frying food

CHAMPAIGN — A Champaign man is launching his new food truck today by providing free food to the homeless of Champaign-Urbana. Erasmus Diaz, 35, has started up Hunger Force Mobile Kitchen LLC. Diaz said he has lots of experience in the restaurant industry and decided it was time for him to have ...

First of all, has anybody noticed that just recently, the company has changed their name? Kentucky Fried Chicken has become KFC. Does anybody know why? We thought the real reason was because of the “FRIED” food issue. It's not. The reason why they call it KFC is because they can not use the word chicken anymore.

Although the local slaughterhouses have disappeared and offal is now an uncommon delicacy, a few restaurants in St. Louis and Evansville, Indiana, still serve brains. However, the first diagnosis of Mad Cow Disease in 1986 motivated the switch from bovine to porcine gray matter. According to food journalist Alton Brown, ...

Matt Smith's culinary career has taken him all over the world. The executive chef at Loveland's Door 222 — who also helped open Fort Collins' Locality — previously worked in kitchens in France, Spain and San Diego. He was also a Food Network contestant in the second season of "Chef Wanted" with ...

For the queso frito, add oil to a fry pan and heat over medium heat. 6. Coat cheese slices with cornstarch and shake off excess. 7. Place the cheese into the hot oil on one side until it turns golden brown. Turn and repeat. 8. To serve, place a serving of the onion garnish and the mangu in the center of the plate. Top with a few ...

As anyone with a connection to Utah and its signature foods knows, the founder of Arctic Circle restaurants created this pink concoction in the 1950s as an alternative dipping sauce for french fries. Since then, almost every Utah restaurant has developed its own version using ketchup and mayonnaise ...

But are these foods any good? In the spirit of the Food & Dining series “We Tried It,” our reporters volunteered to taste test some of the goods, with a twist. And with that, “We Fried It” was born. With Easter on the horizon, we decided to deep-fry some Easter egg treats, like Cadbury Creme Eggs, jelly beans ...

Fried food is the bad houseguest of cooking techniques: It's a crowd-pleaser, but behind the kitchen door it's messy, temperamental and leaves a foul stink ... of a large coffee maker — our GoWISE 5.8-quart model cost a little over $100 — and it essentially combines a small convection oven with a fry basket.