How to Buy Premium Steaks

Buying a premium quality steak can be confusing and expensive
at times but when you know what to look for in a good steak
the selection process becomes considerably easier.

Our cooking expert friends at The Rouxbe Cooking School
have put together a short video that you can view without
commercial interruption. The video will point out the differences
in premium steaks, what to look for, the qualities found in
various cuts, the aging of beef and how to select a premium cut of
steak whether you are cooking stove top, in the oven or on the grill.

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Blame Rachel Ray

So what is it that keeps us from cooking at home? Like many, for me its time… I’m a working mom, so time is a precious commodity! I know I too have been one to indulge in the roasted chicken and microwaveable sides that greet me when I enter my local grocery store… let’s face it, it’s a is a quick way to get something on the table.

The only problem I found is that this became my standard back up and I lent myself to it more and more.  But since I didn’t prepare these foods, there is question as to HOW it was prepared.  What was used on the chicken to give it that beautiful color? Often its an artificial ingredient used for “caramel coloring”.   And when was the last time you read the ingredients list on one of those microwaveable sides?  Its a mile long and most of it you can’t pronounce!   I simply want better options for myself and my family.

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Demi Glace

We love FREE! So the most recent e-mail newsletter from Club Sauce caught our attention and has some pretty interesting tidbits that we would like to share with you. Club Sauce is a major supporter of this blog and although we are not here to sell but to impart information about sauces, saucing, recipes and such we thought this email was worth sharing with you.

The recipe is timely for spring and the holidays as is the free demi glace offer. We see many questions on the internet about demi glace like what is it, how do you use it or its too time consuming to make at home. So maybe we have found the solution or at least an inexpensive way to try a ready-made product offered by Club Sauce

Below is their recent newsletter with appropriate links to the products and the website that may have the answers you are looking for. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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Demi Glace – FREE
New Products – Outrageously Good
Our Welcoming Spring Recipe

Demi Glace – FREE

Create delicious rich-tasting sauces at home with easy-to-use
More Than Gourmet Demi Glace. Experience for yourself
what many top restaurateurs, caterers, personal chefs and
home cooks consider the best sauce ingredient on the market
today. (See our professional chefs and home cook testimonials)

We will include one FREE 1.5 oz container of More Than
Gourmet Demi Glace and recipe with your order when the
subtotal exceeds $20 or more. No coupons or codes to enter.
We will automatically include it with your order.

This special offer expires midnight Sunday March 14, 2010.

Order now! Enjoy this delicious treat with a spring celebration meal.
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New Products – Outrageously Good

We are excited to offer two new chocolate sauces from our good
Friends at IzzyBelle Chocolate. They are truly the best Colorado
artisinal producers of outrageously good chocolate sauces.

Chilli cinnamon chocolate sauce - You can experience the subtle heat
of chili and cinnamon blended into a dark creamy chocolate sauce
for a mouth dazzling treat. Just let your imagination run wild with this one.

Raspberry Chocolate Sauce – Tempt your taste buds with the divine
flavor of raspberries in a smooth rich-tasting chocolate sauce.
Just close your eyes for a second and think of all the great treats
you can create with this chocolate sauce.

Order Now! You’ll find no better, we are convinced.
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Our Welcoming Spring Recipe

We welcome the beginning of spring with a sweet/tart sauce that is
perfect for a variety of lamb cuts roasted, grilled or in the pan.

Pomegranate Port Wine Fig Sauce – Check it out. You’ll be glad you did.

Happy Passover, Happy Easter and happy spring!

Jules Silver and the Club Sauce team.

White Wine Sauce – Perfectly Prepared

White Wine Sauce: Delicious and Ready-To-Use!

Sauces define the essence of superb cuisine! Making sauces can be a challenge for many home cooks when a lack of time and ingredients stands in the way. We made it our goal to find a ready-to-use white wine sauce. Especially one that would be as good for a chef to use at fine restaurant as well as a creative home cook. We wanted a sauce that could be easily prepared for vegetables, chicken, veal and fish dishes, as well as special seafood chowders, and more.

We took our search to the street for a tasty ready-made white wine sauce. Our search began with supermarket, gourmet and specialty shops but we found very few white wine sauces to our liking. In our opinion what we did find lacked the depth and quality found in a well prepared white wine sauce that takes time to prepare correctly. Most were over salted, lacked in flavor and had less than a smooth silky texture.

To the Rescue

A company that we are familiar with recently introduced a fully prepared white wine sauce that is ready-to-use with many of the same basic ingredients they use in making their other fine lines of stocks and demi glace. More Than Gourmet White Wine Sauce is a ready to use sauce. It is carefully created with roasted chicken stock and white wine and cooked to a velvety sauce that will definitely add flavor and a range of possibilities to your plate.

The white wine sauce is considered a foundation Veloute sauce. The meaning of, Veloute in Middle French literally means velvetiness, and More Than Gourmet White Wine Sauce is velvety smooth and satisfyingly rich. Classic French chefs have patiently prepared Veloute sauces for centuries as an integral component of many delectable French dishes. This Foundation, or Mother Sauce, as it is often called, enables the cook to create many French classics as well as creative sauces for well-loved and contemporary dishes quite easily. You will find this white wine sauce perfectly prepared to lift the flavor and prime the presentation of your dish with minimal effort.

You can prepare mouthwatering and eye appealing cuisine in no time flat with this white wine sauce in your cabinet. It is shelf stable for up to 18 months, unopened, and 5 days after opening. Keep it on hand and it will always be ready when you are!

To purchase please visit www.clubsauce.com or for more information and delicious recipe ideas, please see the recipes posted on this blog, www.thesaucetalknewsletter.com

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