RECIPE BOOKS ARE ON SALE

I just arrived home after checking the local bookstore near the restaurant. it is because the manager of the bookstore called me and informed me that their recipe books are on sale right now. I don't want to miss this rare opportunity that I why I rushed to the bookstore immediately. The recipe books that they placed on sale are the ones that were not sold during the book festivals. The recipe books that I looked at are the collectors item. Many chefs are looking for rare recipe books and I am glad to have several copies of it.

CHEF NEW FRIENDS

Just last year, Chef Resshell Brian Rojas moved to Puerto Rico to managed his owned restaurant. Chef Brian is a half Puerto Rican chef just based in the city. His ancestors are originally from Puerto Rico. Chef Brian always send me postcards, especially when my birthday is upcoming. One morning, Chef Brian called me early informing me that there will be 10 Puerto Rican people that will be vising my restaurant and he added to accommodate them well. As I was told, I accommodated them and prepared the best foods in the restaurant for them. They stayed in a hotel near the restaurant and I was their official chef for three days. After three days, my visitors bid farewell to me and told me how delicious my dishes are and they told me that they will keep in touch with me when they visit the city again. The guys that I accommodated in my restaurants are makeup artist they were just here in the city for an international show.

After 3 days, I opened my email and a found several makeup artist business cards for me coming from the makeup artists that I accommodated. Chef Brian told me that guests were all appreciative to the hospitality that I showed to them and they told me in their postcards that they will be coming by the end of the year. As a chef, I felt nice hearing these words coming from the customers that had tasted my cooking. Chef new friends are very thankful and I am just happy that they liked what I cooked for them.

PECAN CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH CREAM CHEESE AND BROCCOLI RECIPE

Pecan Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Broccoli Recipe

Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
* 3/4 cup butter
* 2 cloves garlic, crushed
* 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
* 1 teaspoon chopped pimento
* 1 cup chopped pecans
* 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh broccoli florets
* 1 small onion, minced
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
* 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 cup dry bread crumbs
* 1/2 cup chopped pecans
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil


Directions

• To Make Broccoli/Cream Cheese Filling: In a medium saucepan over low heat, heat the lemon juice, butter or margarine, garlic, basil and pimento until butter or margarine has melted. Add the 1 cup pecans, broccoli and onion and cook until broccoli is tender; then add the sour cream and cream cheese and mix all together until smooth. Let cool, cover and refrigerate to chill for 30 minutes.
• Place 1 to 2 tablespoons of the broccoli/cream cheese filling in the center of each chicken breast, roll up, tuck in sides and fasten with toothpicks. Put the egg beat in a shallow dish or bowl, and mix the bread crumbs and 1/2 cup pecans together in another shallow dish or bowl. Dip the chicken rolls in the egg, then in the pecan mixture.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat and saute coated chicken rolls in skillet until well browned on both sides, about 2 to 4 minutes each side. Place browned rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and chicken meat is white. Serve with a small portion of leftover broccoli/cream cheese mixture on top of each chicken breast.

CHICKEN BROCCOLI BRAID RECIPE

CHICKEN BROCCOLI BRAID RECIPE

Ingredients

* 2 cups diced, cooked chicken meat
* 1 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
* 1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped
* 1 clove crushed garlic
* 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
* 1/2 cup mayonnaise
* 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons slivered almonds
* 1/4 cup diced onion
* 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
* 1 egg white, beaten


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees F).
2. In a large bowl, toss together chicken, broccoli, red bell pepper, garlic, Cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, dill weed, salt, almonds and onion.
3. Unroll crescent roll dough, and arrange flat on a medium baking sheet. Pinch together perforations to form a single sheet of dough. Using a knife or scissors, cut 1 inch wide strips in towards the center, starting on the long sides. There should be a solid strip about 3 inches wide down the center, with the cut strips forming a fringe down each side. Spread the chicken mixture along the center strip. Fold the side strips over chicken mixture, alternating strips from each side. Pinch or twist to seal.
4. Brush braided dough with the egg white. Bake in the preheated oven 25 to 28 minutes, or until golden brown.

CHEFS VIDEO CONFERENCE

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The international culinary masters association is going to have a conference. The conference is quite unique because it will be simultaneously recorded and the medium that will be used will video conference. This is the first time that the conference will be a video conference. There will be around 30 countries participating in the video conference. As a chef, I was chosen to represent our country in the first ever video conferencing of chefs.

My personal computer is equipped with the latest faceVsion product. It is the FaceVsion Technology USA the gives the best quality resolution in every video calls made through the personal computers. I have to upgrade my video cam in my computer so that I can have the perfect picture as I talk to different chefs around the world. It has the FV Express Combo product image for more quality image and the FV Express Combo HD Video Conferencing solution, best for the video conference of chefs. •With Google Gmail account and FV Express Combo, you can make HD video calls over the internet. With your Google Gmail contact list can be automatically synchronized to your HD video conferencing contact list. This is how compatible the FV video cam product. No wonder this is the best in the market today. Many video cams that are available in the market. But this brands are not giving the best resolution.

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I made several dry runs with the product and made several video calls to my chef-friends and the experience was great. The culinary school's representative will also be around, Chef Weblinkx. He will monitor the entire video conference of chefs around the world. This is the first Chefs Video Conference and many chefs are already excited about the event to happen next week.

PERSONAL CHEF

I got a call from the culinary school and I was told that I will be going to Russia to be a personal chef of the czar in France. I was a personal chef of the president of America once before and I find the job very challenging for me. As a personal chef, you will be tasked to do the cooking for the person or the company that commissioned you to become a personal chef. The Job of being a personal chef is easy to see but it is very hard to do.

Personal chefs are required to be the food preparer and must have the skills in cooking and be able to cook many recipes with or without the recipe book. This offer of being a personal chef is a challenging job for me. As a chef, this is like a dream come true because you get to cook for the most powerful people in the world.

KITCHEN MASTERPIECE

Kitchen masterpiece that is what chef call when we are cooking an excellent dish. Kitchen masterpiece is the right word to describe what I am doing right now in my kitchen. I am preparing pork ribs with cabbage. This recipe was given to me by our master chef in the culinary school. He personally wrote the recipe and never shared it to anyone not until now. He gave the recipe to me after I perfected her class in the culinary school. Kitchen Masterpiece is also the word to describe a joint effort of several chefs with a good result. Chefs around the world use words that would describe their dish.

The pork ribs with cabbage is another dish that I am cooking in the restaurant. I also include the recipe of pork ribs with cabbage in my personal recipe book that I wrote last summer inside my kitchen office. The title of the recipe book that I wrote is Kitchen masterpiece. The recipe book will be out before the end of the year. In writing the recipes, Chef Weblinkx was also part of this recipe book that I am producing.