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This Thanksgiving is far different from any other we have and probably ever will experience. Though, what better excuse for good food?! This year, I made one of my favorite dishes of all time: Scalloped Potatoes. Everything from the cream, to the butter, and especially […]
The New York times. Wednesday February 28th, 2018 has a writeup on Row 7 Seed Company promotes and “sells seeds for new vegetable and grain varieties that might otherwise never find an audience“. Excellent. Flavors just getting started. Perhaps it is prepped and ready for […]
The NY Times Food a good appetite article states “get to know the versatile quarter sheet pan, an indispensable tool for fine tuning meals“. Wow. Not a hack that I wrap my mind around. Refer to Question #2. The article continues ” Once upon a time, way back in the annuals of home cooking, there was an era before sheet-pan suppers. Wow again.
I will stay with basic methods of cookery and keep sheet pan cookery as a hack and not in the tool box .. Ok . Question 1. What are the 12 methods of cookery?
Answer 1.
Question 2: Why are foods cooked by different methods?
Question 3: Is a Papillotte an ancient Egyptian scroll?
Life & Culture states summers not over yet, and there are plenty of dishes to fire up. Yikes … It then says don’t put away that grill just yet. As a chef that has worked to the position of rôtisseur – the grill does not […]
Sauce thickeners is in Life & Culture today. Coincidentally Bob recently celebrated his birthday. He has refined his cooking prowess over the time that i have known him. When asked what is he going to explore next (I thought travel) – he answer was sauces. […]
Ahh.. Lyrics from Presidents of United States sums it up
Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches
Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat me a lot of peaches
Some of the peach farmers in Palisade lost their entire crop this year according to the Denver Post 2020-09-02. Frost came in this year. “We would sell in excess of a million pounds of peaches (normally), and we’re not selling any this year. so there is a million pounds less from just our company alone.”
if you can find summer peaches – put them to use. Just saying.
Wednesday 2020-07-22. Life & Culture arrived from the Denver Post. Thank goodness it is now 19 weeks of Social Isolation. Cool Treats are a welcome distraction to Isolation. the truth table is humorous and welcome. the next map to Sweet treats could include before during […]
Wednesday already. Thank goodness for during the Coronavirus Survival the demark of this mid week is the Denver Post October 14, 2020. This week’s tasty treat is “Crisp gnocchi, roasted squash and more. ” I had not gone into it “more” and stayed with the […]
Inspired from Denver Post’s Life & Culture of July 15th – five weeknight dishes during the summer heat. “my quarantine diet has shifted considerably in recent weeks: I now have more access to fresh greens, which has meant salads Galore.“
the five weeknight dishes are salad-centric and my variation is grilled romaine with broiled lamb chops.
“Fall” Tis the season. Hunters moon / Harvest Moon and Blue moon this month. ‘Tis the rising of the Great Pumpkin . Starting the Holiday Season with social distance still enforced is the season of solace. Still, Denver Post says there is comfort in Pumpkin. […]