Describe the Ken Onion Shun Knives in as few words as possible:  Sturdy, Slick, Sharp, and Downright Sick

My manager at work alerted me to an amazing knife deal and I managed to score 8 Ken Onion Shun knives and the honing steel for almost 65% off retail price.  I would never buy these knives at full retail cost, that’s just crazy, but the deal was too good to pass up.
The set included the following Ken Onion Series Shuns:
6″ Chef Knife
7″ Santoku
4″ Chef Knife
5″ Serrated Utility Knife
9″ Slicing Knife
3″ Paring Knife
Boning …

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a recipe.  Here’s a marinade that I’ve been using for the past month for chicken breast.  The flavor is rather light with hints of the garlic and shallots.

Ingredients
3g of chopped garlic
3g of chopped shallot
3/4 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of ground coriander seed
1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon of mirin
1 tablespoon of sake
1lb of chicken breast, cut into strips or cubes

Chop up the garlic and shallot, and mix them together with the rest of the ingredients.  Add in the chicken and marinate …

DeBoles has two new products for its gluten-free line of pasta products.  The older variety of gluten free products are made with either rice or corn.  The new variety is a multi grain blend of quinoa, rice, and amaranth.  Sounds healthy, sounds tasty…hmmm. I spent some time with the new multi grain penne and multi grain spaghetti, and actually encountered a couple of challenges along the way.

The first problem I encountered was cooking the products.  The ingredients that make up the pasta make it brittle, and unless the it’s …

The FDA Classifies Cheerios as a Drug

This bit of news has been making its round around the Internet for a few weeks now, but it you haven’t heard, the Food and Drug Administration is classifying the cholesterol-lowering cereal as a drug.
In a letter to General Mills from the FDA, a passage states:
“Based on claims made on your product’s label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug,”
Since the marketing of the cereal focuses on the claim …

Here’s an oldie but a goodie.  It’s simple, nutritious, and tasty.
Ingredients
3 cups of frozen broccoli florets
3 garlic cloves
1.5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
dash of salt
pinch of pepper

Chop the garlic into evenly sliced chips.  This lets them brown evenly.

Heat up the pan on low heat and add the olive oil. Once the oil is hot, add in the garlic.  Cook until the half of the garlic starts to brown. Remove from heat and let the garlic cook until the color turns golden.  If the garlic turns dark brown, it’s overcooked …

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Ah, Japanese rice balls.  Even if you have never seen a rice ball in real life, I’m sure you’ve seen them in Japanese animations, that is if you watch anime.  What are rice balls?  Well, in the cartoons, they’re usually depicted as a triangular wad of rice that’s wrapped in seaweed.  Sort of like the ones shown on the left.
Known as Omusubi, or Onigiri, the rice ball originated in and is found all over Japan.  They are also popular in Taiwan and …

So, a good number of people are asking for the recipe for the Japanese cheesecake I made.  It’s not my recipe, but the instructions are mine.  The original instructions were far too vague and confusing, so I did some research online to find a clearer way in making it.
This recipe takes some time and patience, but the best things come to those who wait.
So, here is what you need.
2 large mixing bowls
Small bowls for holding the ingredients
Hand Mixer
Kitchen Scale (digital – grams or ounces)
8 or 9 inch baking pan
Large baking …

This is one of my favorite dishes.  I tested it on my friends some weeks ago and we cleaned out the entire pot of pasta.  It’s not difficult to make, but it’s sort of heavy on ingredients.  The best way is to make lots of sauce in advance and freeze it.  The inspiration comes from the Pasta Da Vinci dish from Cheesecake Factory.

Ingredients

4-6 cloves or garlic – finely diced (not minced)
1/2 of a medium sized shallot – diced
6-8 baby Portobello mushrooms – cleaned and sliced
6-8 medium-sized shitake mushrooms – cleaned …

When we call tech support to remedy a computer problem, the call is most likely outsourced to another country.  Well, it seems that Jack-In-The-Box has adopted this outsourcing paradigm as well, but we all know that Jack-In-The-Box doesn’t provide tech support.
Seven out of the 30 Jack-In-The-Box restaurants in the Charlotte, North Carolina area tested a new way to provide drive through services to their customers.  At the drive through speaker, instead of speaking to an employee who’s inside of the store, a customer might be speaking with someone in …

The Super Bowl is only a day away, and a menu for such a sporting event is incomplete without guacamole.  Turn your guacamole from good to great with this recipe.
I found this guacamole recipe online, but I wanted a sweet garlic flavor and a bit more kick to it.  So I used roasted garlic and threw in a chitpotle pepper to spice things up.  It’s an easy recipe to follow and it takes very little time to prepare.
Roasted Garlic Chitpotle Guacamole – 4 Servings

2 ripe avocados (dice if using a …