Showing posts with label Cooking Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking Tips. Show all posts

August 20, 2014

15 Tips to Be A Better Cook


During my almost 2 years as a food blogger, I've watched as many cooking shows as I could watch and read as many books about cooking as I could get my hands on. I learned how to make a perfect omelet, I undercooked Bon Appetit's Caramel Chicken and threw it in the trash in a fury. I made two attempts at homemade pad thai and I broke a couple of bottles of vinegar on the kitchen floor. Everyday I learn a new tip and right my culinary wrongs.  I think I've come a long way and I still have a long way to go.  But, here are some of my favorite tips for becoming a better home cook...

July 5, 2012

How to Trim an Artichoke

Artichokes are delicious steamed whole when you can remove each leaf one by one and scrape the artichoke flesh off with your teeth.  But when you want tender, yet chewy pan fried slices of artichoke heart, the artichoke must be trimmed like so:


How to Pit an Olive







January 27, 2012

The Importance of Salt

To stress the importance of adequately seasoning your food, I would like to refer to a passage in The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman: