Most culinary students try to improve their plated food presentations by adding stuff. They try to add because they think that by adding something, anything, like an extravagant garnish for instance, their plate will always look better. They think it can only add to the presentation. Unfortunately, the...

When you think about a benefactor of Humanity, you probably think Mother Teresa, Gandhi, MLK, Nelson Mandela or the Dalai Lama. I’ll personally go with Louis Camille Maillard. Maillard is the early 19th century chemist who brought us the Maillard reaction, which is one of the first things you learn...