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What is the difference between varieties of blue cheese?

What is the difference between varieties of blue cheese?

What is the difference between varieties of blue cheese? Well before we answer that question, we should first all be on the same page that blue cheese is not an individual cheese all by itself. It really is just a categorization of many cheese varieties […]

Tip Tuesday: How to grow tomatoes in your urban garden

It’s the first day of April!! Time to plant your urban garden if you live just about anywhere in the US other than Alaska, the Dakotas and Minnesota. So, with planting will come awesome fresh tomatoes that have that distinctive grown in the garden taste […]

Humane way to kill a lobster

Have you ever wondered how to kill a lobster before you cook it? Should you kill it before you cook a lobster or should you just boil it? Is there even such a thing as a humane way to kill a lobster? Well, we think […]

How to cut basil into strips

It’s Tuesday Tip Day!! We decided that it’s important to bring back on a weekly basis some of the most important tips that we have given you over the past year…just to make sure you don’t forget them!!  This week’s tip is about how to cut […]

A week of meals from your well stocked kitchen

I normally go to the store and do my big grocery shopping on Sundays. I hit Costco when needed (about every other week) and supplement with small trips to the store throughout the week. Last week was so incredibly busy, my schedule was all out […]

Baking Soda Puts Out Kitchen Fires

Baking Soda Puts Out Kitchen Fires

One of the dishes I was going to make for Bourbonfest was a Mixed Green Salad with Bourbon Vinaigrette. Whenever I make a recipe I have never tried before, I follow it as is and don’t deviate. I sautéed the shallots in a bit of […]