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Culinary Tips

How to Slice an Onion

Apologies as we know many of you are quite confident in your onion chopping skills!   We had a request for an onion chopping tutorial and hope that this is helpful to some.  If you watch a good deal of cooking shows on Tv, you know that there are several different types of techniques when it comes to slicing onion.  And the tough part is, the chefs slice so quickly that observation is often futile.   In our culinary tip video today, Chef Marc Bauer from the French Culinary institute demonstrates his technique for finely dicing an onion shallots, or garlic , in a nice semi slow motion.

[pro-player width=’550′ height=’353′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3S29JtSG8[/pro-player]


French Recipes Soup Recipes

French Onion Soup

Autumn has arrived in full swing and we find ourselves betraying our favorite summer foods like a wicked adulteress. We’ve been ditching salads, ignoring the barbecue, and even walking away from one of our best friends, sushi. Instead, our fickle appetites have found a new love, warm and hearty comfort foods. This week our new love is soup, and today, we have a crush on French onion soup.

Made of beef broth, onions, croutons, and cheese, this ancient soup has enjoyed a rebirth beginning in the 1960’s when French food came into vogue in America (I believe we were late to the party!).

Where did it come from? Although onions have always been a staple among poverty stricken diners since ancient Roman times, ironically French onion soup was presumed to have been invented by French royalty, King Louis the XV. The story is that, in his hunting lodge, alone with only onions, butter, and champagne (poor thing), he created the world’s first French Onion Soup.

We love this version by Chef John in this video, and you may find his full written recipe here.


French Onion Soup from Foodwishes on Vimeo.

Do you have a favorite version of French onion soup? Do tell! Post your link or recipe in the comment section below!