The FOODCOMMANDER is an independently produced cooking show showcase. There are currently 14 episodes available for viewing through Youtube.

To watch any episode, click on Episode Guides + recipes in the sidebar menu.

Cooking is, above all, a craft. No special talent is required to learn it; all you need, besides competent guidance from an experienced cook, is: humility, curiosity, patience, and the basic ability to process information.

Less is more

The first lesson is that good cooking is always executed with educated restraint. Cooking is not a free-for-all. Without discipline, any cook is headed for disaster.

The food industry's best-kept secret

Chefs don't like to eat fancy food. As a matter of fact, they get more excited about a sun-ripened heirloom peach, a chunk of un-pasteurized French cheese or a slice of excellent Italian Prosciutto than about a five-course menu. When chefs sit down to eat, they seek to taste pure ingredients in a simple combination. Why? Because they know that it doesn't get any better than that.

So forget about learning how to cook like a chef! First, you should learn how to eat like a chef.

Back to basics

If you want your ingredients to give you their best, you need to be in total control. This can only be learned if you study the basics and learn how to prepare simple dishes from scratch. The good news is that you will find out that simple food is also the most rewarding and satisfying food there is, taste-wise as well as health-wise. This is what this show is about.

Once you have mastered the basics, you will be able to continue learning on your own. But until then, you will have to follow my command!

The first FOODCOMMANDER episode was uploaded on YouTube in July 2006. There are currently 13 episodes available for free viewing.

To watch any episode, click on Episode Guides + recipes in the sidebar menu.