cooking

August 16, 2009

  • Cool New Tool — Portable Induction Stove Top

    One of the items that I saw in Chicago and then again in San Francisco is really an innovative cooking device.   Most of us are familiar with the 'old' two burner hot plate.  Useful in that could be move but clunky to look at and use plus temperature control was marginal. (…)

August 1, 2009

  • Cookware Materials

    In looking at Tweets, blogs and article postings it is surprising to me how many questions come up about cookware materials.  What to get, what materials work for what applications and so on.  So here is the first of what I hope will be several posts on cookware materials and related. (…)

July 15, 2009

  • Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

    This recipe compliments the Peach Cobbler topped with granola published in our July 15th Chef Wannabee Newsletter. (…)

June 5, 2009

May 27, 2009

May 7, 2009

  • Cooking With Fresh Herbs

    My wife started using fresh herbs in cooking decades ago and I joined in many years ago as well. Being in California, cooking with out them was unheard of. (…)

May 3, 2009

May 1, 2009

  • BBQ Ribs

    This is the way to cook smoked ribs similar to the competition BBQ circuit but in your own back yard. (…)

April 27, 2009

April 21, 2009

April 11, 2009

  • Outdoor Grill Features

    Grill features can be perplexing at first but once you grasp the notion it’s a lot easier. (…)

April 10, 2009

  • Homemade Candy Recipes

    (Guest Blog)
    The very best candy in the world can appear in your own kitchen. And, your kids will never forget you making candy for them - or letting them help you. (…)

March 26, 2009

  • Famous Nice French Food

    The French are certainly famous for their cooking. In America, when you visit a French restaurant, chances are that almost every dish on the menu has achieved fame in the culinary world. (…)

February 23, 2009

  • Dishes you need to know

    I ran across a blog post by Chris De Noia at Serious Eats. He posed the statement or query about the 20 go to recipes you would use to cook regularly for family and friends. (…)

January 20, 2009

  • 2009 Trends in Cooking

    The events in real estate, finance, and all of those other things are having an impact on how we live.  We see evidence of people spending less, shopping less, driving less and generally changing the way the live from last year.  This is having an impact on the way people eat as well. (…)

January 3, 2009

  • Green Cooktops - Induction Stove Tops

    Induction cooking is fairly new to the realm of home and professional chefs. For induction cooking the burner, which is a ring of metal in most cases, uses electromagnetism to heat the cookware. (…)

November 25, 2008

  • Gobble, Gobble: Time for Turkey

    How do you cook your turkey? Board of the same bird preparation? Well let’s take flight and explore the dynamic world of poultry for that special dinner. (…)

November 10, 2008

  • The Best Roast Turkey — Every

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    I know a lot of lazy cooks and I know lots of folks who hate to wash dishes but that should not have any impact on preparing a superb turkey dinner. (…)

October 20, 2008

  • Great Moraccan Dinner Party

    Activities Your Smart Kitchen participates in locally are fund raising events for disabled or disadvantaged kids. (…)

October 7, 2008

  • Cookies - A great Way to Spend the Day

    My wife, Sandy, says she does not bake and for the most part she is correct. For some reason, even following the recipe, she just doesn’t have a feel for baking. (…)