| Does anyone really know why restaurant recipes | | | | meals with just the right combinations of flavors and |
| taste better than conventional recipes? What do | | | | textures. We can also achieve perfection at home by |
| professional chefs know that the rest of us don't | | | | testing our restaurant recipes before serving them |
| know? I will explore these questions to help you | | | | on special occasions. Then we can make notes on a |
| recreate many of your favorite restaurant recipes. | | | | copy of the original recipe (or even rewrite the |
| There are steps you can take at home to achieve | | | | original recipe), so we will remember how to prepare |
| the same high quality results that professional chefs | | | | it when we serve our special dinner guests. |
| achieve. | | | | Many restaurants have signature dishes which are the |
| Restaurant recipes often taste better because of | | | | menu items that have made them famous and help |
| the high quality of ingredients they use. They usually | | | | to keep them in business. Usually the chefs perfect |
| order bulk quantities from wholesale food companies. | | | | these dishes with the finest ingredients and |
| While it would not be very practical to do this at | | | | sometimes even acquire trademark names on them |
| home, we can mimic the quality of their dishes by | | | | so they cannot be copied. We can mimic the quality |
| shopping only at grocery stores that carry fresh | | | | of signature restaurant dishes by creating our own at |
| produce, meats, breads and dairy products. A good | | | | home. Just select several of your favorite personal |
| quality grocery store will have employees in each | | | | recipes; purchase the freshest ingredients and take |
| department available to assist customers with their | | | | notes while cooking them. Perhaps you added more |
| selections and answer any questions they have. | | | | wine or garlic and the end result was a big |
| Restaurant chefs are trained for their jobs. Also | | | | improvement on the original recipe. Write it down so |
| remember that they cook the same dishes over and | | | | you can create your own signature dish! |
| over, so they get a great deal of practise preparing | | | | |