I love food and I love to cook. Food is one to those things so many people take for granted. It's a fundamental need. It's a primal pleasure. It's like sex.
Unfortunately I don't have any decent sex advise so I'm going to stick with food. Experienced cooks will like some of the recipes. Amateurs should find most of them pretty simple and written with lots of helpful hands on tips.
This “recipe” contains no specific quantities. I’d say sorry, but I’m not. This is a great way to get out of the habit of measuring every little thing. You decide how much cheese and prawns to add! You’re the one eating it. Super easy. Total prep and cooking time 15 minutes and it will be delicious.
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Loading ...I often notice home cooks that are afraid of heat. The burners on their stove have never been turned all the way up. Everything they produce tends to be done on med-high heat and cooked to within an inch of its life. Vegetables are soggy and limp, meats are dry and flavorless. (more…)
No Votes Yet Loading ...This is a favorite of a lot of my friends and family. If you do not come from the Ukraine or live in Western Canada then a perogy is just basically a large ravioli. (more…)
No Votes Yet Loading ...This recipe is a work in progress. I’ve made it a few times, but forget to take notice of the times and quantities that closely. If you use good ingredients you can’t go too far wrong. (more…)
No Votes Yet Loading ...A simple pasta to prepare. Suitable for a range of simple cream sauces. (more…)
No Votes Yet Loading ...If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut. – Hattori Hanzo in Kill Bill
I have a bit of a knife fetish. I am actually making that sound sexier and more dangerous than it is. It would be more accurate to say I have a fetish for cooking paraphernalia.
Food processors, gas ranges, warming drawers, cast iron skillets, and on the top of the list: knives, which somehow saves the whole thing from being entirely emasculating. Right? Right.
Anyway it has led me to purchase a Hattori knife which recently arrived. It sharpens to an edge you can shave with, which admittedly is not strictly necessary when cutting up potatoes, but I still think it’s cool.
No Votes Yet Loading ...I don’t do a lot of baking. I like to cook, but cooking is an entirely different skill set. I consider most items in a recipe to have an “optional” or “approximately” beside it, which works fine in normal cooking.
Anyway, I have learned a valuable lesson. Flour is not an optional ingredient in banana bread. If you forget this line in the recipe you end up with a loaf pan full of chocolate banana soup. Actually that is being kind. Truthfully you get a chunky, mildly bubbly, semi-gelatinous dark brown rectangle.
No Votes Yet Loading ...Truffle Oil is not sold everywhere. You are going to have to look at your high end gourmet shops for this item. I’ve even been to places where they have it under lock and key. It can be exorbitantly expensive and you may balk at the idea of such a big price tag for such a small item. However, good truffle oil is extremely powerful stuff, and a very small amount of it makes a huge taste impact in a dish. A good quality bottle will last you for years.
Like all ingredients you get what you pay for. Although you can certainly shop around and find larger volumes of oil for less money, you are likely going to just end up using more for the same taste in a given recipe. Spend the money and get a good quality product.
The Oil comes in White and Black. I’ve always used White.
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