Do not allow to boil. To make the consommé brunoise: Peel and cut the carrot, celery, and leek into very thin strips and then into tiny dice. The tinier the dice the prettier the garnish. Cook the ...

Since childhood, I have loved watching TV chefs cut vegetables. The blur of the knife, perfect slices dropping like dominoes behind nimble fingers with nary a Band-Aid in sight -- like professionals ...

Every time I chop onions, I recall the scene in the movie "Julie and Julia" in which Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep) masters the art of correctly chopping onions. She is ecstatic. For the better ...

And other vegetables, such as root vegetables, are cut into julienne. Julienning is the first step in cutting a vegetable into the tiny dice called brunoise. Vegetables may also be cut into larger ...