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When I cook for others, I try to take their diet restrictions and incorporate it into the meal I will serve everyone. This means I research whatever diet someone is… [Continue Reading]

I regularly make quick pickles, have made sauerkraut, and recently posted [Little Cultured Pickle For Me], so have some experience with this topic. Historically, brining, marinating, pickling, and curing are… [Continue Reading]

I cook with oxtails, but I know only three ways to use them: 1) as meat-bones for making bone broths, 2) as part of making soups, and 3) as part… [Continue Reading]

For my birthday this year, my best friend and my spouse, took me out for lunch at the Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, California. They made reservations to sit in… [Continue Reading]

This topic is rife with personal feelings, so when stated upfront that nothing I have found indicates that a gluten-free diet is a healthier way to eat, or even that… [Continue Reading]

Published 15 April 2022; updated 4 May 2022 Frying food is one of the techniques I use a lot, and it is believed to have first appeared in the Ancient Egyptian… [Continue Reading]

I wrote a post on what I thought about American Cuisine and food created in the USA. Chili Con Carne (chilies with meat) is one of those American dishes that… [Continue Reading]

A friend sent me a link to a Vox article: The extinction crisis that no one’s talking about: coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose… [Continue Reading]

There are generally five different methods for cooking rice: stovetop – pilaf – risotto – steaming – boiling; and each produces very different results. Which cooking technique to use, depends… [Continue Reading]

Columbia University’s Research Director Puma and Associate Professor Konar wrote a NYT opinion regarding Putin’s War against Ukraine. Specifically, they expressed concerns about this war leading to increased food prices,… [Continue Reading]

Colcannon is a traditional creamy Irish mashed potatoes dish made with cabbage or kale, scallions or leeks, and butter. But there are many variations, and special ways to use up… [Continue Reading]

Mushrooms are a wonderful food ingredient used by high-end chefs and everyday cooks alike for their umami flavor, as well as their meaty texture. What they add to our nutrition… [Continue Reading]

Everywhere on this planet we are experiencing one of the effects of global travel and transportation. From the pandemics that are too easily spread, to non-native, invasive species taking over… [Continue Reading]