Tag Archives: braising I have a food blog, and for the past month I have been not been cooking. Oh sure, I have cooked a few things, some cauliflower soup, a roasted chicken, and last week I made some macaroni and cheese and used smoked cheese, but nothing I was even moved to photograph or make notes about. I write […]  Fork tender is a phrase you hear all the time (well maybe not all the time) but it is often part of a recipe’s directions. So what does fork tender mean, and how do you know when you’re there? The magic about foods that should be cooked to this point is that they are almost […]  Water is a pretty amazing ingredient. it costs almost nothing, and is generally pretty accessible. In the science world, water is the universal solvent, and it is a key component in almost every living thing. You probably hardly give it a thought, but you wouldn’t want to cook without it. In the kitchen we sometimes […]  Braising is one of my favorite cooking methods. You can take a relatively inexpensive cut of meat, and turn it into something sublime, with a bit of effort and some investment of time. There are two critical components of braising, the browning and long cooking time. And not to contradict myself, but you can also […]  Once again I take on the slow cooker! I wanted this thing so badly, and it was a gift from two special people in my life, and I have never, ever met an appliance I couldn’t master, but I may have met my match! Pork with red cabbage seemed perfect. A nice warming fall dish […] |
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