Over the last few weeks I went on a tomato binge. Strange sounding, but since I don’t drink, I tend to binge on weird things. Or maybe I should just refer to them as a random craving. A craving that lasts for weeks or months. I first remember the cravings starting with cheese cake. I… Read more
Category: In The Kitchen
How To Store Citrus Long Term
I love to cook with citrus. Lemons and limes tend to make it into at least half of my dishes, more with lemon than lime but that could change. So what do you do when you get a hankering for something with a hint of lemon? I mean really, I do love having lemons sitting… Read more
Kneading Bread
One of my favorite things to make lately is bread. Unfortunately bread takes a fair amount of kneading to create the right texture for baking. To me this is unfortunate because of a wrist injury that acts up whenever I try to knead bread dough by hand. I really don’t think you can knead by… Read more
Cheese: Block Or Pre-Shredded?
For the longest time I always bought the pre-shredded cheese at the market. It was always just more convenient and just easier. But lately I have started buying it in blocks and shredding it as needed. I find that I have a bit more longevity to the cheese as well as it takes up a… Read more
Learning How To Cook
Sometimes I wonder why people look at me and say that they can’t cook. Inside I really think it’s a lie. It’s not that they can’t cook, but they are just afraid. I don’t mean afraid of the spatula running around and biting them, but afraid of failure and that what they might make will… Read more
Disasters
I think everyone will have at least one disaster while learning how to cook. At LEAST one. I think I’ve made hundreds, but that’s a whole other story. This whole cooking thing has been a journey for me, from not knowing that some foods like marshmallows could actually be made by hand, to actually making… Read more
Sticky Problems
You know what I really hate? When you go to all the trouble of baking something wonderful and your food sticks to the pan or has a chemically taste to it because of baking spray. I grew up with my mother using the old fashioned way of making pans non stick, butter and flour. Now… Read more