Learning to Cook
- How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke
- I can imagine, that if you didn't grow up eating artichokes and if you were encountering them for the first time, they might seem a little intimidating. How one cooks and eats an artichoke is not obvious from its appearance...
- How to Cut and Peel an Avocado
- I once observed the mother of a dear friend of mine meticulously peel an avocado whole, and then cut pieces off of it to use in a salad. I hate to say there is ever any "wrong" way to do...
- How to Make Gravy
- Here are two basic ways of making gravy from roast drippings, one using corn starch, the other using flour. In each case, you start with the roast drippings. You may have much more drippings than you need for the amount...
- How to Make Shellfish Stock
- Years ago, on a little island off the coast of Marblehead, Massachusetts, a friend's aunt showed me how to eat a lobster, including the fine art of sucking the tender meat and juice out of the spindly legs. It was...
- Learning to Cook - Round Up 1
- Simply Recipes started three years ago as a way for me to document all that I was learning from my parents on how to cook. Since then the world of food blogs has grown exponentially; if you are interested...
- Learning to Cook - Round Up 2
- In this week's round-up of cooking methods and tips that can be found around the food blog world we have:
- Learning to Cook - Round Up 3
- Our favorite ex-pat in Paris, chocolate connoisseur David Lebovitz makes Homemade Cottage Cheese with rennet purchased at his local "pharmacie", David's favorite place to browse. Barbara of Tigers & Strawberries follows up her guide to soy sauce with Ten...
- Learning to Cook - Round Up 4
- Back to cooking school with a 'round the world round-up of great cooking tips from the foodie blogosphere: Maki of I Was Just Really Very Hungry starts us off with her 3-part series on "Milking the Soy Bean", including...
- Learning to Cook - Round Up 5
- Interested in improving your cooking knowledge and skills? Come along for a visit through the food blogosphere for this month's round up of tips and methods. Nicky and Oliver of Delicious Days compare the use of dry yeast versus...
- Learning to Cook - Round Up 6
- Summer is quickly coming to a close and many of us are canning, preserving, cooking and indulging in the bounty of the season. A quick peek around the food blogosphere reveals timely useful cooking tips, including: Making a crisp...