Compound Butter is a classic preparation but something you still see on restaurant menus. Why? Well, it’s fabulous! Beurre Compose’ in French, it’s great on steaks flavored with chives, peppercorns, herbs and sometimes wine or liquors. It’s also great on grilled fish, flavored with lemon and dill. It comes to the table still melting over the meat and adds a buttery lusciousness to whatever you put it on. It is the easiest sauce you can create. I have another handy use for it, Roast Thanksgiving Turkey, but first, lets go over the basics and make one.





Choosing the right pans for you can be difficult. If you cook, you will get a lot of benefit from having the right tools, pans being a pretty important piece of the puzzle. If you have shopped for them recently, you have certainly noticed the wide range of both price and quality available to choose from. If that hasn’t confused you enough, what about the pans endorsed by chefs, they must be good right? Are the expensive pans really worth it?
