Chef Toco

Our new Banoffee! Order now! Slice - $5.50 Full pie - $45 Delicious crust, homemade "dulce de leche", banana, cream and cocoa powder. #banoffee #pie #sandiego #dessert #banana

Tonight it's a great opportunity to learn how to make your homemade ketchup. Subscribe now at AWAKEN YOUR INNER CHEF Cooking Course

Hamburgers may well be considered America’s favorite food. You can find them in hole-in-the-wall diners, at the drive-through windows of fast food chains, and on the menus of Michelin-starred restaurants. Worldwide, McDonald’s sells 75 hamburgers per second! So where exactly did this tasty beef sandwich originate? You may have heard that Hamburg, Germany is the home of the first hamburger. While the inspiration for the hamburger did come from Hamburg, the sandwich concept was... invented much later. In the 19th century, beef from German Hamburg cows was minced and combined with garlic, onions, salt and pepper, then formed into patties (without bread or a bun) to make Hamburg steaks. These early burgers were considered gourmet and were quite pricey, given the quality of Hamburg beef HOW DO YOU PREFER YOUR BURGER? Next Monday, Chef Toco and @sandiegocraftcollective will teach you how to make the best burgers! Join us in one more workshop of the AWAKEN YOUR INNER CHEF Cooking Course. . . . . . . . #burger #hamburger #recipe #workshop #sandiego #cooking #cook #hamburger #sandiego #california #libertystation See more

Preparing stocks symbolizes to your cooks and your guests that you care about the all-important foundations of good cooking. Stocks, after all, are the backbone of quality soups, sauces, and braising liquids. There are few other flavoring components that have such a dramatic impact on the quality of finished dishes. You can learn how to prepare your homemade stock at AWAKEN YOUR INNER CHEF Cooking Club. Next Monday we will talk about Comfort Food. Sign up now! #cheftoco .... . . . . . #recipe #chickenstock #chickenbroth #cooking #cookingclass #cookingclasses #chicken #soup #stewedchicken See more

Based on the principle that good memories from recipes made by our mothers, fathers, and grandparents bring us pleasant feelings and inspire special stories, the world of gastronomy created the culinary aspect called comfort food. Comfort Food is a style of food that conjures comfortable, cuddly, good-feeling memories. Which one is your Comfort Food? #comfortfood

The modern method of smoking foods evolved from its roots as a process for preserving. Long before refrigerators and chemical preservatives, smoke was used to extend the shelf life of food, particularly meat. Wood smoke contains many of the chemicalsamong them, formaldehyde and acetic acidthat slow the growth of microbes. In addition, the pH level of smoke is a very low 2.5, which is extremely unfriendly to microbes. Today, smoking is so much more than an age-old technique ...for preserving, tenderizing and adding flavor to food; it’s also the subject of festivals, clubs, organizations and competitions. People are smoking cheese, fruits, nuts, vegetables, salt and whatever else they can get their hands on. So let’s explore the wonderful world of smoking. Next Monday, at AWAKEN YOUR INNER CHEF Cooking Club, we are going to teach you how to make a Homemade Smoked Salmon and more recipes with this delicious fish. Sign up now. See more