how2heroes’ Delicious Week in Review
how2heroes had a whirlwind week of fabulous filming segments! We are gearing up for St. Patty’s day with some fun Irish-inspired dishes! Here is a glimpse of what is to come:
how2heroes’ Producer Kelsey Clark made a dessert goodie for adults- a Guinness Float. She filmed in the how2heroes test kitchen, then made samples for the office (at 10am!). Vanilla vodka muddled with vanilla ice cream, Guinness & shaved chocolate- hey, it’s five o’ clock somewhere! Kelsey is also responsible for the sweet holiday Peppermint Mocha Martini. Someone’s got a sweet tooth.
Jeff Potter, author of the upcoming book “Cooking For Geeks,” is a mad scientist in his Cambridge, Massachusetts kitchen. Jeff shared his Roasted Poblano & Cheddar- Stuffed Pork Chops with Simple Rosemary Mashed Potatoes (with videos soon to come!). Jeff demonstrated how to roast peppers over a gas burner. What if your oven’s burners are electric? Not to fear, Jeff devised a new & efficient roasting method with a common household appliance- a toaster! We kid you not. Slices of peppers popped out of the toaster in a perfectly roasted state. Jeff Potter previously filmed Duck Confit Sugo for how2heroes. During this shoot, he made the crew Goldschlager ice cream using liquid nitrogen (alcohol has a freezing point that is much lower than that of water, and liquid nitrogen allows it to reach that point). Our Director of Photography Jason Bacon dug right in with a metal spoon. Needless to say, the combination of the sub-zero temperature of the ice cream, the metal of the spoon and Jason’s wet tongue resulted in a scene identical to that in “A Christmas Story” movie where Flick freezes his tongue to a lamppost on a triple-dog-dare. Jason left part of his tongue and most of his salt-detecting taste buds on that spoon.
Hilary Koloski of Cow & Crumb Baking Company made kid-classic Snickerdoodle Cookies as well as Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies. The latter is a sweet-salty combination so perfect, that it should win an Oscar for ‘best chewy cookie.’ Hilary had never made Snickerdoodles Cookies before concocting this recipe for how2heroes. She told us that she had previously boycotted these cookies because the dough contains no Snickers candies, and she felt misled by the name! However, after trying these soft & sugary yummies, she is a self-professed Snickerdoodle convert. You may remember Hilary Koloski’s Sunrise Fruit & Nut Cookies, which are not only delicious, but also super wholesome!
Broccoli and cauliflower were the star players in a Broccoli and Cauliflower Gratin. how2heroes had the honor of working with Florentine visiting chef Benedetta Vitali, who shot with Jody Adams at Rialto Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Benedetta was on a month-long United States tour hosting dinners and cooking classes. This was Chef Vitali’s first video with us, but her sous chef, Jody Adams, is a how2heroes pro, recently filming a perfect Parmesan & Fennel Breadsticks video.
Clare Garland of The Ashmont Grill in Dorchester, Massachusetts, plays with her food! Already dominating our sweet tooth with her awesome Carrot Cake recipe, she baked a Chocolate Guinness Cake with Irish Cream Sabayon! We kid you not when we claim that this is the moistest cake we have ever tasted. For plating, Clare displayed the cake in a drinking glass, and topped it with the sabayon. It so uncannily looked like a pint of Guinness Stout, we almost tried to take a swig!
