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Friends and Googles

First, of all, I wanted to give credit where credit is due.  My friend Daniel posted this recipe for Pasta with Rosemary Cream Sauce complete with step-by-step pictures.  I think his recipe looks absolutely fantastic and his blog style puts mine to shame. I wanted to blog about his recipe earlier, but I had one […]

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Using Salt

Using salt is one of the three most important skills in cooking, the other two being good knife skills and the proper use of heat.  For many, hearing that salt is a basic cooking skill will come as a surprise.  Given the linkage been salt and high blood pressure and other heart diseases, many home […]

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Spice Week: Herbs de’Provence

Welcome back to another (slightly later than I would have liked) edition of Spice Week.  In celebration of the Spice Girls reuniting, this week is all about how to use spices in your cooking. And yes, I realize that herbs de’Provence are herbs and not spices, but bear with me here.  They’re a handy little […]

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The Next Iron Chef 5

*** SPOILER ALERT ***  In this post I say who gets kicked off the show. This week’s episode of the Next Iron Chef was decent episode.  The task was to make a three course meal for 20 people using roughly $2,500 in ingredients (they got 2,000 Euros.)  They were then paired up with a sous […]

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The Flu

So I’ve been sidelined with the flu the past two days, hence my quiet over the past few days.  Thinking about food is torture right now, though I can now throw together an entire cocktail party based on the BRAT diet. I’ll try to catch up later this week.

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Procedural Stuff and Recipe Exchange

Hi everyone, I have added an “Editorial Calendar” to the site which shows what you can expect each day from the site.  If there is anything that you do not see or if you have any feedback, please email me. I am also announcing Theme Weeks.  Every other week, I will be presenting four different recipes […]

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Bloggers Unite!

September 27, 2007 is Blog Against Abuse day where thousands of Bloggers sit down and write a post against abuse.  I do not plan to use this blog as a political forum because it is about food, a wonderful artform that transcends nationality, race, creed, and religion.  Still, I feel like every endeavor needs a […]