Tag Archives: cooking There are many reasons to pop your own popcorn rather than buying microwave popcorn. There are the the bags. Even if you get only organic popcorn the bag is still coated with perfluorochemicals, or PFCs, a class of chemicals linked to various cancers and reproductive system damage. You have no way of knowing if your popcorn […]  Since the late 1970’s America has been on a quest to eradicate fat from our diets as a way to remove it from our middles, and at the forefront of that quest was a low fat diet. What this meant for us was replacing animal fats with vegetable fats, hydrogenating fats, using increased amounts of […]  Eating seasonally has many benefits, from getting the freshest ingredients, to getting those things at the best prices available. Yes, this is one area in life when the cheapest stuff around is also the best quality, and how often does that happen? If you are lucky enough to have access to a farmers’ market […]  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 […] |
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