Chef Alex is a Michigan native who moved to Chicago to attend Kendall College Culinary School. Since graduating, he has spent years working in Italian and French kitchens around the city, as well as working as a private chef.
Recent Posts
Level Up your Chicken Game
For a weeknight dinner, few things beat a whole or half roasted chicken in my book. But my personal goal as well as our goal at The Chopping Block, is to bring home cooks to the next skill level. So, ...
I am constantly cooking and trying out new recipes at home, including different cuisines from all around the world. One issue that this can present is not being able to cross utilize certain ...
One of my favorite aspects of cooking is taking my favorite foods and reformatting them into something else. Pasta is an especially great format for this, particularly stuffed pastas because you can ...
On New Year's Day, I spent a few hours touring Flushing, Queens, which is home to the largest and fastest growing Chinatown in the world. Eating all the incredible food that Flushing had to offer was ...
Last month, I wrote about my love for homemade Parmesan stock. While it is absolutely the “secret weapon for soup season” as I claimed, I want to demonstrate a different use for the stock which is ...
Soup season is in full swing, and in my and many other chef’s opinions, what makes a great soup is a great stock. While homemade chicken, vegetable, and beef stock are great, I want to introduce you ...
I recently visited my hometown in Michigan as I often do, and on my way back I was passing through New Buffalo and passed a sign labeled Farmette. This immediately caught my interest as it just ...
Prior to working as an instructor at The Chopping Block, I worked as a private chef for about a year and a half. I have fond memories of this part of my career, and I often get a lot of questions of ...
Once upon a time in my cooking career, I worked at a seafood restaurant that featured an oyster bar, and it was one of my favorite experiences in my career. That job made me fall in love with all of ...
Making stuffed pastas can seem like a very daunting task for home cooks, but can be a great and impressive thing to show off to your family and friends. I want to take the fear of making these pastas ...
