Category Archives: kitchen tips What could be better on a cold Saturday night than sitting down to a slightly spicy, salty, sweet, roasted piece of beef? Chuck roast is the perfect cut for any slow cooking method. It is pretty inexpensive; mine cost $3.45 a pound, and when cooked properly will yield a tender and flavorful dish. Though I […]  Let’s start with my favorite song about potatoes which pretty much says it all! Everyone loves potatoes! But in the past several years our potato options have grown exponentially, and when you get to the grocery store, almost any store, you are confronted with a wide selection of potatoes (without including sweet potatoes and yams). There […]  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 […]  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 […]  I don’t know what I was thinking, I probably wasn’t thinking at all, but on Sunday I decided to make my debut in canning by making pickled beets and lemon curd in one afternoon! I owe this inspiration to my recent meeting with Marisa McClellan author of the blog and cookbook Food in Jars . I saw […] |
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