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After posting a recipe for roasting a whole chicken (Spicy Roasted Chicken), we received a lot of feedback on how to cut up the whole chicken into 8 distinct pieces that are still presentable to serve to your guests. Well, after a lot of fighting, clawing, screaming, […]
Do you know how to clean a mushroom? Would you not think you would wash them like any other type of vegetable? Well, don’t wash mushrooms with water! Mushrooms are like little sponges. If you wash them with running water, they will absorb too much […]
When I first made snow peas for my step-daughters, they called them “crunchy peas.” Why, you ask? Perhaps when you buy snow or sugar snap peas at the grocery store, they are dull and limp?. Perhaps you don’t buy them because of that reason? Well, […]
What do you do if you burn the bread? This is always the last thing you do and it inevitably falls with all the other last-minute things you have to do to put the meal on the table. I recently had a group of folks […]
Have you ever learned how to properly peel garlic cloves? If you don’t know this trick then you’ve probably (a) suffered through trying to peel garlic the hard way, (b) used already minced garlic you find in the store that has a whole lot less […]
What do color bread ties mean? Have you ever wondered if there was a meaning behind the color of the ties or clips used on bread bags? Have you ever touched 10 loaves of bread in the store trying to find the softest one? Do you […]
This technique applies for basil, mint and other leafy herbs. It can also be used to ‘shred’ leafy green vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, swiss chard. The technique to a classically trained chef is a Chiffonade. But, unless you like crossword puzzles, who cares. How […]