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My kitchen is your kitchen! As a personal chef, I travel all around Massachusetts, New England, and beyond, preparing foods in people’s homes.  I do it all, including

  • Cooking lesson parties
  • Romantic Dinners for Two
  • Small dinner parties, and
  • The classic personal chef service, where I’ll come to your home, and fill up your fridge and freezer with a week’s worth of your choice of entrees and side dishes.

I invite you to roam around my website.  Please contact me with any questions you might have. That’s almost as good as you and me  standing around and chatting about food in your kitchen!

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From the Chef Bill Blog

Paperback Writer!!!!!!

April 25, 2013 Chef Bill's Blog

I haven’t been toiling over a hot stove today.  No, I’ve been toiling over a cold keyboard.  Between you and me, the keyboard is harder. This is my simple way of saying (drum roll please) that I have signed a book contract with Storey Publishing.  Well, that’s not true either.  I’ve signed three book contracts [...]

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“Roasted” Whole Lemon Chicken in a Slow Cooker

April 5, 2013 Chef Bill's Blog

1 4-5 pound chicken 3-4 carrots, peeled and cut in 4 pieces, length-wise 2-3 celery stalks, cut in 4 pieces, length-wise approximately 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper paprika 1 onion, peeled and quartered 1 lemon, cut in half Remove the neck and giblets from the chicken.  Rinse the [...]

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Corned Beef. Just in time for the holidays!

March 14, 2013 Chef Bill's Blog

Corned beef.  Or, as my people like to say, a third method to cook brisket. But then, some might say it’s the second method, if you’re not one to swoon over a nice smoked brisket with a zippy barbecue sauce.  But I digress already. If you’re like most people, you’re both looking forward to, and [...]

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Corned Beef (and cabbage!)

March 14, 2013 Entrees

3-5 lbs raw corned beef 2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks 2 onions, peeled and cut into chunks 4 celery stalks, cut into chunks 6 cloves 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 3 small pieces, crystallized ginger 1/4 teaspoon juniper berries 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1/4 teaspoon whole peppercorns  The vegetables: 2 pounds potatoes 1 small cabbage 2 [...]

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Mac & Cheese

December 12, 2012 Entrees

If this recipe seems a bit daunting to prepare, think of it as five simple steps: boiling the pasta, grating the cheese, melting the butter and flour, adding the hot milk, and throwing everything in together. The result is a great, classic comfort food. 1 pound macaroni/elbows (or your favorite pasta) 2 tablespoons butter 2 [...]

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Thanksgiving Gravy and Carving!

November 19, 2012 Chef Bill's Blog

  It’s panic time. Your turkey is out of the oven.  All of the side dishes are sardined into the oven in a masterful attempt to heat white and sweet potatoes, green beans and Brussels sprouts, Aunt Edna’s peanut butter and spam in puff pastry treats, and more.  Now, you think, your work really begins.  [...]

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Turkey Gravy and More!

November 19, 2012 Entrees

  This three-part recipe will help you from the moment your turkey comes put of the oven until you’re ready to carve it. It has the gravy, the turkey stock, and removing the drippings from the pan.  One-stop gravy making! The Gravy ¼ cup flour or cornstarch 1/2 cup water 4 cups turkey or chicken [...]

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Cast Iron, Part 1

October 6, 2012 Chef Bill's Blog

There’s something about the mystique of a cast iron skillet.  It conjures up the idea of home cooking.  And campfires. And comfort food.  Even another time altogether.  But for those people who don’t actually own cast iron pans, it conjures up two more feelings:  panic and confusion.  All from a frying pan. Oops.  Sorry. We [...]

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Potato Gratin

August 24, 2012 Gluten Free

Interpreted from Jacques Pepin & Julia Child (yes I know: no cream, butter, cheese, or breadcrumbs…) 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 onion, sliced 4-5 Yukon gold potatoes, cut into 1/4” slices (peeling is optional) 2 cups (approx) chicken stock (ys, you can use vegetable stock) salt and pepper 2 bay leaves Preheat the oven to [...]

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Julia et moi (she’ll always have top billing)

August 24, 2012 Chef Bill's Blog

There are some days when I wake up and can’t believe I do this for a living.  Saturday was one of those days.  I showed up at Stonewall Kitchen in York, Maine to teach one of my frequent cooking classes there.  But this wasn’t just one of my regular classes there.  This was Julia Child [...]

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