Updated 10/2019 Now that PG&E has cut power in anticipation of wildfire weather, I have made some changes to this post to better reflect what I have learned. Mainly, if… [Continue Reading]
My Kitchen is Serving
So we have prepped, cooked and now are ready to serve the food we have made. Side Note on Parties The art of food-based entertaining is a dying art in… [Continue Reading]
My Kitchen is Cooking
What is so interesting to me about cooking, is that the amount of time we actually spend cooking is relatively small. Most of what people think of as “cooking” is… [Continue Reading]
My kitchen Prep
“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” ― George Bernard Shaw There are a lot of kitchen stores, cooking shows, and gadgets or tools that promise to make your… [Continue Reading]
Why + What I Blog
Personal In 2016 my arthritic knees were starting to get to the place that I was considering replacements. I called the doctor and essentially was told I needed to lose… [Continue Reading]
Prevent Foodborne Illness
I started to read a healthy-cooking article, and it reported that according to the CDC, every year 1 in 6 Americans get food-related illnesses; which I think is an amazingly… [Continue Reading]
New Species + It is Invasive
Revised 24 December 2020; Original 3 May 2019 Plastic is a human-made product that is literally every where humans have been. We have plastic litter left on the moon, it… [Continue Reading]
Cooking with Oil
Originally published 4/26/2019, revised 9/21/2020 Types of Fats We need fats in our diet, as they play a very important tole in our health. All oils have a combination of… [Continue Reading]
Salmon + Katie
In April my cat Katie died. It is so very hard when one loses a pet, especially one who had the capacity to provide me so many hoursofcalming pleasure by… [Continue Reading]
Healthy + Frozen
There are lots of frozen food that are healthy and at times more appropriate to use than what you can buy in the store. This allows for eating food out… [Continue Reading]
I am a 2-fisted drinker
The connotation of the phrase “two fisted drinker” is that of someone who has an alcoholic drink in both hands, they drink a lot, and can apparently hold it. However,… [Continue Reading]
Boring to Exceptional Cooking
Updated 13 July 2020; Original 29 March 2019 All Chefs and good Cooks have little tricks they use to up the flavor of their favorite dishes. I have done an… [Continue Reading]
Cooking Math
Updated 24 December 2020; Original 22 March 2019 Cooking as Art, Craft or Science Archaeology can point to proof that cooking started at least ~1M years ago, by humans no… [Continue Reading]