Chef Mauro Chiecchio and Alfred Toth

Do professional chefs use recipes?

Do professional chefs use recipes? Follow a recipe or freestyle, do chefs, or for that matter, does anyone really use or follow recipes? These days many of us have trouble finding time for the simple things in life, let alone cooking. We quickly discover that cooking involves both technical and artistic aspects, and if nothing else, we can save time by following recipes.

Cooking techniques are as old a fire, so why reinvent the wheel? Following a recipe gives us a head start, learning from the mistakes of others. With experience, cooking becomes easier, and then with success, cooking becomes fun.

Let’s take a look at recipes; who uses them, why they are useful, and how we can use them.

Vegan Planet

Veganism, the top food trend for 2016, is going mainstream and, as with any trend, many will try to capitalize without embracing the trends core values. Vegan Plant, the new vegan restaurant in Mexico City, is an exception. Miguel Bautista, co-founder and Executive Chef, has been vegetarian for over 30 years and vegan for 11 years, and is dedicated to spreading the vegan philosophy through his spectacular food.

Yug Vegetariano

If you´re vegetarian and have, or will be traveling to Mexico or other Latin countries, you´ll quickly realize that the diets of these cultures are heavily meat-based.  In Mexico City, while searching for vegetarian restaurants you will undoubtedly discover Yug Vegetariano.

A Vegetarian In A Steakhouse

A Vegetarian In A Steakhouse? You are probably wondering why a vegetarian or vegan would even consider going to a steakhouse. There are many reasons a vegetarian might end up in a steakhouse, one is that you may be going out to dinner with friends or family that don’t share your enthusiasm for eating a  plant-based diet , but for us, the real reason we choose to eat in a steak house are the Delicious Baked Potatoes.