Do not allow to boil. To make the consommé brunoise: Peel and cut the carrot, celery, and leek into very thin strips and then into tiny dice. The tinier the dice the prettier the garnish. Cook the ...

Brunoise is the French word for the mix of finely diced vegetables that is used to season soups or sauces. It's critical to cut the vegetables properly, because that helps determine how much flavor ...

Every time I chop onions, I recall the scene in the movie "Julie and Julia" in which Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep) masters the art of correctly chopping onions. She is ecstatic. For the better ...

Being an adult comes with high expectations, like how to cut ingredients with sharp objects and cook for yourself (outside of microwave popcorn). The pressure from that giant knife block your mom gave ...

And other vegetables, such as root vegetables, are cut into julienne. Julienning is the first step in cutting a vegetable into the tiny dice called brunoise. Vegetables may also be cut into larger ...

Doesn’t it seem like Christmas and New Year’s were months ago? That’s the thing about entertaining at home. Memories of any effort that went into it, the shopping and cooking and cleaning, soon fade ...