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Now that my garden has been put to bed for the winter, I miss having the fresh smells of aromatic herbs in my home. I have dried my culinary herbs. Do you have any tips on how to use herbs during the holidays for food, festivities and fragrance?
Herbs are a perfect addition to holiday ... Views: 856
As everyone knows that Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. Thanksgiving was historically a religious observation to give thanks to God. There are several ways to celebrate ... Views: 687
You heard right, don't adjust your computer monitor. You can make creamy as well as amazing fine dining quality hot soup in a mixer. Needless to say, not any type of blender is going to do. You need what I consider one of the worlds best juicers for you to do it. Mainly, the Vitamix 5200. This ... Views: 1388
Choosing a flaky pie crust or a mealy pie crust for you pie can mean the difference between pie pride and pie purgatory. It’s not that you need different recipes for the two types of pie crust, you just need to employ two different methods.
Flaky pie crust will absorb more moisture than a ... Views: 981
Choosing a flaky pie crust or a mealy pie crust for you pie can mean the difference between pie pride and pie purgatory. It’s not that you need different recipes for the two types of pie crust, you just need to employ two different methods.
Flaky pie crust will absorb more moisture than a ... Views: 2686
This Strawberry Pie Recipe Is a Great Method for Any Other Fresh Fruit Pie.
Unlike canned fruit, fresh fruit does not come with extra liquid. However, we do need some liquid to use as a binder for our pie. If we just sliced strawberries, placed them on the right type of flakes pie crust, and ... Views: 966
This Strawberry Pie Recipe Is a Great Method for Any Other Fresh Fruit Pie.
Unlike canned fruit, fresh fruit does not come with extra liquid. However, we do need some liquid to use as a binder for our pie. If we just sliced strawberries, placed them on the right type of flakes pie crust, and ... Views: 978
A potluck party can be a food nightmare. As a professional Chef and caterer, few things offend my culinary senses more than the holiday potluck party. With hot items going cold, badly portioned and picked-through platters, nacho dip next to brownies, and unidentifiable entrees all sharing the ... Views: 829
A potluck party can be a food nightmare. As a professional Chef and caterer, few things offend my culinary senses more than the holiday potluck party. With hot items going cold, badly portioned and picked-through platters, nacho dip next to brownies, and unidentifiable entrees all sharing the ... Views: 1005
Do you start thinking about uses for leftover turkey as soon as the meal begins or does all that food just get loaded into your refrigerator?
Since thanksgiving cooking planning starts at your desk and not your stove, you may not have any food remaining after the meal. To reduce wasted time, ... Views: 898
Do you start thinking about uses for leftover turkey as soon as the meal begins or does all that food just get loaded into your refrigerator?
Since thanksgiving cooking planning starts at your desk and not your stove, you may not have any food remaining after the meal. To reduce wasted time, ... Views: 881
Gravlax Roses can make a simple and attractive holiday appetizer from dry-cured salmon. Whether you cure the salmon yourself, or just purchase it, my simple procedure can be the focus of a fancy appetizer selection that only you know was quite simple.
To me, the definition of cooking is ... Views: 1020
Gravlax Roses can make a simple and attractive holiday appetizer from dry-cured salmon. Whether you cure the salmon yourself, or just purchase it, my simple procedure can be the focus of a fancy appetizer selection that only you know was quite simple.
To me, the definition of cooking is ... Views: 1104
Old Drink, Young Crowd
Why is it that scotch always seem to be left alone in the bar scene? It is understandable that most people find scotch to harsh to drink while dancing the night away but could it not be introduced in some mild cocktails? Generally it is assumed that the sweeter ... Views: 775
My Grandmother used cornstarch to make turkey gravy. My Mother inherited this procedure of dissolving cornstarch in water to thicken the drippings. Well, this generational laziness stops here!
If your family is like mine, your elders will be sliding the roasting pan from the oven in a few ... Views: 1046
My Grandmother used cornstarch to make turkey gravy. My Mother inherited this procedure of dissolving cornstarch in water to thicken the drippings. Well, this generational laziness stops here!
If your family is like mine, your elders will be sliding the roasting pan from the oven in a few ... Views: 1241
Does the very thought of cooking the impending supper raise your blood pressure? Do you have a feeling of dread? "Oh no! I've got to go to the store before closing time!" or "I would have loved to have made THAT but I am missing one ingredient!" or maybe, "No honey, I can't help you with your ... Views: 845
Sure, you have heard of the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Grammys but did you know there are cheese competitions that honor gourmet cheese produced here in the United States and around the world? Cheese experts convene to blindly judge cheese by its appearance, aroma, taste, finish and a host of ... Views: 1035
When you cook green beans this holiday season, will you open a can of condensed soup and let the beans bake for hours? Most people do. Baking vegetables over a long period of time reduces their nutrient value.
Plus, if you are trying to have a stress-free holiday cooking experience, you’re ... Views: 1435
When you cook green beans this holiday season, will you open a can of condensed soup and let the beans bake for hours? Most people do. Baking vegetables over a long period of time reduces their nutrient value.
Plus, if you are trying to have a stress-free holiday cooking experience, you’re ... Views: 1055
Christmas dinner ideas come easy. Turkey, Ham, or Beef with potatoes and vegetables. However, how you START your meal can be a more perplexing problem. There are infinite choices of holiday appetizers to choose from. How do you find the right recipe?
You don’t FIND the right recipe, you ... Views: 1107
Christmas dinner ideas come easy. Turkey, Ham, or Beef with potatoes and vegetables. However, how you START your meal can be a more perplexing problem. There are infinite choices of holiday appetizers to choose from. How do you find the right recipe?
You don’t FIND the right recipe, you ... Views: 918
Christmas dinner ideas come easy. Turkey, Ham, or Beef with potatoes and vegetables. However, how you START your meal can be a more perplexing problem. There are infinite choices of holiday appetizers to choose from. How do you find the right recipe?
You don’t FIND the right recipe, you ... Views: 1054
Christmas dinner ideas come easy. Turkey, Ham, or Beef with potatoes and vegetables. However, how you START your meal can be a more perplexing problem. There are infinite choices of holiday appetizers to choose from. How do you find the right recipe?
You don’t FIND the right recipe, you ... Views: 1251
A great Thanksgiving appetizer recipe can be the start of any reason to celebrate. Whether a holiday dinner, birthday, or weekend party, offering attractive and delicious yet simple appetizers can get any gathering off to a great start.
Appetizers, or “hors d Oeuvres” are small bites of food ... Views: 1096
A great Thanksgiving appetizer recipe can be the start of any reason to celebrate. Whether a holiday dinner, birthday, or weekend party, offering attractive and delicious yet simple appetizers can get any gathering off to a great start.
Appetizers, or “hors d Oeuvres” are small bites of food ... Views: 1397
Successfully pulling off a delicious meal calls for a plan and hard work. Planning and preparation together with the proper tools and equipment are the ideal recipe for a delicious meal every time. Planning is an important fraction of the culinary process, and every cook is as much an artisan as ... Views: 779
Christmas dinner ideas are harder to come by than any other holiday menu. Most people have deep traditions when it comes to their Thanksgiving table, but Christmas presents a great opportunity to try new things, new ideas for the coming new year.
Let’s start with starch. Potatoes are high ... Views: 1077
Looking for something quick and warming to feed the family that is delicious too? This was a hit at my house and is a complete meal in a bowl. It makes enough for leftovers too!!
1.5 lbs (700g) lean ground beef
1 large onion
1 sweet red bell pepper
1 medium zucchini
3 cloves of ... Views: 999
Thanksgiving potatoes are boring. If you’re serving the same mashed potatoes year-after-year, you know what I’m talking about. Do you have relatives that insist on the same old menu each holiday? Will Aunt Francis refuse to attend if you don’t serve the family mashed potato recipe?
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Thanksgiving potatoes are boring. If you’re serving the same mashed potatoes year-after-year, you know what I’m talking about. Do you have relatives that insist on the same old menu each holiday? Will Aunt Francis refuse to attend if you don’t serve the family mashed potato recipe?
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Apple Cranberry Sauce is something unique that you can add to your holiday table this year and avoid the gelatinous creature that slides from a can every holiday meal.
I’m not crazy about cranberry sauce in the first place. Cranberries are very tart and sour. That’s why they’re combined ... Views: 1037
Making your own brown sugar ham glaze is so simple that you won’t need to buy a commercially prepared sweet-baked ham this year. You can save money by buying, baking, and glazing your own ham this holiday season.
Brining Turkey is Better Than Burning Down Your House was my advice for people ... Views: 1073
Making your own brown sugar ham glaze is so simple that you won’t need to buy a commercially prepared sweet-baked ham this year. You can save money by buying, baking, and glazing your own ham this holiday season.
Brining Turkey is Better Than Burning Down Your House was my advice for people ... Views: 4361
I´m a fan of ginger and thats why I will try to let you know a little about this remakable root. For some years in the western world ginger is becoming increasingly important. In most supermarkets you can buy the fresh tubers; health-food stores and China shops offer dried ginger, ginger powder ... Views: 1531
It’s turkey time! The bird is out of the oven and it’s time to carve turkey! Rather than trying to cut all the meat directly from the carcass at the table, consider creating an attractive platter behind the scenes this year.
The turkey is fully roasted when my thermometer reads 165F (74C) ... Views: 898
It’s turkey time! The bird is out of the oven and it’s time to carve turkey! Rather than trying to cut all the meat directly from the carcass at the table, consider creating an attractive platter behind the scenes this year.
The turkey is fully roasted when my thermometer reads 165F (74C) ... Views: 862
If you are thinking of opting for the raw food lifestyle because your best friend has done so or some celebrity you adore has recently switched to such a lifestyle, you need to stop and think for a while. Making a lifestyle switchover especially when it is choosing something like a raw food ... Views: 661
If you are considering becoming vegan because it concerns nothing but giving up meat and becoming a vegetarian, think again. While becoming vegan is perhaps the healthiest decision that you could take, it is not merely becoming a vegetarian – it is more than that.
What is a vegan?
A vegan ... Views: 589
I have a special place in my heart for cheese; from Gouda to Colby, Parmesan or Mozzarella. Cheddar is better, but I would be remiss to leave out Swiss. In my book, if you top something with cheese, you only make it better. It explains why my favorite types of appetizers are cheese based, ... Views: 774
I don’t think I’ve ever used a holiday stuffing recipe. That’s not to say I’ve never made a dressing for turkey, I’ve had to make it for 15,000 people! Imagine trying to follow a recipe for 15,000 people. Would it say “15,000 pinches of salt”?
I’ve been urging people to “cook like a ... Views: 1090
It is not uncommon to fall prey to trends, be it fashion or lifestyle. However decisive we may be, we tend to follow the flock, so to speak, especially when a particular trend has the nod of approval from celebrities or famous people. Becoming a vegetarian is one such phenomenon that was once ... Views: 952
Brining turkey is my favorite way to prepare my holiday turkey. People’s biggest fear is that their turkey will be dry after cooking it. This is a reasonable fear, because “roasting” is a dry-heat convective cooking process. When roasted, your turkey is cooked indirectly through the use of ... Views: 1156
Munich's Oktoberfest is the world's largest fair with close to 6 million people attending over a 16 day period. When you think of Oktoberfest, naturally, you think of beer. And you should since Oktoberfest doesn't officially commence until the Mayor taps the first keg and declares "O'zapft is" - ... Views: 1352
In honor of Halloween we are celebrating the monsters (or should I say Munsters) of the gourmet cheese world. As The Cheese Ambassador, I find cheese to be a thing of beauty but I do come across some rather beastly specimens that give reason to pause before tasting. Whether it’s a malodorous ... Views: 1078
Of the many Thanksgiving cooking tips I can give you, this is perhaps the most important. It can be the difference between a triumphant meal and an undercooked case of food borne illness.
I get many questions on email about correct roasting temperatures. “What temperature should my oven be ... Views: 991
I’ve got a lot of cooking turkey tips for you this year, but the very first must be choosing your bird. There are many different classifications and labels that are placed on Thanksgiving fowl, and it can be confusing knowing which type of poultry to purchase.
A “Free Range” bird may not ... Views: 995