Tag: Kitchen Equipment

  • Colour Coding

    The previous article looked at equipment to food contamination and suggested using separate equipment and utensils for raw and cooked foods. Colour coding is one way to achieve this. Most commercial kitchens use colour coded chopping boards, and even colour coded knives, cloths, etc. Here’s a table of the most usual colour coding system. Colour…

  • Equipment-to-food contamination

    Equipment and work surfaces can easily be contaminated by foods, particularly raw meat and poultry, by pests, and even by the food handler. Then the equipment will pass on the bacteria to any other food it comes into contact with. Any items which have come into contact with raw meat or poultry, or their juices,…

  • Passionate About Knives

    My culinary infidelity with a Japanese chef After many years of domestic bliss, I’ve been seduced by a good-looking bit of rough. I’m in love with a Johnny come lately. The object of my desires feels great too but I’m a little bit guilty about it. Here’s what happened. I first spotted the Japanese Chef…