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Four Subtle Ways To Improve Your Culinary Skills

  Cooking is a sensitive subject. Everyone wants to be the next Gordon Ramsey, but not everyone is born with enough skills to whip up a perfect beef wellington or steak tartare. It is unfortunate, but some people are just not meant to be chefs. But what about being a … [Read more...]

Why Do We Spend More for Nutritionally Deficient Food?

Food prices may be on the rise, but the quality of the food many Americans eat today is lower than it was in the past. Unfortunately, consumer watchdog groups aren’t necessarily persuading us otherwise. Rip-offs at the grocery store It’s bad enough that you have to wait in … [Read more...]

Keeping Your Wine Cool for an Optimum Experience

The term, "wine cellar" has more meaning for maintaining the beverage than simply because it's an out of the way location to safely store bottles. The cellar was traditionally the ideal location to store wine for two very important reasons: protection from sunlight and steady … [Read more...]

Are Japanese Knives Really the Sharpest in the Drawer?

The best chefs and cooks are absolutely passionate about their knives; everyone seems to have their favorite, and internet forums are filled with discussions pitting knife brand against knife brand, Western vs Asian, one knife vs a collection, and so on. Chinese chefs often … [Read more...]

Try Non-Dairy Alternatives in Your Favorite Espresso

  Image source Many coffee shops offer whole cow’s milk as the default for espresso-based beverages, as this is the milk traditionally used for lattes, cappuccinos, and other coffee shop classics. But for vegans, the lactose intolerant, those who are generally health … [Read more...]

4 Ways You Can Cook Finger Lickin’ Fish

When it comes to fish recipes you many think that you’ve already tried and tested everything there is out there, but the truth is you’ve only just begun. Old El Paso has brought another dimension to fish dishes, making fish a flavour you just cannot deny yourself. At Old El … [Read more...]

Carrot Cake Secrets: Learn What the Pros Know

Nothing beats the old-fashioned goodness of a perfectly moist carrot cake with a rich cream cheese frosting. The depth of the flavors and spices is an amazing taste to behold, making this classic dessert a favorite of many. We can feel good about the fact that we’re also eating … [Read more...]

Five Delicious Crock Pot Apple Recipes for Fall

Fall is a great time to dust off the crock pot to make some delicious slow cooked treats for your family. Not only are crock pot desserts delicious, they are so easy to make too, with the crock pot doing all the work for you. Here are some favorite apple dessert recipes that you … [Read more...]

6 Great Gluten-Free Recipes for the Newbie Chef

Going gluten free is a popular trend these days; more and more people are treating gluten like a leper. The actual truth is that gluten is only harmful to a small percentage of the people trying so hard to cut it out. Cutting gluten may actually do them harm in the long … [Read more...]

Halibut Steak with Sweet Potato Wedges

If you are looking for sumptuous meal to tweet for the Lenten season, try Halibut steak with sweet potato wedges. Take a photo of your very own Lenten recipe and post it on your Twitter page. Don’t forget to use InstaBG to upload your instagram photos. InstaBG allows you to … [Read more...]

Which Are The Best Recipe Sites?

Recipe portals and search engines are amongst the hottest of trends on the web today where the old world meets the new. Sites such as Epicurious, Chow and AllRecipes are just a few examples of where you can surf to to get recipes, cooking tips and menu advice. But which of the … [Read more...]

Wedding Cake Ideas

The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton is fast coming up, and the whole world is watching the events unfold. On the 29th of April, what might very well be the wedding of the century will be held at Westminster Abbey. From the service to the procession – … [Read more...]

Bar en Crôute Feuilletée

Ingredients : • 1200 grams sea perch (2 ¾ lbs, can be Sea Bass or Rockfish) • 250 grams fine fish stuffing (1 Cup) • 20 grams chopped tarragon (1 ½ Tbsp) • 500 grams Puff pastry dough (1 lbs) • 1 egg yolk • 200 grams savory crêpes (7 oz) • Choron sauce (a … [Read more...]

Salt Glorious Salt

Sea Salt from Crestock Stock Photography I've written swooningly about fleur de sel before, but the truth is that I adore nearly all types of natural salt, not just the premium-quality French "flowers". Yes, I said "natural" salt- not regular table salt, which is prepared … [Read more...]

Tortilla de Patatas

Since deciding to really work on my writing, I've disciplined myself to write at least three pages every morning- which leaves me less time to prepare the sort of fancy breakfasts my husband and I love. I've made night-before breakfast puddings, of course, and have a bag of … [Read more...]

Sunday Sweet Sunday: Ice Cream Party

I've posted before about my struggle to give sugar up completely- but because I'm not the type of person who can do things drastically, I've come up with the idea to have sugar only on weekends. It could work. And because one of the things my husband and I love most about … [Read more...]

Chocolate Crinkles

So I'll admit to a wee bit of food snobbery. Blessed with mad baking skills myself and a husband who cooks like a Michelin chef, I can eat "five-star"-style at home almost anytime I like. And the truth is that Chocolate Crinkle Cookies- or simply "Crinkles"- is one of the things … [Read more...]

Fresh Oysters with Red Sauce

Blame it on Bourdain. A few days ago, we caught a replay of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations: Brittany episode, which ends with him consuming a "Tower of Shellfish". Since then, it seems I've been thinking of nothing but shellfish, and when my neighborhood fishmonger offered me … [Read more...]

Orange-Infused Hot Cocoa

Sometimes, inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places. Such as the absolutely delicious cups of orange-infused hot cocoa we had tonight. My mid-morning snack was a whole fresh orange, followed by a couple of pieces of creamy Lindt dark chocolate. Hence this hot cocoa, … [Read more...]