Tag Archives: food safety Are you cooking safe? Do you defrost your frozen food on your counter-top? Are you still washing your chicken? Do you understand why it’s safe to eat steak rare, but not hamburger? Do you believe that cooking your chicken extra well done makes it even safer? I have been immersed in the world of food […]  Thanksgiving cooking is pretty stressful. This is probably the biggest meal you will cook all year, and the time when a lot of people are cooking things they don’t normally cook under stressful conditions, and with a timer running! It is also when you have the opportunity to expose your loved ones to illness if […]  Going to culinary school was one of the best things I’ve ever done, and I went at the perfect time in my life! For anyone who has ever thought about going I will offer this; culinary school doesn’t really teach you how to be a good cook, culinary school teaches you how to be a […]  As much as love having company over, especially for meals, it can sometimes be a challenge for me to share my kitchen. Guests often want to help, and though I appreciate the offer there aren’t too many people with whom I can comfortably co-cook. In culinary school team cooking was the norm, and mercifully we […]  Do the freshness dates on food really mean anything? It’s Friday morning and we’re trying to get out of the house and get to school on time. I recite the litany of breakfast choices for my daughter, and as usual she chooses yogurt and granola. She gets everything out and before she puts the yogurt […] |
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