Recipes are detailed cooking instructions that allows a cook to replicate another person’s dish Revised 3/28/20 Historically From my perspective, four things had to occur before we could have widespread… [Continue Reading]
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Add a Little Panade
Unless you have gone to cooking school, or read cooking science or history books, you probably do not know what this term means; but cooks certainly use the technique. “Panade” comes from the Old English “panada” meaning a paste made from bread (or a bread mash). This shows how to add a little panade to dishes.
Seasoned Advice
Seasons, Spices, Herbs, Vinegars Seasoning, spices, and herbs all add flavors and aroma to meals, they enhance the taste of the food you have prepared, and can change or enhance… [Continue Reading]
Healthy Conversion
Our fast paced world lends itself to ordering food from Grub Hub, getting our salad at Whole Foods, picking up take-out, calling for pizza, receiving food boxes with ingredients and… [Continue Reading]
Real Hunger Games
Updated 18 May 2024; original 26 August 2019 Globally, the UN reports over 800M people live with hunger, that is 1 person in every 9 on this planet. According to… [Continue Reading]
Reduce take-out waste
Factoids EPA: Packaging accounts for nearly 30% of all waste generated across the country. Ocean Conservancy: Takeout food containers and wrappers are the #2 most prolific litter on our beaches… [Continue Reading]
Cutting Board Comments
Why Own a Cutting Board? A cutting board is a necessary prep surface for cooking, and serves several purposes. Saves your counter top from damage or staining Protects your knives… [Continue Reading]
Is Food a Commodity?
Commodity Investopedia: A commodity is a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the same type. Commodities are most often used as inputs in the… [Continue Reading]
Eating Causes Cancer?
Food Variables I have already commented on how it seems we are hearing, every few months, about the effects of food on our health. Foods contain many substances, and reports… [Continue Reading]
My Slow Cooker
Wikipedia: A slow cooker is a countertop electrical cooking appliance used to cook food at a lower temperature (simmer) than other cooking methods provide, which facilitates hours of unattended cooking…. [Continue Reading]
Ketosis: Keto + HMR Diets
A review of ketosis-based diets such as HMR, Keto and Atkins.
Cleaning After a Food Recall
How to clean your fridge after a food recall.
Wash and Eat…
I am an advocate of washing my hands and food before I cook to help reduce opportunities for bacteria to infect my friends and family. But I do not wash… [Continue Reading]