French Onion Soup is the most requested appetizer at our home. New Year’s Eve is an excellent time to make this delicious soup. Guests are baffled at the deliciousness and intimidated by what they assume must be a tremendously difficult...

This quote was from my second year of culinary school, nearly 40 years ago, when I was a young and impressionable wide-eyed apprentice: "Listen up! Today is the start of your culinary training proper. You will learn the correct way to make each of these master...