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Straight outta the IV bag.

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"Oh this produce didn't sell, guess it needs to go in the garbage!"

Only way for even distribution. Also avoid fans or the wind.

Thanks! Cooking it in batches works best, so that it doesn't crowd the pan and you can cook each vegetable to the perfect doneness.

It's so bad in professional kitchens, I try to minimize it whenever I can.

Dinner at home-stir fry fridge clean out: Sweet Thai chili sauce stir fry with crispy tofu, baby bok choy, broccoli, carrots, garden onions, red pepper, mushroom and Thai basil. Finished in time to watch the Brewers win in the bottom of the ninth! 🍽️🍜🥬🥕🥦 #food #foodsky #dinner #leftovers

Fried tofu on a sheet pan, nicely browned.

Mise en place for the stir fry: heating oil in the Dutch oven, sweet Thai chili sauce in the bowl (with mirin, soy sauce and sesame oil), minced garlic in the metal bowl, and the chopped veggies on the sheet pan.

Finishing the stir fry in the Dutch oven, nicely covered in sauce, and the steamed rice next to it on a plate.

A black dinner plate with pink bunny chopsticks at the top, a spread of sweet Thai chili sauce stir fry centered on the plate.

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When life gives you beautiful greenery, you turn it into delicious pesto. Over a pound of basil makes quite a bit! Blanching is key for a vivid green color and lemon juice helps keep it that way. WI parmesan of course, and I used both pine nuts and walnuts I toasted. 🍽️🍜🌿 #food #foodsky #pesto

Weighing the basil, it reads 1 lb, 5.6 ounces.

Ingredients gathered for pesto: lemons, Wisconsin grated parmesan, walnuts, a huge bottle of extra virgin olive oil, a massive bowl filled with cleaned basil and a jar of pine nuts.

Blanching the basil in a huge stock pot, ice water in the Cambro.

10 bags of basil pesto in 1/2 cup portions going into the freezer.

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Right, we have Ukrainians to kill.

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They have snow crab claws and cocktail shrimp on the buffet for those that know how to make it worth their money.

People pay $95 for this brunch buffet, have to make it *look* special. That's why I make the big bucks. 💅

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When brunching, the devil is in the details: Classic deviled eggs at work with a taste of Parma prosciutto on top. 🍽️🍜🥚 #food #foodsky #chefslife

19 deviled eggs in a half hotel pan that's been lined with plastic wrap, each topped with a few small slices of thinly sliced prosciutto.

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Making a tasty pasta with all these cherry tomatoes: Blistered heirloom cherry tomato sauce with garlic, basil, lemon-ricotta and buttery, crispy panko topping. Saying goodbye to summer with tomato bliss. 🍽️🍜🍅🍝 #food #foodsky #pasta #tomatoes

The multiple varieties of heirloom cherry and grape tomatoes on a sheet pan.

Pasta boiling in the stock pot, panko cooking in the saucepan, Dutch oven heating for making the tomato sauce with garlic and tomato paste.

Fresh basil from the porch and lemon ricotta.

A white bowl with spaghetti tossed in heirloom tomato sauce, dolloped with lemon-ricotta and sprinkled with herbed panko and parmesan cheese.

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River Side Casino profit the past hour: $1.5k, and someone's first born.

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"Greys" seems like the slur name.

When you know, you know.

Amazing cheese products all around, this is Wisconsin, after all.

Best I can do is the Belgioioso HQ on the drive to Green Bay. You can see it from I-43.

Sounds like Milk Street, who is constantly sending me promotional emails and sales since I ordered one item from them

Are you looking into French ticklers again?

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Standard issue charcuterie board here in Wisconsin, featuring Wisconsin cheeses (Hook's 3yr Cheddar and Sartori's Bellavitano Espresso) as well as summer sausage from Usinger's in Milwaukee. The Belgioioso board ties it together well, not a bad amenity. 🍽️🍜🧀🐖 #food #foodsky #chefslife

Six charcuterie boards with three types of cheese, two cured meats, crackers and fresh fruit.

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Perks of working in a kitchen every day. I also have my boss's blessing to fry doughnuts in the fryer I have to clean twice a week, so you better watch out.

Yes it is. We have a smoker in the back that we throw some heirloom cherry tomatoes in. Then once they have cooled, we puree with a touch of vinegar and aromatics in the old VitaMix blender.

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Breakfast at work: Mixed vegetables (zucchini, squash, mushroom and onion), a runny fried, local egg and smoked tomato sauce over crispy potatoes. Too easy to make delicious combinations around here. 🍽️🍜🍳 #food #foodsky #chefslife #breakfast

A small white bowl filled with fried potatoes on the bottom, a mix of sauteed vegetables above that, a fried egg next, and smoked tomato sauce on top.

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Most definitely, it helps to know your local farmers.

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

POV: you know an organic farmer and have had no time Saturdays to visit him at the farmer's market because you work every morning. $20 can buy a lot when you are friends and he has produce going past its best. Always support your local farmers when possible. 🍽️🍜🍅🥒 #food #foodsky #produce

An innocuous looking bag with produce from my friend, including heirloom zucchini, delicata squash, a squash variety for the pepitas.

The full produce haul: a variety of heirloom tomatoes of various sizes and colors, two types of squash, three types of cucumbers and a celery root with the stalks still attached.

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hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If it was edible, then it counts as "dinner".

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some people bring doughnuts to work. I brought doughnuts to fry at work. I have to change the oil, so why not? Browned butter old fashioned cake doughnuts with maple-browned butter glaze. Don't underestimate how great browned butter can be. 🍽️🍜🥐 #food #foodsky #chefslife #doughnuts

Mixing the dough for the doughnuts, with a sheet pan lined with parchment next to it and a bench scraper ready.

15 doughnuts after being cut on a parchment lined sheet pan, with 15 holes and 3 pieces of leftover scrap to test the oil.

Freshly cleaned fryer with the aforementioned doughnuts in frying, cooling in the pan on the right to drain.

Blurry picture of the finished doughnuts after being glazed.

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hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Boof pack = booster pack for adults.

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🇩🇪 Deutsch Abendessenfest: Geräucherter Sauerbraten mit Rosenkohlgratin und Goldkartoffelpüree mit Schnittlauch. 🇺🇸 German Dinner Feast: Smoked sauerbraten with brussel sprout gratin and Yukon gold mash with chives. My family channeling our German heritage. 🍽️🍜🍖🥔🥬 #food #foodsky #dinner

The beef chuck roast in a bag with the brine of red wine, red wine vinegar, juniper berries, allspice berries and mirepoix. It was on this brine for four days.

The marinated beef chuck roast in a quarter sheet pan, encrusted with gingersnap cookies and seasoning.

A grey dinner plate loaded with a German feast: sauerbraten covered in its thickened jus, Yukon gold mashed potatoes with chives, and a cheddar brussel sprout gratin. The fork did not remain there long.

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hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Have to make sure to get a few hairs in every dish I make. 💅

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Me, eyeing your fried cutlets, after a long lunch buffet shift.

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Death Stare

ALT: Death Stare

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Only thing in the kitchen that's sharper than my tongue.

hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Breakfast burritos are an excellent way to start the day: Potatoes, sauteed onions, mushrooms, peppers, avocado and local eggs, all topped with smoked tomato salsa in a flour tortilla. 🍽️🍜🌯 #food #foodsky #breakfast #chefslife

The folded burrito on a green cutting board next to my Global chefs knife.

Inside look at the burrito, cut in half, on a white plate.

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hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He'll give you more than a mustache ride.