Can you do me a favor? I want you to cook this weekend. Cook for yourself, or cook for your family. It doesn’t matter. Just get in the kitchen. It won’t take up much of your time, and the results will be amazing. Are you with me? Good. You’re roasting a chicken. Roast chicken with [...]
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Cooking methods: boil, steam, sauté
Here’s a dialogue I keep having with myself: You haven’t given them any recipes Who needs recipes? Your readers might like one or two. You know, that’s why people come to a cooking blog. For recipes. They shouldn’t. No? No. Besides, I’m not very good with recipes. Mine are always slap-dash and imprecise. Then why [...]
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Mastering salt is the first step towards mastering food
“What’s the most important thing for a cook to know in your kitchen?” [Keller] paused, then said, “Seasoning.” “What do you mean, seasoning?” “Salt and pepper.” He paused again. “Salt, really.” “The most important thing for a cook to know is how to salt food?” “That’s right,” he said. -Michael Ruhlman, The Elements of Cooking [...]
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Hearty broccoli and potato soup
My daughter’s a picky eater, one of those people who is particular about both taste and texture. Things easily range into some combination of bitter/slimy, so we have to be careful what we serve her. Strange thing, though, she seems to like all beans, from lentils to lima (spare me, okay?). She’s eleven. Beyond beans, [...]
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