Category Archives: eating well 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 […]  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 […]  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 […]  Though the weather has turned fall-like twice now, today is the first cold, rainy day, and I wish I could wrap up in a blanket and watch a Katherine Hepburn movie marathon, but I have a long to-do list. At least I have a delicious bowl of homemade soup for lunch! There is nothing like […]  Behold my Presto Pressure cooker circa 1989 (or so). If you want this model you will need to scour E-Bay, church bazaars and garage sales. You probably have one that you’ve never used, and if you do I’d like to convince you to pull it out from waaaay back in your cabinets and give it […] |
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