Cooking Lessons From Major League All-Star Evan Longoria
In the kitchen with Tampa Bay's third baseman, restaurant owner, and amateur chef
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Three-time All-Star Evan Longoria has played third base for the Tampa Bay Rays since 2008. He’s also an amateur chef. He prepares four family dinners a week in the offseason, co-owns a Tampa restaurant, Ducky’s, and spent a New Year’s Eve working the fry station at N9NE Steakhouse in Las Vegas. Here are his top four tips for the kitchen.
1. All you need to season a steak is salt and pepper. Heat a pan on high for at least five minutes, then cook the steak for three minutes on each side. Finish in an oven at 375F for five minutes. You need to have a good vent system, because it creates a lot of smoke. Usually I set off the smoke alarm.