Chef Novelli inspired smoked and braised Pork Belly

I recently finished watching the first season of Chef Academy on Bravo TV.   In this “reality” show on Bravo TV world famous Michelin starred chef Jean-Christophe Novelli opens a chef school in Los Angeles.  Over the course of this docu-series he takes nine students through his school.

One of the recipes they learned to cook was

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Product Review: ProQ Cold Smoke Generator

What exactly is “cold smoking?”

Aaron Ralston published an “ezine article” with a good explanation for cold smoking:

Cold smoking is very similar to hot smoking, except the cooking temperature is much lower. The targeted cold smoking temperature range is between 80 degrees F  and 100 degrees F, and the smoking time can range anywhere from 4

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Apple Pulled Pork For The Scouts (Part 1)

This weekend about 5,000 LDS Boy Scouts will meet for four days of fun, education and spiritual enrichment, just south of where I live. Our Wards Scout Troop asked me to come out and feed them a BBQ dinner on Friday night. I couldn’t say no.

I had to make time today to cook

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