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A chafing dish is a metal cooking or serving pan on a stand with an alcohol burner holding chafing fuel below it. It is used for cooking at table, notably in gueridon service , or as a food warmer for keeping dishes at a buffet warm.
Chafing dish and stand, circa 1895, [16] Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Ding – prehistoric and ancient Chinese cauldrons, standing upon legs with a lid and two facing handles. They are one of the most important shapes used in Chinese ritual bronzes. Chafing dish – a cooking pan heated by an alcohol burner for cooking at table.
A chafing dish, one of many kinds of food warmers A food warmer is typically a table-top device used to maintain the serving temperature of prepared food. It is used both in homes and restaurants.
Chafing fuel is a fuel used for heating food, typically placed under a chafing dish. [1] It is usually sold in a small canister and burned directly within that canister, with or without a wick. [1] The fuel often contains methanol, ethanol, or diethylene glycol, as these may be burned safely indoors, and produce minimal soot or odour.
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Fine food, the principal study of gastronomy. Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between food and culture, the art of preparing and serving rich or delicate and appetizing food, the cooking styles of particular regions, and the science of good eating. [1]
Helen Brown's West Coast Cook Book (1952), Chafing Dish Book (1950) Helen Evans Brown (1904–1964) was an American chef and cookbook writer. She was a nationally known expert and wrote regular food columns, as well as collecting cookbooks from other authors.
The earliest origins of the material in Joy of Cooking are unclear. Marion considered that it evolved from a collection of recipes supposedly used by her mother as part of a cooking course for the First Unitarian Women's Alliance [8] but later research raises questions about Marion's recollection, with no indication that the mimeographs of the Women's Alliance recipes pre-dated the first ...