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My Kramer on Ebay

Click on the title for the link.

SOLD!!!!

Gifts for Foodies

For those people that seem to have everything. The list contains several knives of course and some interesting tools for the serious cook.

(Gyuto is a Japanese chefs knife)

Masamoto 270mm Wa-slicer ($267.70)....@Japanesechefsknife.com (This happens to be on my personal list)

Togiharu hammered Damascus 240mm Gyuto ($149.50)....@Korin.com

Fujuwara FKM 240mm Gyuto ($82.00 @chefknivestogo.com, $75.00 @Japanesechefsknife.com)

Mizuno Tanrenjo Akitada Hon Kasumi 270mm Yanagi (slicer, $267.00 @japanesechefsknife.com)

Tojiro Shirogami 165mm Nakiri ($39.95..@chefknivestogo.com

JCK combination wet stone 800/6000 grit ($65.00 @japanesechefsknife.com)

Wusthoff fish spatula, ($29.95 @ chefknivestogo.com)

Sous Vide Supreme ($449.95)or Sous Vide Supreme Demi($299.95) @sousvidesupreme.com
(great little sous vide machines. The demi is the smaller of the two. You'll needs bags and the vacuum machine. The package deal might be the way to go.

Black Arare cast iron tea pot in various sizes @ Korin.com

Chop sticks or any Japanese accessories @Korin.com.

Zojirushi Rice Cooker @ Korin.com ($125.99)

Any Boardsmith cutting board @ theboardsmith.com (highly recommended)

Hand American stropping products for that confirmed knife nut @chefknivestogo.com.
(You'll need the stropping base, felt, leather, balsa (optional) and some sharpening compound like diamond spray or chromium oxide)

Chinoise, (a very fine strainer) can be found at several places but I found one @ foodservicewarehouse.com. (Royal Industries, $26.30)

I'll add to the list as the Holiday season continues.

Caledonia on a CVO Fat Bob

The sound is annoying unless you are a motorcycle junkie and want to hear the RPMs amid the wind noise. You may want to mute it and listen to the music or just mute it.

Me, JP and My Boy BF

Found these old photos the other day. Jacques Pepin, Bobby Flay and me at the Aspen Food and Wine Festival in June of 01 or 02. I have since lost 45 lbs.

Dead People In The Morning

I'm an early riser so I often hear the rescue squad or fire engine responding from the fire house located across the street. It doesn't bother me me, I find it comforting. Not because I feel safer (I don't) but because it stirs old memories. Just now they went out, it's 6:30 am. It reminded me of those morning runs we used to get. The mornings are a fairly busy time of day. One of the reasons is people often don't wake up. A family member discovers their lifeless body in bed and calls 911 hoping what they think is happening isn't true.

I hate to say it but the positive side of finding 1099s (dept. code for dead) in the morning is they are usually stiff or their blood has pooled in the lowest part of their body, which means we don't have to do CPR because they've been dead too long. CPR isn't fun and it's not pretty. While your doing compressions or blowing oxygen into the patient all you can do until the paramedics get there is think and observe. It's one of the reasons I started saying a little prayer while doing CPR. You got nothing else to think about for a few minutes so why not say a prayer for this person? And I'm NOT a religious guy despite 12 years of Catholic education.

I've said that prayer at least a hundred times.