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Amanda ArnoldForbes staff
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Cook like is a column in which Forbes has been approved asks some of the most notable personalities in food space on the kitchen items they reach the most. Whether you organize a gourmet dinner or try a new recipe for dinner, look no further for ideas and inspiration.
Calvin Eng’s mission has always been clear: presenting the Cantonese-American cuisine. And by many measures, he has succeeded.
When its restaurant, Bonnie’s, opened its doors in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the end of 2021, it has become one of the most difficult reserves to hang – and to date, it remains popular in an area that does not lack the buzzing establishments. The year that followed Bonnie after opening his doors, he was a finalist of James Beard Emerging Chef, then landed on the list of 30 less than 30 forbes the following year.
“But with the restaurant, we have an impact on so many people,” he says. His first kitchen book, Salt, sugar, msgToday, widens that reaches. “We can educate people on Cantonese cuisine and show them what it can be.”
Named from what is called “the most important trio of Cantonese cuisine”, the kitchen book is filled with fun and creative recipes that are rooted in the tradition but entirely in Ang, including the pork schnitzel with salt and pepper with the Chinese ranch, the fuyu cacio e pepe and the pie with a mild potato jar. Beyond the recipes, he is filled with anecdotes from his childhood by growing up in Bay Ridge, Odes to the characters and institutions of Chinatown, and guides to spices and kitchen tools that are fundamental for his kitchen style. It is also, as he says, “a very personal project of project family” – he wrote the book with his fiancée, Phoebe Melnick.
As for the great aspirations of the engine for the book, he hopes that “it arouses conversations on this new style of cooking of the third culture,” he said. The de-stigmatizing MSG more, which has long been part of its mission, is also an objective.
Below, SIG shares some of its most ready cooking tools, staples of unadorned restaurants such as sibbling trays and cold cuts containers to a manufacturer of rice balls that he uses for his son.
Calvin Eng
CCK Small Cleaver
Covered and more
A Chinese carbon steel thumb keys
“A cleaver is definitely my knife of choice because it is versatile. You can use it for bones, produce and breaking. It is also a scraper to collect ingredients on the cutting board. ” (Her Favorite cleaner is currently exhausted but the CCK blade is similar in the design.)
CCK Small Cleaver
$ 139
Aeropress coffee maker
Amazon
A compact coffee maker
“I am the only one at home drinking coffee, so I don’t have crazy gadgets to make pots or something like that – the aeropress is my movement to make coffee at home. I think that makes the best drop. And my coffee of choice is coffee busto, always, with condensed milk. W.Centure, I am at the bottom of the condensed milk, I press my coffee directly.
Aeropress coffee maker
$ 38
The trifecta that inspired the title of his cookbook
Msg
Amazon
“I always have salt, sugar and msg on my counter. To be even more precise, I keep them in Japanese pans in yakumi – they are popular in stainless steel in the pans. ” (His favorite salt is kosher salt in diamond crystal.)
Ajinomoto MSG
$ 7
Takes in Kunz
Amazon
The great spoons perfect for (almost) anything
“”I use a Kunz spoon for everything. It’s massive and the perfect size. It is practical, efficient, durable and versatile, whether to serve or a kitchen or recovery. Sometimes I even eat with the spoon.
Kunz gray spoons (2 pack)
$ 30
A practical gadget to make rice balls for his son
Rice jaw
Amazon
“I discovered this off Amazon – it’s a small plastic device in which you pick up rice, then you close the lid and shake, and it turns out that rice balls. My son likes rice but he does a mess when he eats it, so we don’t like to serve it normally.
Rice jaw
$ 5
Brush pliers to cook (and eat)
Tongs
Amazon
“These are EAsier to use that huge kitchen pliers, and they are made of stainless steel, so the dishwasher is safe and durable. They are particularly perfect for cooking pasta or any type of noodles. I eat very often with them, because they are only baguettes with training wheels. »»
Stainless steel brush plugs
$ 10
All use stainless steel trays
Round stainless steel plates
Amazon
“I use stainless steel trays for many things. They are perfect for setting up because they are light and durable, and smoking and dredges, with their high edges and their flat flat. They are also safe, safe in the oven and inexpensive. You could even serve it. “
Round round stainless steel plates (6)
$ 72
Sizzling trays for grill, service and more
Oval Steel Steel Steel tray Winco
Amazon
“The size is very similar to the size of an eighth stove or a sheet in sheets, so it’s perfect. But stainless steel also makes it very durable, in terms of leakage and dishwasher. So I use it for many things. I don’t really use the aluminum sets at home.
Oval Steel Steel Steel tray Winco
$ 11
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Durahome food storage containers
Amazon
“I always have cups, pints and liters at home to store ingredients and remains. They facilitate things to organize because they are clear. I’m just trying not to heat things in there because I don’t want plastic in the microwave. ”
Durahome food storage containers (44 pack)
$ 23
A Sharpie and a band to label everything
Scottish masking tape
Amazon
“”I send all religious, whether in the refrigerator, dry storage, the pantry, the freezer, where. It’s just anchored in our household now. »»
