The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
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Visit our blog for recipes, cooking tips and techniques as well as our staff's favorite eats and travel adventures. Chicago's premiere recreational cooking school and gourmet retail store offers guests a large slate of demonstration, hands-on and virtual cooking, wine and spirits classes, as well as private cooking parties and corporate team building events.
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
It’s no secret that I love to grill! I’d venture to guess that I grill 5-6 days per week from Spring to Fall. From beef ribs, to hard cider chicken, to jalapeno poppers, to grilled eggplant to ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
In summer I am pretty much always looking for an excuse to have a nice little treat. To be honest, most of the year I am looking for an excuse to treat myself (and my wife, I suppose). Finished all ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
Earlier this month, my family and I traveled to New Haven, Connecticut to visit my brother, sister-in-law and nephew. For the most part we stayed in New Haven, because we had a lot of work and ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
I’ve been cooking for a while now. Long enough to have developed some fairly thorough opinions on things like cookware. Usually when I’m asked to pick a favorite of something I find it very ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
Stir frying is one of the world's great cooking techniques. It's fast, can create hugely divergent types of dishes with a tremendously diverse array of flavors, and it's relatively simple. With ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
It's not unusual for someone to travel across the country for our Culinary Boot Camp program. We've had students from California, Texas, New York, and lots of different places in the U.S. I know ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
Risotto is not my first go-to dish in the summer. Steamy rich starches sound better on a frigid February night than a heat index July evening. However, arriving home after a late night working ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
I’m no chef. I’m a pretty good cook, mostly due to the influence of my career in eating and drinking. Like most people, I have some sure-fire recipes for everyday and a few showstoppers. My Coq au ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
As someone who blogs, one of my favorite things to do is peruse restaurant menus to notice food trends. We’ve all seen how one ingredient snowballs into a plethora of options for diners. Kale ..read more
The Chopping Block Cooking Blog
1y ago
If you are like me, you think peanut sauce makes everything better. When I eat spring rolls, I likely consume more peanut sauce than the then spring rolls themselves. I just can’t stop dipping my ..read more