Edited and Translated from Kompetisi Memasak Bocuse D’OR

Bocouse d’Or Cooking Competition 2008 will be held for the first time in Indonesia as a part of National Salon Culinaire 2008 activity. Bali Culinary Professionals (BCP) will become standing committe for international cooking competition. Participant from Every country that participated are the winner of national competition on each country, which is for Indonesia the competition will be held as a part of Salon Culinaire 2008 on Bali Food Hotel Tourism on 28 February untill 1 May 2008 at Nusa dua.

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Whenever you cook, there are certain safety rules you must always keep in mind. Even experienced cooks follow these rules when they are in the kitchen.

• Always wash your hands before handling food. Thoroughly wash all raw vegetables and fruits to remove dirt, chemicals and insecticides. Wash uncooked poultry, fish, and meat under cold water.
• Use a cutting board when cutting up vegetables and fruits. Don’t cut them up in your hand! And be sure to cut in a direction away from you and your fingers. Read the rest of this entry »

When buying seafood and fish, it is possible to find them fresh or frozen. But is the frozen seafood as good as fresh? Well, with the technological advances, today it is possible to immediately process and freeze fresh catches, usually right on the fishing vessel. The process of flash-freezing is employed, in which the water contained inside the food items is subjected to very low temperatures (below its melting/freezing point), causing water inside the foods to freeze in a very short period of time. Therefore, frozen seafood can even be superior in quality to fresh seafood products.

So, if you leave in a place where you cannot easily find a fresh seafood seller, to buy frozen seafood and fish is a good option. Personally I buy frozen fish and seafood for practical reasons, if I spontaneously decide to prepare a seafood recipe, I always have something in my freezer, I don´t have to worry go shopping. Frozen of fresh you should pay attention to some aspects when buying seafood. Below you can see some tips on how select fish or seafood.

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