There is no better time of the year than the holiday season to showcase how vacuum packaging can streamline your life. Case in point, are the leftovers of my delicious Thanksgiving holiday feast.…

Have you heard about sous vide cooking? This cooking style started in France, and requires the food to be "under pressure" or in other words vacuum sealed for cooking. The SV1 is an immersio…

Sweet potatoes are a holiday classic and iconic at America’s Thanksgiving tables across the country. Whether they come precooked and canned or freshly prepared and simply served w…

Chef Eric makes our mouths water with a new recipe each week, and now he's sending us recipes for videos too! Last month we introduced the Fresh Bites Videos with a couple of pumpkin recip…

Last night Chef Eric came to Kansas City for a live Demonstration about sous vide cooking and vacuum sealing in the kitchen.To start the night Eric discussed that “sous vide” translates from French…

Whether they are called satay in Indonesia, satti in the Southern Philippines, yakitori in Japan, shish kebab in Turkey and the Middle East, shashlik in the Caucasus, chuanr in Chi…

This crisp fall air is ideal for hiking. It isn't too hot and heavy, but it isn't so cold you're getting lost in all those layers. Pack up a bag, grab the kids and head out for a day on the trails.Mak…

It seems that no Southern buffet would be complete without some version of deviled eggs. A true American culinary staple most would be surprised to find that these extraordinary eg…

On Thursday, November 17th from 6:00-9:00 pm, Chef Eric Villegas will be presenting at Johnson County Community College in the Wysong Theater in the Wylie Hospitality and Culinary Cen…

Donations to Folds of Honor help to provide scholarships to the families of the men and women killed or disabled in their service to our nation. This Veterans Day we are standing proudly with Folds of…

Nobody puts “Dutch Baby” in a corner!Basically a sweetened popover of Germanic origins the Dutch Baby is a ridiculously simple showstopper of any breakfast or brunch menu. One cav…

The world has a sweet tooth and nowhere is it more apparent than in South America. It is said that Dulce de Leche originated in Argentina in 1829 around Buenos Aires. The cooks who during a milita…