Sure, Jacques Pépin preps all his Granny Smiths tout de suite with a razor-edged paring knife, but Jasper van Ramhorst, a chef in the Netherlands, has created a method where he just stabs a drill bit into one end, guns it, and lets a peeler do the work. The Home Improvement&ndashstyle; food-prep hack is in service of a fast tarte Tatin, but this is uncharted territory — pastry cooks are by no means encouraged to try this on the line.
