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_20140227_211609.jpg" alt="Poulet Saute Chasseur" width="3264" height="2448" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2471" /></p> <p>Nights in culinary class move in a dance of steel and time pressure. Yank out the wishbone. Quarter the chicken. Sear the skin. Chop the mirepoix. Simmer the stock. Strain the sauce. Pull the chicken from the oven. Plate the food. Run to the front. Hope for the best.</p> <p>Chef Ray glanced at my plate of <em>poulet sauté chasseur</em> (hunter-style chicken) and gave me a hard look. &#8220;I think I&#8217;ve told you this before,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This plate. What&#8217;s wrong with it?&#8221; I looked down at my chicken. Among the finely shredded flakes, there were some unruly tufts of parsley perched on top, shamelessly advertising their prowess at escaping my knife. &#8220;I know, I know,&#8221; I apologized, &#8220;the parsley isn&#8217;t chopped small enough. And there&#8217;s some pieces of stems.&#8221;</p>